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Murder Is Easy
Murder Is Easy (Superintendent Battle, #4)
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October 1, 2022
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October 31, 2022
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Nanosynergy
May 27, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: series, mysteries-thrillers-espionage, 2017read, reviewed, fiction, british, fiction-1930s
Book #4 in Christie's Superintendent Battle series. However, Superintendent Battle only shows up as a cameo and does not solve or help solve the case. ...more
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Anna Adams
May 01, 2022 rated it really liked it
I guess I hadn't ever read it before, but I had seen at least one TV adaptation--that was like a different book with this title. Both are very good. ...more
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Jenn Estepp
Nov 04, 2007 rated it really liked it
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Sep 08, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Apr 13, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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May 27, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Jan C
Sep 15, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Feb 14, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio, mystery
Marianne
Apr 18, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Jul 07, 2018 rated it really liked it
Sarah
Nov 05, 2018 rated it it was ok
Patricia Taylor
Feb 02, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Lis
Feb 27, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Joanne
Sep 08, 2020 rated it really liked it
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Ruth
Mar 15, 2022 marked it as to-read
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