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    The Cumberland Gap
    The Cumberland Gap
    The Cumberland Gap
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    The Cumberland Gap

    By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

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    After breaking the news to a lonely heart client that he’s the victim of a catfishing scheme, private eye Andy Hayes must act fast when additional victims of the same fraud show up armed, angry, and demanding retribution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack Cat Weekly
    Release dateJan 20, 2024
    ISBN9781479468034
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      The Cumberland Gap - Andrew Welsh-Huggins

      Table of Contents

      COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

      THE CUMBERLAND GAP, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

      Copyright © 2024 by Andrew Welsh-Huggins.

      Original publication by Wildside Press, LLC.

      wildsidepress.com | bcmystery.com

      THE CUMBERLAND GAP,

      by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

      He called me on a Tuesday, looking for help with a missing girlfriend, and two days later he was waiting for me in the breakfast room at a Super 8 on East Main just past the Outer belt. Not the most elegant of locations, but few of my clients are what you’d call high-rollers.

      I really appreciate this, Mr. Hayes, he said, gesturing for me to sit after I walked in and introduced myself. It’s all so upsetting. I just wasn’t sure what to do. Who to call.

      Call me Andy. I handed him my card. Your trip was okay?

      It’s an easy drive. Under five hours.

      Good to hear. Now how can I help?

      He nodded, composed himself, and explained. His name was Dale Eckman. He was an accountant from Cumberland, Maryland, where he handled finances for the local convention bureau. It was a beautiful area, very historic, he told me. I should really consider a trip sometime. Bring the whole family if I wanted. He could help with the arrangements, no problem.

      Thanks, I said, not bothering to remind him he’d made the same offer on our call two days before.

      He was single, he went on,

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