An Olympic DeathThe Barcelona detective Pepe Carvalho has been hired by a beautiful French woman and a mysterious man involved in the planning of the 1992 Olympic Games. Into his life comes danger and puzzling clues in the form of murdered Greeks, Arab criminals and a sadistic, anonymous killer. |
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... going to find between its pages . You have to take that chance . ' The woman laughed wholeheartedly and looked at her reticent companion with a certain tenderness , to which he replied with the slight smile of a young boy surprised in ...
... going to find between its pages . You have to take that chance . ' The woman laughed wholeheartedly and looked at her reticent companion with a certain tenderness , to which he replied with the slight smile of a young boy surprised in ...
Page 82
... going to remove them to . There's not going to be a lot left of Icaria , the Catalan Manchester . It's strange how the bosses dreamed of Manchester and their workers dreamed of Icaria . What image would you say those names conjured up ...
... going to remove them to . There's not going to be a lot left of Icaria , the Catalan Manchester . It's strange how the bosses dreamed of Manchester and their workers dreamed of Icaria . What image would you say those names conjured up ...
Page 203
... going to ask you , like I have so many times before , what's happening to us , Pepe , because I don't want to hear your answer ; and I'm not going to ask you to take me to the pictures , or out to dinner , or up to your house in ...
... going to ask you , like I have so many times before , what's happening to us , Pepe , because I don't want to hear your answer ; and I'm not going to ask you to take me to the pictures , or out to dinner , or up to your house in ...
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