Book review: “Come Murder Me” by James Kieran
The paperback novel Come Murder Me by James Kieran was published in March, 1951, and Kieran died ten months later at the age of 50. It was a Gold [...]
The paperback novel Come Murder Me by James Kieran was published in March, 1951, and Kieran died ten months later at the age of 50. It was a Gold [...]
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