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Identity Crisis (Sam McRae Mystery #1)

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Time 4h 50m

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A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed and Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae's client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find Melanie Hayes, the Maryland attorney is drawn into a complex case of murder and identity theft that has her running from the Mob, breaking into a strip club and forming a shaky alliance with an offbeat private investigator to discover the truth about Melanie and her ex-boyfriend.

With her career and life on the line, Sam's search takes her from the blue-collar Baltimore suburbs to the mansions of Gibson Island. Along the way, she learns that false identities can hide dark secrets, and those secrets can destroy lives.

This is the first book in the Sam McRae Mystery Series. I'm putting this up online, one chapter per week. But if you just can't wait to read the whole thing, you can buy it at any of the retailers listed here for just 99 cents: http://www.debbimack.com/project/identity-crisis/All Rights Reserved

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