One Big Problem
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Last published Tue, Jun 3, 2014
Wayne Cote was just your typical private investigator; trying to avoid any kind of work possible. But then one day the world's biggest cliché walked in, and dropped one big problem into his lap. Now everyone is out to get him, from crazy jazz club owners to rival P.I.s to even the United States Military. All the while he has to try to solve the case he didn't want in the first place. Why didn't he stay home that day?
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