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I had many books published under my married name, mary miley theobald, and when i began writing fiction, i had to come up with another name to avoid confusion. Yet she also has a reputation as a skilled amateur sleuth. Read the impersonator a mystery by mary miley available from rakuten kobo. Jessie beckett, the protagonist, is a script girl for the swashbuckling actor, douglas fairbanks.
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