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When celebrated opera singer Maggie Tressider awakens in a hospital after a serious accident, she is haunted by the conviction that she may have committed a murder. Explaining her doubts to her doctor, Maggie ultimately turns to private investigator Francis Killian for help. Killian’s investigation takes the pair on a journey across Europe in search of a grave, and the trail is drawn toward the past of Maggie’s former colleague Bunty Felse, wife of Inspector Felse. Their hunt culminates in a remote corner of the Austrian Alps, where the answer to Maggie’s haunting suspicion lies.
First publish date: 1969
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Edith Pargeter
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