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"Thefertility of Hill's imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality ofhis literary style never ceases to delight." —Val McDermid,author of Fever of the Bone
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Miss Marple is accosted at a party by a pair of lovebirds who think that their lately deceased uncle has buried their inheritance. The na?ve pair expects to impart the det...
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<p>The narrator tells of being a child with a mother who was "dour and hard, the sergeant-major of the house." The six children discuss ways to kill her, but can't think h...
<p>Tatum is another student, attending college. She has some problems. She is away from her family, and her mother is very ill and getting chemotherapy. Tatum reports a ma...
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<p>An aging woman delights in her own cruelty. She has cultivated hurtful rudeness to an art form, both in person and by mail. The story has a perfectly appropriate final ...
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