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The Accidental Detective (Book #1: The Durham Detective Society)

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Reads 124
Votes 7
Parts 15
Time 1h 16m

Mature

Before drunkenly stumbling upon a corpse in the toilets, American exchange student Alina Harris had been having a blast at Durham University-one of England's oldest and most prestigious institutions. Cheap booze, new friends, whacky societies and a ridiculously hot rugby star flirting with her...What more does a girl need to get over a crappy breakup back home? 

In the aftermath of the murder, Alina finds out all sorts of gossip and secrets about the victim, students and staff. When one of the detectives on the case recruits her as his "inside woman" in the college, Alina is thrown into the center of the investigation and finds herself balancing late nights and essays on Victorian Lit with good ol' amateur sleuthing.

So much for swapping her hectic California lifestyle for the cobbled and supposedly drama-free streets of a quaint English town!All Rights Reserved

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