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    "description": "A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest twist of all is her own murder.\n\nWith twenty hit titles, and a highly anticipated movie tie-in, celebrated novelist Columbia Jones is at the top of her game. Fans around the world adore her. But on the final night of her latest book tour, one face in the crowd makes the author collapse. And by the next morning, she\u2019s lying dead in a pool of blood.\n\nColumbia\u2019s death shocks the world and leaves Darian, her daughter and publicist, reeling. The police have nothing to go on\u2014at first. But then details emerge, pointing to the author\u2019s illicit past. Turns out many people had motive to kill Columbia. And with a hungry reporter and frustrated cop on the trail, her secrets won\u2019t stay buried long. But how many lives will they shatter as the truth comes out?",
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