Murder Must Advertise
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
Victor Dean fell to his death on the stairs of Pym’s Advertising Agency. No one was sorry—until Dorothy Sayers’ unique detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, joins the firm and asks some awkward questions.Questions which involve him in a vicious network of blackmailers and dope pedlars, ruthless men who will kill—and kill again—to protect themselves.Five people die before one of th….Read More
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