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The Big Run-Off (Holden Burke #1)

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**first runner-up at the 5th Ohana Awards (Mystery/Thriller)**

"I've given a lot up, sure. We all give things up to different degrees."
  
"How different?"
  
"Depends. We're all different. We all have different things to give up."
 
Holden Burke is a lot of things -- ex-football star, current private investigator, problem solver, and professional smart-ass. In The Big Run-Off, the seemingly simple case of a rich but morally bankrupt petrol tycoon and his wild runaway son gives way to a dark secret spanning forty years and a complex web of lies, blackmail, and murder.

(cw: suicide, homophobic language, discussion of homophobic violence)All Rights Reserved

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