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Speaker 2: This is life and crimes. This is not Andrew Rule.

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Speaker 2: with a question from Will, and Will refers to a

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Speaker 2: Now as we're recording this, the police are not happy

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Speaker 1: Deb Gray's book a simple twist of fate. I'm so

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Speaker 1: in its third reprint, small reprints, but reprints. It's selling

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Speaker 1: She told me, I don't want to make money. I

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Speaker 2: And i'd thoroughly recommend if you haven't listened to the

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Speaker 2: And how can people if they wish to read Deb's book?

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