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Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux

Glory Be

A Glory Broussard Mystery

by Danielle Arceneaux
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  • Oct 3, 2023, 272 pages
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"I'm going. I need to go. That's my best friend."

"It must be someone else. Anyways, you can't drive in this condition, Miss Glory," said Lieutenant Landry. "You just about fainted."

"I know the address. You can't stop me."

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Lieutenant Landry grabbed his radio. "Lieutenant Landry here, car 12. I'm in the vicinity." He looked at Noah. "Take her."

Excerpted from Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux. Copyright © 2023 by Danielle Arceneaux. Excerpted by permission of Pegasus Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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