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Dec 2022
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803. The Wraith (Learn English with a Te...

Luke Thompson
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The second in a trilogy of text adventure stories by Peter Carlson. In this one we are chasing a ghostly serial killer with a few tricks up his sleeve. Do I have the detective skills to solve the mystery and avoid certain death?  

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