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Book Title: John Thorndyke's Cases
Item Length: 9 in
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Width: 6 in
Author: R. Austin Freeman
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Classics, Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Crime
Publisher: Bibliotech Press
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 194 Pages
