Clandestine
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Most people know me as The Raven. Only a privileged few call me Cara English. I've been alone, hiding in plain sight as an expert hacker for so long, that I have to re-learn what it's like to trust others after I'm caught by the cops. After all, I never could trust my alcoholic father or my runaway mother. No, I could only ever rely on me.
But then this vape-smoking guy in a pinstripe suit comes to my rescue just when things get really hairy for me. He offers me freedom in exchange for breaking a code to find a cold-blooded killer. It should be an easy choice, but I can't shake the feeling that it's somehow really, really wrong.
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