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The Briefcase: a crime fiction short story 🔗
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.Convinced that his secretive wife, Annie, is cheating on him, Aide meets an attractive young goth at the pub who helps him pick the lock of Annie’s briefcase to search for incriminating evidence.
This is my first ebook to be published since my SmashWords publisher account was migrated to Draft2Digital following their merger. I couldn’t find a setting that determines the percentage for the free sample, so it’s only 10% which is shorter than Smile for the Camera. A brief extract is also available on the book’s home page. The Briefcase is listed on SmashWords, Kobo, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and various other ebook retailers and libraries (but not Amazon).
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