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    The Best Defense
    The Best Defense
    The Best Defense
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    The Best Defense

    By Don Stoddard

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    After recovering from a gunshot wound which forced his retirement from the elite Crime Prevention Unit, Detective Justin Wade wasn’t looking for work. However, when approached by Bill Martin with a lucrative bodyguard position, he reconsiders. A ruthless gang of murderers have forced Bill’s daughter and granddaughter into hiding inside an antebellum farmhouse.

    Wade devises and executes a plan to capture gang members. To fulfill the assignment, the detective must confront the beautiful woman he’s assigned to protect, and her pacifist ideals.
    Years of police training, however, hadn’t prepared Wade for a ghostly specter that dwells inside the home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDon Stoddard
    Release dateMay 28, 2012
    ISBN9781476450537
    The Best Defense
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    Don Stoddard

    Don Stoddard was born in Washington D.C (at an early age) and resided in that renowned metropolis until he ventured forth to seek an education and thence (hopefully) his fortune. During a varied career, he has held many positions including police officer; certified public account, finance director, controller, and executive director of a large membership organization. Don resides with his wife in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he continues to write his deathless, (or is that “deadly?”), prose.

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