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I was driving by, doing a security check... and I smelled leg of lamb. Morelli

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Janet Evanovich
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: April 22
Novelist
Writer
South River
New Jersey
Steffie Hall
Check
Checks
Driving
Legs
Security
Smelled
Lamb
Lambs

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