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    Sensitive Matters: Vance Devane, #1
    Sensitive Matters: Vance Devane, #1
    Sensitive Matters: Vance Devane, #1
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    Sensitive Matters: Vance Devane, #1

    By Alden S Bauers

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    NCIS special agent-turned private eye Vance Devane handles sensitive matters for clients of Devane & Associates Asset Management. When a cantankerous widow's Stradivarius is stolen, Vance must recover the filched fiddle without hitting a sour note.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlden Bauers
    Release dateJan 4, 2023
    ISBN9798215048757
    Sensitive Matters: Vance Devane, #1
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    Alden S Bauers

    Alden S Bauers was born and raised on Long Island. He currently resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina where he works as a computer technician. He's married and has two young children. When he's not writing or spending time with his family, Alden enjoys modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale and driving his 1965 Chevy Corvair

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