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When Johnny Naples, a shy teenager, entrusts the badly skilled private detective Tim Diamond with a multimillion-pound package, he makes a fatal mistake. Johnny’s sudden death leaves Tim reeling, and his clever younger brother Nick inherits the parcel—and a hungry crowd of criminals seeking it.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Anthony Horowitz
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