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Penchant for Vengeance
Penchant for Vengeance
Penchant for Vengeance
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Penchant for Vengeance

By Robert Downs

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Charlottesville, Virginia, Police Detective Luke McGinty has a closet filled with demons, along with a few skeletons; a steady job, but no steady partner or girlfriend; and is still married to his wife Sallie, even though she’s been dead for three years. Then his detective work takes a turn for the worse when a body is discovered at the downtown mall. One dead body isn’t enough, though, and another one turns up. When ties to a cold murder case in another county present themselves, Luke realizes that, if he doesn’t tread carefully, he could end up short more than just a few answers…
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBlack Opal Books
Release dateAug 19, 2017
ISBN9781626947245
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Robert Downs

Robert Downs lived and worked along the San Juan River most of his life. He and his wife of over forty years now reside in the mountains east of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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