Review: The Doubly Dead Angel-Thief, A Well-Crafted, Humorous Murder-Mystery
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- February 23, 2018
The Doubly Dead Angel-Thief, by Marc Whelchel, is a murder-mystery like no other. When I received an email asking me to read and review The Doubly Dead Angel-Thief by the author, the title intrigued me, and I agreed. When it arrived, after I read the first couple of pages I thought it was going to
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