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Posted February 12, 2013 3:57 pm.

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A series of novels titled “The Sanibel Sunset Detective” tracks the saga of a most unlikely hero and  is the creation of Canadian writer Ron Base. Showbiz editor Gloria Martin talked to Base about murder, mystery and mayhem in a sleepy land of sun and surf.

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