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About The Body in the Alley: A Hard-Boiled Mystery Crime Thriller (The Hard Knock Series [Thriller Authors])

The murder was swift and brutal… When ex-Afghanistan vet Keith Gainey bounces a guy from a Philly nightclub, he thinks he has the situation under control--until violent mobster Shawn Toomey joins the fight and kicks the patron to death. Now there’s a body in the alley, and someone’s going to prison. When the cops arrest and charge Keith with murder, he has one last desperate chance to earn his freedom: Confront the savage gangster who is trying to frame him, or end up in a cold jail cell for decades to come. Enjoy the roller coaster ride of this short, fast-paced novella by best-selling thriller writer James Dain, “Best Novel” winner at the Los Angeles Neo-Noir Festival. "Just wow! James Dain writes stories you can't put down!" (Charles Anceney, author of The Boy in the Boat)

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