In the Dead of Night
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Last published Tue, Feb 22, 2022
Lizette is just trying to become the most successful investigative journalist, but to do that she must learn how to investigate. She is hired by James Stoke to work as an investigative assistant for "Stoked to be Investigating" private investigator firm. Her work life is mainly filing paper work for mundane cases involving affairs, but one day when a young man shows up at the office asking for assistance on solving the murder of his girlfriend, the whole office is thrown into a whirlwind when the evidence points to an unlikely suspect. This case proves dangerous for Lizette, but will she risk her life for a chance to be a prolific investigative journalist?
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