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Death For an Emerald

R. H. Lees


Courtesy of OSPA


Review by E.S.
Detective Sgt. Steyn expected to be commended by his superior after the speedy arrest of one of the thieves, the death of the other apparently from an accidentally self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the recovery of the stolen emeralds. Then he discovered that the one really valuable emerald was missing.

The involvement of Peter Randell in the tracking down of the real villain and freeing an innocent young woman from captivity provides romance and, an opportunity to view the African countryside thro.ugh the eyes of a naturalist.

In spite of three deaths, a light readable "who done it" with an African setting,

British Empire Book
Author
R. H. Lees
Published
1984
Pages
192
Publisher
Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN
0709013396
Availability
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