The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing

by Helen McCloy

Series:Dr. Basil Willing (short stories)

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Short detective stories by one of the great Golden Age authors

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Dr. Basil Willing

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS: 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
LCC: PS3525 .P58 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
BISAC: FIC FICTION General

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The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing

by Helen McCloy

Series:Dr. Basil Willing (short stories)

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