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"Through mesmerizing flashbacks, the story is told of Marian Washburn, a once-prominent singer who begins to lose her voice. To continue her unfulfilled dreams, she coaches Susan Caldwell, a coarse and promiscuous singer, into the big time. But then Caldwell rebels against her mentor, and we soon learn that Caldwell has been shot. Even though Washburn confesses that she pulled the trigger, the murder and events leading up to it remain a baffling mystery"--Container....
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"When the body of Dimitrios Makropoulos washes ashore in Istanbul, there is cause for celebration all across Europe. The devious sociopath has left as his legacy an array of crimes including blackmail, thievery, murder and high treason. Interested in chronicling the dead man's unscrupulous exploits, mystery writer Cornelius Leyden takes up his trail, aided by a mysterious man named Peters. But as Leyden zeroes in on the truth about Dimitrios, he finds...