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The Sudden Dark

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An alcoholic, a loner, a police detective on suspension: Max Hendricks is busy hitting his lowest point when he agrees takes on a favour in his spare time to track down a young ex-con who's disappeared with some money that doesn't belong to him and a lot of secrets along with it. But there are other people looking for him, too -- people with murder on their minds and a bitter, tangled past at their heels...All Rights Reserved

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