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SHE'S THE SHERIFF!
A woman with a complicated past returns home to become the small town's new sheriff. Best Mann For The Job, by the writer/artist team of Chris and Erica Well, is hosted weekly on TitleTrakk.com. Read it from the beginning at StudioWell.com.Watch the trailer on YouTube.
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- Chris Well
- My next book, coming July 2010, is the 3-in-1 mystery omnibus The Kentucky Geezers Mysteries (Heartsong Presents: Mysteries). My wife Erica and I create the weekly crime/mystery comic Best Mann For the Job, a cross between a rural Dick Tracy and Gasoline Alley. For agent inquiries, contact MacGregor Literary.
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