City Streets
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Last published Mon, Jul 24, 2017
L.A.'s been rainier than usual for this day and age, in the crime ridden streets and crooked Police Department something's got to change before drastic measures are taken by the justice-hungry public. To Private Eye, A. Marlowe, this is exactly the breeding ground for an investigator with grit and steel to match. One way or another Los Angeles is going to see eye to eye with the right hand of the law, Marlowe will show first hand that crime is black and white.
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