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    Value for the Money
    Value for the Money
    Value for the Money
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    Value for the Money

    By Albert Tucher

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    It was supposed to be a lucrative job posing as a rich man's girlfriend, but that was before someone ended up dead. Now the police are leaning on call girl Diana Andrews and making her do their job for them. From Cape May to darkest Morris County, New Jersey, she must investigate old money and murder, and hope she isn't the next victim.

    A short story from our Fingerprints mystery and crime line.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUntreed Reads
    Release dateDec 18, 2011
    ISBN9781611872293
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      Value for the Money - Albert Tucher

      Value for the Money

      By Albert Tucher

      Copyright 2011 by Albert Tucher

      Cover Copyright 2011 by Dara England Publishing

      The author is hereby established as the sole holder of the copyright. Either the publisher (Untreed Reads) or author may enforce copyrights to the fullest extent.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold, reproduced or transmitted by any means in any form or given away to other people without specific permission from the author and/or publisher. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental.

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      VALUE FOR THE MONEY

      By Albert Tucher

      Diana Andrews?

      That’s me.

      The cops up your way have some interesting things to say about you.

      All good, I’m sure.

      What I don’t understand, said Chief Ducasse, is why you don’t have any arrests.

      My local chief is a realist. I don’t embarrass him, and he doesn’t bother me.

      I don’t have hookers in my town, and I don’t plan to let any in.

      "So you’re

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