The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

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The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
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First edition
Author Robert Goddard
Cover artistDavid Wardle [1]
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date
2020
Pages384
ISBN 978-1787632349
823

The Fine Art of Invisible Detection is a 2021 mystery crime thriller novel by Robert Goddard.

Promotion

The book was featured on the BBC talk show Between the Covers. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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