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R. Bownds
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Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Jack Higgins, Arthur Upfield
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Death and The Devil
An update on Death and The Devil - book 5 in The Mara Mysteries.
Edits are slowly progressing. I'm up to chapter fifteen and chapters will filter into my proofreaders inboxes by the end of this month.
All going well, I still hope to have this book available before Christmas.
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Skeletons In The Closet: A Detective Bannon and Sergeant Ryan Mystery - The Mara Mysteries Book Two - An Outback Australian Crime Thriller:
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A Weekend At Joe's - The Lion's Den Prequel: A Detective Bannon and Sergeant Ryan Short Story - The Mara Mysteries Additional - An Outback Australian Country Do:
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