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Dagger

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Reads 21
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Time 42m

crime mystery short story suspense

Texas oil billionaire and exotic weapons collector Bump Stedman paid a cheap two million on the black market for a priceless ruby-handled dagger, a treasure stolen from  the Malacca Sultinate, but the dagger carries with it the power to excite boundless greed, which leads to a series of murders and draws Atlanta vice cop Dominick Kemp into a lethal trap.  Nobody is who they initially appear to be in this lead story of the author's lifetime short story collection.All Rights Reserved

crime mystery short story suspense

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Dagger
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SCREAM (Ghostface Bakugo x Detective Reader AU) cover

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