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Robert wilson books list of books by author robert wilson. He has famously written the javier falcons, brude medway, and the charles boxer series. Buy a cheap copy of the company of strangers book by robert wilson. Robert wilson has written thirteen novels including the bruce medway noir series set in west africa and two lisbon books with ww2 settings the first of which, a small death in lisbon, won the cwa gold dagger in 1999 and the international deutsche krimi prize in 2003.
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