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    "title": "Can't Judge a Book By Its Murder",
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    "description": "<p>As Sugar Springs gears up for its all-class high school reunion, Mississippi bookstore owner Arlo Stanley prepares to launch her largest event: a book-signing with the town&rsquo;s legendary alum and bestselling author, Wally Harrison. That&rsquo;s when Wally is discovered dead outside of Arlo&rsquo;s front door and her best friend is questioned for the crime. When the elderly ladies of Arlo&rsquo;s Friday Night Book Club start to investigate, Arlo has no choice but to follow behind to keep them out of trouble. Yet with Wally&rsquo;s reputation, the suspect list only grows longer&mdash;his betrayed wife, his disgruntled assistant, even the local man who holds a grudge from a long-ago accident. Between running interference with the book club and otherwise keeping it all together, Arlo anxiously works to get Chloe out of jail. And amidst it all, her one-time boyfriend-turned-private-eye returns to town, just another distraction while she digs to uncover the truth around Wally&rsquo;s death and just what Sugar Springs secret could have led to his murder.</p>",
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