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readthis yeav:”—Cosmopolitan  \n6RISLY DIS(OVERY IN THE DARKENEDwaters of a reservoir unlocks the secretto a decades-old murder in this chillingfirst novel in the tradition of Minette‘Walters and Ruth Rendell.  \nWhen divers discover a woman's corpsein a house that has long been submerged by areservoir,the retired detective who first investi-gated the victim's disappearance has his worstsuspicions confirmed:Helena Warner,anundergraduate at Somerville College,Oxford,was murdered,and three of her closest friendscolluded to protect the identity of the killer.  \nWith Bill Driver back on his trail,thekiller strikes again,and Driver must try to under-stand the strange,dark ties that bind Helena'sthree friends together in silence if he is to preventfurther deaths.  \nALikeness in Stone is a gripping crime novelfrom an author who combines psychologicalinsight with an intricate plot that will keep youguessing until the end.  \n# A LIKENESS IN STONE\n\nA LIKENESSIN STONE  \nJ.Wallis Martin  \nA LIKENESS IN STONE.Copyright C 1997 by J.WallisMartin.All rights reserved.Printed in the United States ofAmerica.No part of this book may be used or reproducedin any manner whatsoever without written permissionexcept in the case of brief quotations embodied in criticalarticles or reviews.For information,address St.Martin'sPress,175 Fifth Avenue,New York,N.Y.10010.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataMartin,J.Wallis.  \nA likeness in stone/J.Wallis Martin.—1st ed.p.cm.  \nISBN 0-312-18626-6  \nI.Title.  \nPR6063.A7155L51998823'.914  dc2198-10286CIP  \nFirst published in Great Britain by Hodder and Stoughton,a division of Hodder Headline PLC  \nFirst U.S.Edition:May 1998  \n10987654321  \n08uaIEW IOH","cbCaiuWft4HEaexB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuWft4HEaexB","pdf",11157792,296,"English","# A LIKENESS IN STONE\n## J.Wallis Martin\n## Copyright Information\n## Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n## First published in Great Britain\n## First U.S. 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