# Laura

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- Book: [Laura](https://www.bookquiver.com/vera-caspary/laura) ([Laura.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vera-caspary/laura.md))
- Authors: [Vera Caspary](https://www.bookquiver.com/vera-caspary)
- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-278-7
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2012-12-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In the doorway of an elegant New York apartment, blood seeps over silk negligee, over polished wood floors and plush carpet: a beautiful young woman lies dead, her face disfigured by a single gun shot. But who was Laura? What power did she hold over the very different men in her life? How does her portrait bewitch even Mark McPherson, the hard-bitten detective assigned to find her murderer? One stormy night, Mark's investigation takes an unexpected turn...