A Smile is All it Took
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Last published Sat, Jan 19, 2013
James Henry Duncan was once accused of something which he never did: murder. He has longed to find out way someone would murder two innocent people, one who he loved. A decade later he is back walking the very streets that he walked during those dark days and so is the murderer. As the web of intrigue gets ever wider James knows he can trust few and believe none. After all the most simplest of smiles, however innocent it looks could kill.
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