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Nile Green (novel)

Nile Green is a 1943 mystery detective novel by the British writer Anne Hocking. Written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, it is the fifth in her long-running series featuring Chief Superintendent William Austen of Scotland Yard. It was published in the United States by Doubleday under the alternative title Death Loves a Shining Mark.

Synopsis

In wartime Cairo working for military intelligence, Austen investigates a case amongst the wealthy British inhabitants of the city. A married woman who had been having an affair, has been murdered during an air raid.

References

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