Cost of Penance
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Last published Fri, Dec 11, 2015
Mindy Fray is just another fifteen year-old girl. That is until she finds a certain pink ring behind one of the town-houses she works for. The ring turns out to belong to one of the girls that has been murdered in her small town of Perennial. Torn between telling the truth, or keeping it hidden to protect the people she loves, Mindy has to choose. And quick.
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