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False Pretences by Veronica Heley

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False Pretences, January 2011
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FALSE PRETENCES
By: Veronica Heley

An Abbot Agency Mystery

Abbot Agency #4
Severn House Publishers
January 2011
On Sale: January 1, 2011
Featuring: Bea Abbot; Zander
224 pages
ISBN: 1847512054
EAN: 9781847512055
Kindle: B004ZGLD7E
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Thriller Crime

Bea Abbot is back...

Bea Abbot runs a domestic agency that doesn’t β€˜do’ murder. There’s nothing sinister about charity-worker Zander’s request for her to join him on a visit to his former boss Denzil’s widow. But Zander had exposed the financial scam Denzil was running – after which Denzil had, unexpectedly, died. Now the dead man’s widow is out for Zander’s blood, and the paperwork that proves Denzil’s guilt is missing. Denzil’s computer could provide the answers, but then another death occurs . . .

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