Attempted Murder Is Still Illegal
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Complete Mon, Aug 5, 20192h 8m
Alfie Sawyer technically didn't exist. Or, at least, he hadn't existed until a few months ago.
After a failed attempt on his life, reclusive billionaire Oscar Brady goes into hiding.
Reinventing himself as private investigator, Alfie Sawyer, he vows to find the person who had almost cost him his life and make them pay.
Joined by well-known freelance detective, Jacob Wilson, Alfie starts the hunt. As the case progresses, the two find themselves warming up to each other and, for better or for worse, a budding romance begins to form between them.
But Jacob has a few secrets of his own: secrets that, if revealed, could cost them everything...
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