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a Bat Garrett <\/em>mystery – book 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman behind the counter looks exactly like Jody Anderson, down to the scars Bat Garrett watched her acquire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That should be impossible. Bat saw Jody die. The Houston saleswoman insists she is Janet Alexander, and the records support her – for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her transcript has no matching yearbook photograph. News archives contain incompatible deaths and returns. A family album appears to have been altered. Then Janet remembers something only Jody could know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As one life becomes credible, the other looks carefully manufactured. Bat must discover who assembled Janet\u2019s history, how they made it hold together, and why they still need her to believe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindle<\/a> or Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To read more about Bat Garrett, be sure and check out \u201cThe Nice Guy<\/a><\/em>\u201c, \u201cThe Return of the Nice Guy<\/a><\/em>\u201d and \u201cUp to Bat<\/a>\u201c<\/em>. All available on Kindle & in paperback! And, if you want to read this story from Jody\u2019s perspective (as well as find out what happened next), be sure and read \u201cCheerleader, Gymnast, Flautist, Spy<\/em>\u201c!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He’s seen a ghost! Bat travels from Houston and Dallas, to Arkansas and Durango (where he meets a young Garison Fitch) and closer to the conclusion that he may not have been the only one set-up by the Home Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1997,1998,2026],"tags":[2004,1006,1567,1014,1999,2033,1015,1327,1277,1608,1017],"class_list":["post-3706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detective","category-mystery","category-romance","tag-arkansas-2","tag-astros-2","tag-batgarrett","tag-dallas-2","tag-detective","tag-galveston","tag-houston-2","tag-murder","tag-mystery","tag-romance-2","tag-texas"],"yoast_head":"\nLast at Bat - the Bat Garrett mysteries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"He's seen a ghost! 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