Who Killed Piet Barol?

Who Killed Piet Barol?Cape Town, 1914. Where aperson can be whoever they want to be . . . Former tutor Piet Barol and singer Stacey Meadows are making a splash in colonial Cape Town. Styling themselves as the Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Barol, they have been living by their wits but as the world drifts towards war, their quest for comfort and riches has brought them close to bankruptcy. With creditors at their heels, their furniture business is imploding and only a major win

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