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Down and out in Purgatory

by Tim Powers

After years of seeking revenge against the man who murdered the woman he loved, Tom Holbrook discovers his target is already dead in the Los Angeles County morgue. He is forced to confront the futility of his mission when his enemy escapes personal justice.

Accession 34759 ISBN 9781596067813 Publisher Subterranean Press
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