Dark Days Before You Came
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Last published Wed, Mar 9, 2016
Inspector Parker wasn't always a cynical and emotionless detective.
He had a wonderful family - and was the happiest man on Earth. Until his family was brutually murdered.
It has been three years, and the case still hasn't been solved.
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Valerie Hale wanted to be a policewoman since she was a young girl, and now her dream was finally fulfilled.
But she, too, had a tragic past.
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Their fates are linked, and so are their cases.
Will the mysteries finally unravel?
Will truth finally come to light?
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