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    Discount Dick

    By J.O. Manning

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    What happens when a young private investigator is assigned to collect a retainer and the client doesn't want to pay with cash?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ.O. Manning
    Release dateAug 27, 2017
    ISBN9781386893417
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      Discount Dick - J.O. Manning

      Discount Dick

      J.O. Manning

      Published by J.O. Manning, 2017.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

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      First edition. August 27, 2017.

      Copyright © 2017 J.O. Manning.

      Written by J.O. Manning.

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      In private eye fiction, there are always so many babes throwing pussy at the protagonist that he has to carry an umbrella.

      But it ain’t necessarily so, Porgy.

      Nevertheless, once in a while...

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      I landed a job as an operative for Worldwide Investigation, Inc., and spent the first month or so tagging along with R.C., the chief investigator, taking notes like mad.   One misty grey morning in early fall, he finally gave me something to do on my own.

      We tooled down to the south side in R.C.’s midnight

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