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Name: Crime mysteries
Author: Barbara Johnston Adams

📘 Crime mysteries by Barbara Johnston Adams

Retells the stories of five famous crimes, including a kidnapping, a double murder, a series of bombings, a bank robbery, and a disappearance, all of which remain mysterious.

First publish date: 1988

Authors: Barbara Johnston Adams

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