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    Pandora's Private Inquiries
    Pandora's Private Inquiries
    Pandora's Private Inquiries
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    Pandora's Private Inquiries

    By Charley Marsh

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    Pandora Rhees needs new clients to save the private investigator business she inherited from her parents. 

    When Crexlan Tooms knocks on her door with a problem that needs immediate attention she jumps at the offer.

    Maybe too fast.

    Join Pandora as she digs into the disappearance of two men on Zeta II, a wild and dangerous mining frontier beyond the reach of galaxy law.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTimberdoodle Press
    Release dateSep 14, 2018
    ISBN9781945856488
    Pandora's Private Inquiries
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    Charley Marsh

    In her younger days Charley Marsh’s curiosity drove her to climb mountains, canoe rivers, and explore caves and wilderness areas from Maine to California. She's been shot at, caught in a desert flash flood, and almost drowned off the Maine coast. Once she tobogganed down a 5,000+ foot mountain.  Life is always an adventure if you have the right attitude. Charley never set out to be a storyteller, but looking back on the elaborate lies she made up as a troubled teen she can see that she always had the makings. Now, in the immortal words of Lawrence Block, she happily “makes up lies for fun and profit.” If you would like information regarding Charley’s new releases or simply want to contact Charley visit: https://charleymarshbooks.com/

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      Pandora's Private Inquiries - Charley Marsh

      Pandora Rhees wrapped her heavy cloak more tightly around her body in an effort to deflect the combination of heavy, chill fog and the cold spray thrown up from the water skimmer’s bow. A futile gesture as the cold moisture penetrated everything.

      She shivered, noticed the skimmer’s pilot smirking at her, and straightened her shoulders—unwilling to let him witness any sign of weakness that might make gossip fodder when he pulled a few mugs of ale later with his mates.

      Appearance meant everything in her line of business.

      Look like you know what you’re doing and others will believe that you do. One of her father’s adages.

      The unexpected loss of her beloved parents still cut deep. Pandora ignored the pain and focused on the task at hand.

      She would have gladly passed on this job on Zeta II—a planet of vast oceans and very little solid ground—but her credit balance had dropped dangerously low after setting up a new business office and she desperately needed the work.

      There was nothing like an empty credit account to severely limit one’s choices.

      Appearance is everything. Her business forecaster had unknowingly echoed her father. Make the investment in the proper space now and your business will grow.

      Following the advisor’s recommendations–recommendations she had paid dearly for—Pandora had rented a small, three room office in the new Rose Tower in the center of Ridgeport, the largest port city on her home planet Myar. She had paid what seemed an exorbitant number of credits up front for three moon’s rent and stylish furnishings, credits she could ill afford.

      Since opening Pandora’s Private Inquiries only a few small jobs had come her way. Two moon cycles after signing the rental contract Pandora knew she needed a big client to walk through her door or she would find herself on Beggar’s Row.

      Two days before, Crexlan Tooms had answered her prayer. Tooms, second in command to Master Cyrus Black, the Cyrus Black, owner of Planetary Mining, had knocked on her door with a problem that needed immediate attention.

      Tooms was a mountain of a man with massive shoulders, hands that completely swallowed Pandora’s own, and a voice that sounded as if it originated from the depths of

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