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Scales of Justice

AuthorNgaio Marsh

NarratorPhilip Franks

Duration8h 37m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Cosy Crime

PublisherHachette Audio

VersionUnabridged

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The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes. Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence - but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn's murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish...

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