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1) CAPER
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Poor Stanley Hastings. After getting hired by a hitman and nearly getting shot, the put-upon PI needed some fun, so when a gorgeous damsel in distress walked through his office door she seemed just what the doctor ordered. Wrong again. The fair maiden turned out to be a married mom who wanted Stanley to find out why her teenage daughter was skipping school. Playing truant officer wasn't much fun, but at least it should be easy. Fat chance.
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Manhattan P.I. Desiree Shapiro receives a big surprise when eccentric author Belle Simone says if Desiree can solve the mystery in Belle's yet unpublished novel, she'll be paid $24,940. The real mystery is why someone would pay her such an exorbitant sum to solve a homicide that exists only on paper?
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Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past -- a former cop who lost his badge and his family in a corruption scandal. When a wealthy Upper East Side matron summons him one cold February night, Perry grabs what seems to be a straightforward case. In this classic noir tale set on New York's mean streets and along Hamptons' back roads, twenty authors bring distinctive voices to each chapter as the tension builds to a shocking, explosive finale.