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        | Mark Arsenault | 
       
      
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        Billy Povich: obituary
          writer for a newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island | 
       
     
       
      
      
        | Thomas Gately Briody | 
       
      
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        Michael Carolina: former TV
        investigative reporter in Providence, Rhode Island | 
       
     
       
      
        
          | Jan Brogan | 
         
        
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          Hallie Ahern: investigative
            newspaper reporter, and gambling addict, leaving Boston for Providence,
            Rhode Island | 
         
       
       
      
        
          | Bruce DeSilva | 
         
        
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          Liam Mulligan: street-smart
            investigative reporter in Providence, Rhode Island | 
         
       
       
      
        
          | Alice Kimberly | 
         
        
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          Penelope Thornton-McClure, a bookshop owner,  and Jack Shepard, the store’s resident ghost-sleuth, in Quindicott, Rhode  Island | 
         
       
       
      
        
          | Mary Kruger | 
         
        
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          Brooke Cassidy, a mystery writer, and Matt  Devlin a private eye in 1890s Newport, Rhode Island | 
         
       
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