The Fireshrike - Prelude
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John and Lavinia DeWitt seem like a normal couple living in a small town, just six miles outside of the Ashley swamp. But inside their seemingly normal public house lies a dark secret:
Debt. Infidelity. Hatred. A trail of bodies. Now the entire Six-Mile Gang is dangling from a thread.
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This is a prelude to the upcoming novel The Fireshrike, now available on Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WW71BYW
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