The Mask of Dimitrios
Pocketbok. Fontana . 1973. 222 sidor.
Mycket gott skick.
The man had crawled towards the divan on which his overcoat lay, and was leaning against it - with his eyes half closed. He was breathing stertorously through the mouth. One bullet had torn a great gaping wound in the side of his neck from which the blood was welling...
The second had hit him full in the chest, and scorched the clothing. The wound— a round purple mess about two inches in diameter — was bleeding very little... his lips moved.
Latimer bent down to face the body.
"How do you feel?" he asked.
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