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Dany Ashton is invited to her step-father's house in Zanzibar for a vacation. But there are events that take place all along the way that involve a murderer. A stolen passport, a midnight intruder and a murder. Lashmer J. Holden, Jr. becomes the light in Dany's world as well. Lots of excitement in exotic places in this series.

nolak | Jun 24, 2009 |

Light and fluffy mystery/romance that passes an afternoon. (

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TadAD | May 27, 2008 |

A fairly interesting mystery in the British parlor style (was it the mysterious Arab? The flamboyant secretary). But the lead character is annoying, and the conclusion feels so very, very, very outdated by the end of the cold war. But it did make me want to go to Zanzibar. (

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Death in . . . (5)

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1959

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Zanzibar

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To
the Zanzibar I knew.
With love.

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From one of our most beloved and renowned authors, here is a new edition of this classic masterpiece of mystery and romance.

Dany Ashton is invited to vacation at her stepfather's house in Zanzibar, but even before her airplane takes off there is a stolen passport, a midnight intruder--and murder. In Zanizbar, the family house is Kivulimi, the mysterious "House of Shade", where Dany and the rest of the guests learn that one of them is a desperate killer. The air of freedom and nonchalance that opened the house party fades into growing terror, as the threat of futher violence flowers in the scented air of Zanzibar. Richly evocative, Death in Zanzibar will charm long-time fans and introduce new ones to this celebrated writer.

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