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| Author | C. B. McKenzie |
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| Audio read by | Mark Bramhall |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Published | 2014 |
| Publisher | Minotaur Books [1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781250053541 |
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Rodeo Grace Garnet, an Arizona bounty hunter and private detective, is hired by an elderly Indian woman to help discover who murdered her grandson.
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