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The Fallen
The Fallen
The Fallen
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Ashleigh Cruz, representing the holdings of the Cruz family as an attorney, hires Paul Rice to investigate an old factory for paranormal activities and cleanse the building, if necessary, so the family can sell the property. Rice’s investigation quickly reveals that there is more involved than what he was told. This leads him along a twisted path where he encounters a strange family, a member of a gay women’s organization who isn’t sure she belongs there, and an old demonic curse dating back to the Spanish Inquisition that has followed the Cruzes across the ocean from Spain to America and is killing off the family one by one.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateJun 14, 2020
ISBN9781984583000
The Fallen
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Craig Conrad

Author resides in Milwaukee. Wisconsin, has been hooked on mysteries and supernatural thrillers since reading his first H.P. Lovecraft novel. He has written twenty novels, fourteen of them are Paul Rice novels, his reluctant paranormal investigator, with cameo appearances in two others that feature two of his war buddies along with two Dutch Verlander stories, and a collection of short stories.

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