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Shadow Boxer: A Billy Nichols Novel

by Eddie Muller · 2003

Billy Nichols series

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In this highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed thriller The Distance, San Francisco boxing columnist Billy Nichols discovers that some secrets—like some people—just won't stay buried.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisnoirnoirMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sportssportsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
San FranciscoSan FranciscoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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