For the Love of Mike (novel)

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For the Love of Mike
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First edition
Author Rhys Bowen
Genre Mystery fiction, Historical
Published2003
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Pages352
Awards Anthony Award for Best Historical Mystery (2004)
ISBN 978-0-312-98904-0
Website For the Love of Mike

For the Love of Mike is a book written by Rhys Bowen [1] [2] and published by St. Martin's Press [3] (now owned by Macmillan Publishers [4] ) on 30 November 2003, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Historical Mystery in 2004.

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