The Interlinked Enigma
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- Parts 3
Three lives. One accident. All for the sake of vengeance.
A murder crime has happened in the middle of a stormy night in a hotel parking lot in Chicago, Illinois. There isn’t any evidence left in the crime scene that can help the authority trace the footsteps of the killer… except that the mysterious murderer have left something behind with the body that have greatly confused the police. Three people have been involved that might lead them to the root cause of the case. Their worlds have collided and secrets have been revealed…
But, really, who is the person behind all these?
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