House of Corrections
- ISBN-10
- 0399146156
- ISBN-13
- 9780399146152
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Author
- Doug J. Swanson
Description
Drawn to Gavascon to help an old friend, a down-on-his-luck private investigator finds plenty of trouble when he tries to dispose of a quarter million dollars in drug money.
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