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    Valentine and the Mobsters
    Valentine and the Mobsters
    Valentine and the Mobsters
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    Valentine and the Mobsters

    By Terry Hornby

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    Valentine's day starts in a prison cell, from there it's all downhill. Kidnapped children, torture, death threats and random violence fill up the rest of his day. He is a long way from his medieval city, from the streets he walked with sword and musket. Now it's all spaceships, blasters and some wee beasties called nanobots.

    But he's a copper and he is learning about these things called clues. Now if he could just stop hitting people.

    Valentine's a thug, but he's our thug.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerry Hornby
    Release dateDec 19, 2023
    ISBN9780645849158
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