Compound Murder
Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries: Book #20
- By: Bill Crider
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Description
Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college campus in Clearview. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests a student, Ike Terrell, who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father is Able Terrell, a survivalist who has withdrawn from society and lives in a gated compound. He's not happy that his son has chosen to attend the college, and he's even less happy with the arrest
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Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries Series

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Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
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Abridged: No
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Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: George Guidall
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Abridged: No
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Narrated by: George Guidall
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Abridged: No
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Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
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Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
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Compound Murder
By: Bill Crider
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college campus in Clearview. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests a student, Ike Terrell, who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father... Read more »
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