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A Time for Murder
2025
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THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TO SOLVE THE CASE.Everyone knows the first forty-eight hours are the most important after a homicide. But for Detective Luke Guillory, the first forty-eight hours are all he gets—over and over and over. Luke is a pariah in the Sacramento the son of a disgraced police chief, he has the lowest close rate on the force. After a freak power outage, Luke finds himself reliving the same two days after a local real estate developer is murdered. With the help of a cynical retired detective, he discovers he must catch the murderer to escape the time loop. But his own department has turned against him, his mother's in jail, and the web of money, lies, and deceit complicates everything about the case. Can Luke solve the murder—and get his life back? Get this new first-in-series from the USA TODAY Bestselling Author of The Fenway Stevenson series! "Ardoin is the real deal" —Mark Stay, host of Mark Stay's Creative Differences

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Paul Ardoin
Paul Ardoin
Author · 16 books
Paul Austin Ardoin is the author of the Fenway Stevenson Mysteries. A California native with a degree in creative writing from UC Santa Barbara, Ardoin has also published short fiction and humorous essays in Bottomfish and Sweet Fancy Moses. His non-fiction articles about computer security have appeared in California Computer News and European Communications. He lives in the Sacramento area with his wife, two teenagers, and a menagerie of animals.
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