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    City of Fallen Angels
    City of Fallen Angels
    City of Fallen Angels
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    City of Fallen Angels

    By Paul Buchanan

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    Summer, 1962. A scorching heat wave is suffocating L.A.PI Jim Keegan is offered a small fortune to find a beautiful woman.He refuses.The job seems suspicious.The next day the same woman turns up on his doorstep.Eve fears for her safety. She is being watched. Before Keegan knows it, someone has been killed with Keegan’s own gun, and he gets sucked into a world of suspicion and betrayal where he’s never quite sure where the truth lies. Before long he’s the prime suspect in a murder he didn’t commit, and all the evidence seems to point in his direction.It’s almost like someone planned it that way.‘Terrific’ Publishers Weekly‘A very cleverly written book’ @mrsfegfiction‘I knew what was going on until three pages before the end when I was proven HORRIFICALLY wrong’ @nobooksgiven‘A truly exciting, punchy and interesting read’ @reading_for_my_mind‘It pulls you in’ Booklovelife‘Classic mystery lovers this novel is highly recommended for you’ @nightfallmysteries
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateApr 1, 2020
    ISBN9781789559804
    City of Fallen Angels
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    Paul Buchanan

    Paul Buchanan earned a Master of Professional Writing degree from the University of Southern California and an MFA in fiction writing from Chapman University. He teaches and writes in the Los Angeles area.

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