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Crime & Justice · fiction

One Key at a Time

The first thing Margaret Hayes noticed about me was never what I accomplished. It was what I wore. According to my mother-in-law, successful women wore tailored jackets before breakfast, drove somewhere important every morning, and returned home after dark carrying leather briefcases. They did not wear leggings. They certainly...

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Genre
Crime & Justice
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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