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    Pine Box for a Pin-Up
    Pine Box for a Pin-Up
    Pine Box for a Pin-Up
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    Pine Box for a Pin-Up

    By Frank De Blase

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    In the grand tradition of the great pulps of the ’50s comes PINE BOX FOR A PIN-UP.

    Frankie Valentine just wanted to take girlie pictures. But a jealous woman, a call girl on the make, a dirty cop, and a cross-dressing judge bent on keeping his secret, plunge Valentine into a world of murder, badger games gone wrong, blackmail, burlesque, and violence...

    Also includes GRIFT ’N’ GRIND a Frankie Valentine short story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDown & Out Books
    Release dateNov 15, 2016
    ISBN9781370802760
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