Due Diligence
Michael Kahn. Onyx Books, $5.99 (400pp) ISBN 978-0-451-17970-8
An attorney investigates her boyfriend's murder in Kahn's latest thriller. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 09/02/1996
Genre: Fiction
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