The Girl with the Long Green Heart (MP3 Book)
Even before he invented Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr, Block was writing terrific thrillers such as this. Johnny Hayden and his partner had the perfect scam selling worthless Canadian land to marks. The scam just has to work, because at stake is Evvie--the girl with the long green heart.
Even before he invented Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr, Block was writing terrific thrillers such as this. Johnny Hayden and his partner had the perfect scam selling worthless Canadian land to marks. The scam just has to work, because at stake is Evvie--the girl with the long green heart.
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Format: MP3 CD
ISBN:
9781602832282 (1602832285)
Publish date: May 11th 2006
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks
Edition language: English
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