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Digging in the Dirt
- The Sam Smith Mystery Series, Book 12
- Narrated by: Paula L. Branch
- Series: Sam Smith, Book 12
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Publisher's Summary
Digging in the Dirt is book 12 in the Amazon number one Sam Smith Mystery series. Each book in the series contains a complete story and can be listened to as a stand-alone.
Someone had posted a dead rat through Jana Jakubowska’s letterbox and scrawled obscene graffiti on her garden wall. Harmless pranks or something more sinister? Her boyfriend Tom Renwick hired me to find out.
During my investigation, I met Jana’s charming four-year-old daughter Krystyna, her estranged former lover Matt Taylor, and a local hoodlum called Naz.
As the case unfolded, the trail led to murder...and a situation that placed Krystyna in danger. The Rat Man had revealed his ruthless streak, but surely he wouldn’t harm a child?
Meanwhile, my friend and colleague Faye Collister was trying to reconcile her troubled past with her feelings for Blake the Bodyguard, a handsome hunk.
Digging in the Dirt is a story of passionate love and extreme hate.