Kay Scarpetta no. 16

Scarpetta (2008)

Patricia Cornwell · Little, Brown, London

Publisher Little, Brown Year 2008 ISBN 9780316733144

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Who published the Scarpetta 2008?: Little, Brown, London, in 2008.

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