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    Black Coffee 4: A Charles "The Solver" Splints Case
    Black Coffee 4: A Charles "The Solver" Splints Case
    Black Coffee 4: A Charles "The Solver" Splints Case
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    Black Coffee 4: A Charles "The Solver" Splints Case

    By D.e.e.L

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    Charles Splints has been challenged and his spot atop the Grid is in jeopardy. With a poem as his only clue to a murder he storms out and goes searching for answers. Will he be able to solve the case before he ends up being next? Or will the next challenger finally take out the infamous detective? (Short Story 4 of 5)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD.e.e.L
    Release dateJun 19, 2015
    Black Coffee 4: A Charles "The Solver" Splints Case
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    D.e.e.L

    Dan Leicht is a contemporary romance author living in Rochester, NY with his fiancée Barbara and their cat Charlie. He has a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from The College at Brockport.

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      Black Coffee 4 - D.e.e.L

      Charles The Solver Splints – Black Coffee 4

      Copyright © 2013 by D.e.e.L

      Copyright © 2015 by Dan Leicht (D.e.e.L)

      Cover Art by D.e.e.L

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Dedicated to a good night’s sleep

      Charles The Solver Splints - Black Coffee 4

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      I rip him from behind the bar counter and throw him into him a table.

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