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Theodora Goss' The Sinister Mystery Of The Mesmerising Girl is the third of her Mary Jekyll series. PHOTOS: THEODORA GOSS, SAGA PRESS
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By Theodora Goss
Saga Press/2019/436 pages/$28.18 with GST/Available here

This series by Hungary-born American author Theodora Goss ticks all my book-nerd boxes.

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