Agatha Christie's Murder by the Box
They Came to Baghdad/Golden Ball/Regatta Mystery/the Man in the Brown Suit/Boxed Set
by Agatha Christie
ISBN: 0425131645
ISBN-13: 9780425131640
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published date: 1991
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