Devil Take The Hindmost
SouthPawStance
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  • Reads 4,299
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  • Parts 39
  • Time 9h 43m
SouthPawStance
Complete, First published Jun 18, 2022
Mature
actionbritishcrimedetectivehistoricalhumorhumourmysterynoiroccultprivate-detectiveprivateinvestigatorpulpthriller
Satchmo Turner, proprietor of the Waifs and Strays private detection agency, can feel all of his meagre past success slipping away. His relationship is on the skids, he's flat broke and his business partner is hell-bent on taking a murder case that isn't paying.  When a dynamite client proposes a doddle of a job for a bucket-full of cash, it seems like a no-brainer. But with the bodies piling up on the streets of Wolverhampton, and the ghostly hand of the city's founder on his shoulder, Satchmo and his motley group of pseudo-sleuths soon hope it won't be them that end up brain-dead.
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The Coffin Maker

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