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    A Better Place
    A Better Place
    A Better Place
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    A Better Place

    By David Schibi

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    This was the day he’d been waiting for, training for.
    This was the day he’d dreamed about.
    This was the day he’d get his daughter back.

    Peter had seen her go down the slide only to never come out the other end. After ten years in prison Peter was determined to find Melanie.

    No matter what - or who - tried to stop him.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGambler Press
    Release dateDec 29, 2010
    ISBN9781458192516
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      A Better Place - David Schibi

      A Better Place

      David Schibi

      Copyright 2010 by David Schibi

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      Peter Russell ran as hard as he could, his tennis shoes slapping the pavement. The barking of the dogs echoed through the air some distance behind him.

      Going the wrong way.

      Sirens accompanied the barking but it was harder to tell which direction they went.

      As if the cops didn’t know where he was going.

      Any idiot with half a brain could figure it out.

      So it didn’t surprise him when he saw a dark figure waiting for

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