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When Beau Delaney, the Halifax hotshot whose exploits are the subject of a new Hollywood film, is charged with the murder of his wife Peggy, it’s lawyer and bluesman Monty Collins who takes the case.
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Jake Morgan, ex-cop and blackjack dealer, discovers that a fifty-year-old mystery can still get him killed, after he agrees to keep an eye on his boss's niece, who happens to harbor a potentially dead
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When Hurricane Hazel tore through Toronto on October 15, 1954, it left its mark on both the city and its inhabitants. In the aftermath, a young cop named Ray Townes emerges as a hero?numerous accounts
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