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Phillip M. Drake

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Roald Dahl, Nick Hornby, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain

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	The Spooky South: An A - Z of the Haunted Locations of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir

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― Renata Adler, Speedboat

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