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The second deadly sin

The second deadly sin

by Lawrence Sanders

Fiction, mystery & detective, police proceduralDelaney, edward x. (fictitious character), fictionFiction, thrillers, espionageNew york (n.y.), fictionEdward X. Delaney (Fictitious character)
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Coming out of retirement to investigate the stabbing murder of Victor Maitland, an artist both hated and acclaimed, ex-Chief of Detectives Edward X. Delaney finds a mob of greedy suspects and a tangle of possible motives.

Themes & subjects

Fiction, mystery & detective, police proceduralDelaney, edward x. (fictitious character), fictionFiction, thrillers, espionageNew york (n.y.), fictionEdward X. Delaney (Fictitious character)Fiction

About the author

Lawrence Sanders
Lawrence Sanders

15 March 1920 – 7 February 1998

Mark Upton and Lesley Andress are pseudonyms of Lawrence Sanders.

Author

Lawrence Sanders

Pages

443

Read time

≈ 11h

Editions

1

Publisher

Berkley

ISBN

9780425125199

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