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Name: Design for murder
Author: Carolyn G. Hart

Annie is asked to stage a murder for the annual spring house tour sponsored by the Historical Society of Chastain, South Carolina. Her only problem is deciding which fictional murder to stage—until a corpse turns up in the town pond. The second Annie Laurance/Max Darling novel.

First publish date: 1988

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery

Authors: Carolyn G. Hart

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