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The Million-Dollar Tattoo

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Seattle P.I. Thomas Black is sound asleep when he gets a panicked call from "Snake, " a fellow gumshoe, with a case that's one for The X-Files. There's an exotic-looking woman dead in Snake's bed. He's not sure how she died, but he's certain about where she came from—outer space.

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Even a murder rap and the specter of prison can't make Snake change his story. Thomas Black's job? To rescue the increasingly paranoid Snake and discover if indeed "the truth is out there." But what Black finds will prove to be more "out there" than he could ever imagine. . . .

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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