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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


Crooked by Brian M. Wiprud

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Also by Brian M. Wiprud:

The Clause, October 2012
Trade Size / e-Book
Ringer, July 2011
Hardcover
Feelers, March 2009
Hardcover
Tailed, June 2007
Paperback
Sleep with the Fishes, October 2006
Paperback
Crooked, July 2006
Paperback
Stuffed, May 2005
Paperback
Pipsqueak, June 2004
Paperback

Crooked
Brian M. Wiprud

Dell
July 2006
Featuring: Beatrice Belarus; Nicholas Palihnic
336 pages
ISBN: 0440243122
Paperback
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Mystery Private Eye

Nicholas Palihnic is a natty, tweed-suited hustler who knows every nook and cranny of New York–and a thousand ways to break a girl’s heart. Beatrice Belarus is a Manhattan art dealer with an insatiable appetite for money– and for anyone who gets in her way. And a painting titled Trampoline Nude, 1972 has neither nudity nor a trampoline. But when Nicholas is hired by an insurance company to find the recently stolen painting, a murdered art thief points him to a trove of gold buried beneath Manhattan–and suddenly all roads are leading back to Beatrice. As fortune hunters, lovers, and other strangers gather around him, there’s one thing Nicholas must remember above all else: in this business, it’s better to be crooked than dead....

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