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    Crime in the Community
    Crime in the Community
    cecilia_writer
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      Reads 33,011
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    • Parts
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      1919
    • Time
      Time 5h 15m
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    cecilia_writer
    Complete
    Complete, First published May 19, 2016
    Christopher's illusion of having his life under control is shattered when the mysterious Amaryllis appears in his small town in Fife, bringing new ideas, confusion and ultimately chaos in her wake.
    All Rights Reserved
    • humour
    • mystery
    • quirky
    • smalltown
    humourmysteryquirkysmalltown
    Table of contents
    • Chapter 1 Petunias
      Sat, May 28, 2016
    • Chapter 2 Steve's Ultimatum
      Sun, May 29, 2016
    • Chapter 3 Building a Community Strategy and other Stories
      Sun, May 29, 2016
    • Chapter 4 You say gorilla and I say guerilla
      Mon, May 30, 2016
    • Chapter 5 One of our council officials is missing.
      Mon, May 30, 2016
    • Chapter 6 Signals from another world
      Tue, May 31, 2016
    • Chapter 7 Harmless bureaucrats
      Wed, Jun 1, 2016
    • Chapter 8 A Colossal Fuss
      Wed, Jun 1, 2016
    • Chapter 9 Monopoly money
      Fri, Jun 3, 2016
    • Chapter 10 Root of all evil?
      Fri, Jun 3, 2016
    • Chapter 11 The morning after the weird weekend
      Sat, Jun 4, 2016
    • Chapter 12 Bugs
      Sat, Jun 4, 2016
    • Chapter 13 Young Dave's crimes
      Sun, Jun 5, 2016
    • Chapter 14 Desperately seeking...
      Sun, Jun 5, 2016
    • Chapter 15 The road to Auchterderran
      Mon, Jun 6, 2016
    • Chapter 16 The Health-giving properties of fish suppers
      Mon, Jun 6, 2016
    • Chapter 17 The day after the day after....
      Tue, Jun 7, 2016
    • Chapter 18 Yet more toast under the bridge
      Tue, Jun 7, 2016
    • The End - for now
      Tue, Jun 7, 2016

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    Christopher's illusion of having his life under control is shattered when the mysterious Amaryllis appears in his small town in Fife, bringing new ideas, confusion and ultimately chaos in her wake.

    19 parts

    • Chapter 17 The day after the day after....
      Tue, Jun 7, 2016
    • Chapter 18 Yet more toast under the bridge
      Tue, Jun 7, 2016
    • The End - for now
      Tue, Jun 7, 2016
    #273mystery
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