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Kieran Shields

A Study in Revenge

By Kieran Shields - Published 2013

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1893, Portland, Maine. Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called to investigate a burned body and strange occult symbols in an abandoned house. Even stranger ...Read Review

The Truth of All Things

By Kieran Shields - Published 2012

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Mystery/Crime

In Portland, Maine in 1892, detective Archie Lean investigates the brutal murder of a prostitute. The woman is laid out like a pentagram and ...Read Review

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