Text Me When You're Dead
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Title: Text Me When You're Dead
Written by: Kylie Erskine
Genres: Bumbling Detective, Cozy Mystery, Whodunnit, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Content Rating: PG-13 (brief violence, some strong language, sexual references, drug material)
Episodes: 8
Logline: A new detective's first case is a murder in a messy family fighting over money, and her only clues are strange texts from a grandmother with dementia.
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