NO CURE FOR LOVE

By Peter Robinson

Synopsis

As a detective in the LAPD Threat Management Unit in 1990s Hollywood, Arvo Hughes is tasked with finding out who has been sending unsettling anonymous letters to beautiful TV star Sarah Broughton. Arvo expects this case to be nothing out of the ordinary, but he soon discovers that the squeaky-clean star seems to be keeping all memories of a shady history locked away . . .

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Narrator	Regina Reagan
Length	12hrs 15mins
Catalogue No.	13065
Publisher	Isis Audio Books; 2015

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