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    Toxic Gossip

    By Andrea Frazer

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    A Falconer short story in a more sombre mood. DI Falconer becomes involved in a gossip-fuelled hate crime, only to find himself questioning his own judgement when it comes to protecting Miriam Darling from her anonymous persecutors ...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAccent Press
    Release dateFeb 6, 2014
    ISBN9781681465654
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    Andrea Frazer

    An ex-member of Mensa, Andrea Frazer is married, with four grown-up children, and lives in the Dordogne with her husband Tony and their seven cats. She has wanted to write since she first began to read at the age of five, but has been a little busy raising a family and working as a lecturer in Greek, and teaching music. Her interests include playing several instruments, reading, and choral singing.

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    • 3/5
      This was a great story with a disappointing ending. A lady was being hassled with hate mail which referred to an incident in her past. She eventually took her own life leaving a letter with DI Faulkner. But we don’t know if her past was accurate or not and who was sending the hate mail.