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Peter Harding and Philip Bartels, childhood companions, meet again after nineteen years in the rolling French countryside of their youth. A past love affair that led Philip to poison his wife Beatrice, and an invitation that involved Peter, ignites a chain of events that threatens to unravel their lives. Five Roundabouts to Heaven is John Binghamβs chilling exploration of how ordinary people can be drawn into murder.
First publish date: 1953
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: John Bingham
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