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Murder by Matchlight
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What Members Thought

Sandy
Excellent for atmosphere, characters and plot. Minor quibble with murder method and a minor plot device. The portrayal of London and Londoners during the Blitz was dramatic. Investigating a murder when entire addresses and the people living there have disappeared adds to the difficulty.
Vanessa
Jul 09, 2019 marked it as murder-mayhem  ·  review of another edition
Sara
Jul 26, 2019 rated it liked it
Shelves: woman-author
Gary Vassallo
Jul 25, 2020 marked it as ebook-library  ·  review of another edition
Francine
Feb 11, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery
Cindy
Aug 10, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Nov 09, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Shelves: 2023-read
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Shelves: mysteries, ebook
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