The Real Life Glitch Factor
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Last published Tue, Jan 30, 2018
Nineteen-year-old Fern Carnegie's body was found under Sumter Bridge in the early hours of May 18. Like so many others, Fern's story is likely going to be forgotten in the midst of the most crime-filled city in America--Fiona's Maw, Kansas.
To Detective Mike Garfield, the Carnegie case is just another impossible murder to solve, but with the compassion of his coroner and the energy and determination of his young, new partner, Garfield is pushed into the vast, underground criminal society of Fiona's Maw's Real Life Glitch Factor.
To solve this case, Garfield and his team will need the help of Graham Larson, the grieving friend of Fern, who's knowledge of what the town's lowlife cal the Real Life Glitch Factor may mean the difference between finding Fern's killer or not.
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