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Connie drove a silver Camry with rosary beads hanging from her rearview mirror and a Smith& Wesson stuck under the seat. No matter whatwent down, Connie was covered.

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Janet Evanovich
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: April 22
Novelist
Writer
South River
New Jersey
Steffie Hall
Covered
Connie
Silver
Rosary
Mirror
Beads
Mirrors
Drove
Stuck
Smith
Matter
Seat
Hanging
Seats

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