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magazine (2011) and was in talks to publish a novel that began life in the 1950s and was rejuvenated in early 2011. Robert Hale also published five novels in the last decade:
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688:Till Death Us Do Part
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145:These Haunted Streets
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406:More Tales of Unease
222:Flame in the Streets
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954:References
888:The Bill 6
880:The Bill 5
872:The Bill 4
864:The Bill 3
856:The Bill 2
784:Jason King
776:Dad's Army
664:The Jokers
608:The System
502:Mastermind
447:Bedabbled!
349:Jason King
244:The System
168:New Worlds
128:, and the
102:Jean Burke
69:Occupation
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