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The Silver Stain
Paul Johnston
Set against a glorious Greek background, the spellbinding new Alex Mavros mystery
Hired by a Hollywood film company to trace a missing employee in Crete, private investigator Alex Mavros is plunged into a vortex of hatred. The company is shooting a movie about the invasion of Crete by the Germans in 1941 - and their activities are stirring up old resentments among the islanders. The bitterness of the past bursts into the present when one of the film's consultants is found dead, hanged by the neck. Suicide - or murder? Mavros investigates and is drawn into an ever-widening conspiracy.
UK edition
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Publication Date: 29 Dec 2011
ISBN: 9781780290188
Price: £19.99
Dimensions: 222 x 141
Extent: 256
US edition
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Publication Date: 1 Apr 2012
ISBN: 9781780290188
Price: $28.95
Dimensions: 5.25 x 8.5
Extent: 256
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