Fatal Connections
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While battling drug addiction and post-traumatic demons, can a female veteran overcome the forces trying to frame her for murder?
When Marine veteran and aspiring private eye Erica Jensen gets a frantic call for help from a client-the female half of a social media influencer couple-she springs into action. Unfortunately, she arrives at their house only to find their bodies, butchered, in the basement.
Despite her cooperation with police, the homicide detectives on the case consider Erica a possible "person of interest." As Erica struggles to exonerate herself, she draws unwanted attention from a mysterious stranger. Meanwhile, witnesses who could clear her wind up dead.
Can Erica fight forces powerful enough to frame her for murder without getting herself or more civilians killed?
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