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In a mystery, you must play fair by giving all the clues, but disguise them by immediately distracting the reader with something else.

Joan Lowery Nixon

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Joan Lowery Nixon
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 3
Died: 2003
Died: July 5
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