THE TWISTED ROOT

By Anne Perry

Synopsis

It should have been a happy day but Miriam Gardiner suddenly disappeared from the party given to celebrate her engagement. Her distressed fiance seeks out detective William Monk and asks him to search for Miriam.

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Narrator	Ian Wallace
Length	14hrs 30mins
Catalogue No.	5625
Publisher	Headline

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