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5 Great Unexpected Sequels to Crime Novels

Appeal on spec in 2018, it was my first novel and, with no deadline or editor waiting for the manuscript, I had a ball.

5 Great Unexpected Sequels to Crime Novels

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Appeal on spec in 2018, it was my first novel and, with no deadline or editor waiting for the manuscript, I had a ball.

It's a lively story told in a modern epistolary style (that's emails

Appeal on spec in 2018, it was my first novel and, with no deadline or editor waiting for the manuscript, I had a ball. It's a lively story told in a modern epistolary style (that's emails

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Appeal on spec in 2018, it was my first novel and, with no deadline or editor waiting for the manuscript, I had a ball. It's a lively story told in a modern epistolary style (that's emails

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