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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Vacant Graves by Christopher Beats

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Vacant Graves, February 2013
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VACANT GRAVES
By: Christopher Beats

Self Published
February 2013
On Sale: February 18, 2013
Featuring: Donovan Schist; Stanny Slash; Phoebe Mosey
298 pages
Kindle: B00A9V2X1E
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Mystery | Fantasy Steampunk

Donovan Schist's current job was supposed to be an easy one: grab Phoebe Mosey before pimp and murderer Stanny Slash does, and drag her back home to Ohioβ€”kicking and screaming if necessary. But when a blazing river halts their steam train in the middle of nowhere, the veteran turned detective starts to wish he had stayed in New York.

With a homicidal Stanny hot on their trailβ€”maybe poisoning Stanny's man was a bad ideaβ€”Donovan needs to get Phoebe out of Juniper Junction fast. Even if that means taking a few jobs for some quick cash.

He doesn't expect to find a mining company on the brink of war with a union, or bloodthirsty strike-breakers itching to use a steam tank and other weapons he hasn't seen since the War of Southern Secession. Or that underneath it all lies something much darkerβ€”an unspeakably diabolical conspiracy…

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