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A Junior Bender Mystery

Introducing Junior Bender, the favorite burglar turned private investigator of Hollywood crooks Junior Bender is a Los Angeles burglar with a magic touch. Since he first started breaking into houses at age fourteen, hes never once been caught. But now, after twenty-two years building an exemplary career, Junior has been blackmailed by Trey Annunziato, one of the most powerful crime bosses in LA, into acting as a private investigator on the set of Treys porn venture, which someone keeps sabotaging. The star Trey has lined up to do all thats unwholesome on camera is Thistle Downing, Americas beloved child star, who now lives alone in a drug-induced stupor, destitute and uninsurable. Her starring role will be the scandalous fall-from-grace gossip of rubberneckers across the country. No wonder Trey needs help keeping the production on track. Junior knows what he should dobut doing the right thing will land him on the wrong side of LAs scariest mob boss. With the help of his precocious twelve-year-old daughter, Rina, and his criminal sidekick,ex-getaway driverLouie the Lost, Junior will have to pull off a miracle to get out of this mess.