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The Naked Beat

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He sat down in one of the chairs beside me. We were both looking out to sea. There were tiny little ships bobbing up and down on the horizon.

"I found the girl I was looking for. She was working for Jade Chen. I got her out and got her to the hospital. Next morning she was found with a needle in her arm. And she didn't put it there, Jim. She was murdered."

Harrigan looked at me with a weird expression. I couldn't figure out what was on his mind.

"What went down at Jade Chen's place?" he asked.

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