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Send us Fan Mail Detective Nick Reyes follows the last words a prisoner spoke before his lawyer cut him off. They lead to a campaign office on Delaney Street, where a ballot measure would put Millhaven's cameras in every town in the county. He's a day late. The man at the back desk has been shot, and the city calls it a robbery. While Nick works the killing, a reporter's story about the campaign's money runs straight into his case. Then, late one night, his phone rings, and the v...
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