Focusing on a British police officer in an unnamed West African colony, this novel attempts to show, along with the socially restricted lives of colonists in Africa, the effects of sin on a devout catholic. After sending his unhappy wife to South Africa at her request the officer begins an …
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Focusing on a British police officer in an unnamed West African colony, this novel attempts to show, along with the socially restricted lives of colonists in Africa, the effects of sin on a devout catholic. After sending his unhappy wife to South Africa at her request the officer begins an affair with a young woman, a survivor of a shipwreck and now widowed but is unable to end the relationship when his wife returns even though he feels he is committing a mortal sin.
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The Heart of the Matter (Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries)
audio cassette
English language
Published by BBC Audiobooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7540-9618-4Copied ISBN!
Mutta suurin kaikista = The heart of the matter
321 pages
Finnish language
Published 1980 by Femi, Suuri naistenkerho.
- ISBN:
- 978-951-643-848-4Copied ISBN!
The heart of the matter
306 pages
English language
Published 1951 by Garden City Books.
- OCLC Number:
- 3533989
The heart of the matter.
English language
Published 1965 by Heinemann.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-434-30525-4Copied ISBN!
De kern van de zaak = The heart of the matter
292 pages
Dutch language
Published 1974 by Uitgeverij Contact.
- ISBN:
- 978-90-6019-518-5Copied ISBN!
Le fond du problème =
428 pages
French language
Published 1949 by Robert Laffont.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-00-201410-7Copied ISBN!
Srž stvari=The heart of the matter
305 pages
Serbian language
Published 1979 by Kršćanska Sadašnjost.
Wen ti di he xin
390 pages
Chinese language
Published 1980 by Wai guo wen xue chu ban she.
Miezul lucrurilor = The heart of the matter
404 pages
Romanian language
Published 1979 by Editura Univers.
The heart of the matter [Hebrew text]
214 pages
Hebrew language
Published 1980 by Vyt Hwṣ'h Ktr.
Sagens kerne = The heart of the matter
313 pages
Danish language
Published 1979 by Rolf Lagersson.
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