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The Skull Beneath the Skin

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Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly beautiful actress Clarissa Lisle from veiled threats on her life. Within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, she finds the stage is set for death. Richly intricate and literate, James's second Cordelia Gray mystery shows James at the height of her storytelling powers (San Francisco Chronicle).

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The Skull Beneath the Skin, Phyllis Dorothy James

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1982
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Language
English
Released
1982
Format
Hardcover
Pages
384
ISBN10
0571119611
ISBN13
9780571119615
First published
1982
Original title
The Skull Beneath the Skin
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Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly beautiful actress Clarissa Lisle from veiled threats on her life. Within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, she finds the stage is set for death. Richly intricate and literate, James's second Cordelia Gray mystery shows James at the height of her storytelling powers (San Francisco Chronicle).