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      Practice to Deceive

      by David Housewright
      Published
      Nov 1997
      Main Genre
      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      275
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      A Holland Taylor Mystery Book 2

      About This Book

      In his Edgar Award–winning first novel, Penance, David Housewright introduced readers to Holland Taylor, a wisecracking, martial arts–practicing, exotic coffee–drinking, cynical ex-cop turned Pl. Now Taylor takes on an unpromising embezzlement case--an elderly woman has been cheated out of her life savings. But when he tracks down Levering Field, the oily man who handled her account, he discovers a web of fraud and intrigue. Computer records reveal a list of prominent people who have invested in Field's operations. Now a lot more is on the line, including millions of dollars, the reputations of the city's most powerful people, and even Holland Taylor's own life ...

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      Book 2
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      Hard-Boiled Private Investigator

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