Presto
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This is a story where an ordinary man wins Oscar and everything in his life is just happiness, things start to get upside down. The detective must find out what happened and put an end to the mystery
2nd Place in Authors Book Awards - Mystery Thriller category
Was #249 in Oscar Category
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