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Code 197

Richard S. Prather

Publisher: Wildside Press

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Summary

One of Shell Scott's friends, a writer working on an expose, turns up dead—and his manuscript is missing. Of course, Shell Scott is hot on the case!
Available since: 11/03/2022.
Print length: 27 pages.

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