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    The Jade Corpse Caper
    The Jade Corpse Caper
    The Jade Corpse Caper
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    The Jade Corpse Caper

    By Stanley Bruce Carter

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    Gangster girl Calla O’Gurk braves zombies, mummies and three-headed dogs to swipe an ancient jade statuette from the home of Chicago industrialist Fulminius Squale. Now all she has to do is deliver it to an old lady in New Orleans and her job is done. What could possibly go wrong?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStanley Bruce Carter
    Release dateJan 31, 2015
    ISBN9781310090554
    The Jade Corpse Caper
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    Stanley Bruce Carter

    Stan Carter lives in Bellevue, Nebraska. He has been in the newspaper business for nearly 30 years, serving as a reporter, copy editor, columnist, typesetter and paginator at various publications. He is the author of five novels published by Gypsy Shadow: "Petchy Maligula," "The Depraved Dances of Taram Zhod," "The Caskian Scandal," "The Extortions of Stiffani Voydalle" and "Kill My Husband."

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