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Private Vices

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Parts 9
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Can a down-at-heel private eye trust himself when he takes a job he doesn't want? His grip on reality wavers as he sinks deeper into a confusion of murders, violence and corruption in 1950's Los Angeles. Wartime memories and the ghost of a murdered girl haunt him as he seeks a way through the lies. Who can he trust? Not the client, not what he's told - and maybe not himself.All Rights Reserved

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Between Fate And Labyrinth

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