SMOKE and MIRRORS
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Last published Thu, Jan 7, 2021
Rebecca Grey, an up and coming journalist lands one of her biggest stories yet. She is to cover the series of murder cases that is engulfing the Silverman Corp.
There she meets the enigmatic CEO, William Silverman himself. He intrigues her to no end, and yet at the same time, he appears to be hiding something from her.
To top it off, the murderer seems to have gotten a whiff of her investigation and is set to stop her once and for all. Together with John Grant, her long-time friend, admirer and protector, they unravel the mystery surrounding the murders before it is too late
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