Person or Persons Unknown (novel)

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Person or Persons Unknown
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First edition
Author Bruce Alexander
LanguageEnglish
Series Sir John Fielding, #4
Genre Historical Crime novel
Publication date
1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages336 pp
ISBN 0-425-16566-3
OCLC 39982989
Preceded by Watery Grave  
Followed by Jack, Knave and Fool  

Person or Persons Unknown is the fourth historical mystery novel about Sir John Fielding by Bruce Alexander.

Plot summary

Women of the street are being brutally murdered in Covent Garden, and Sir John is baffled. Worse, one of the Fieldings' acquaintances becomes the prime suspect.

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