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title: "This Is How It Begins"
author: "Joan Dempsey"
genre: "Mystery & Thriller, Gay"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "LGBTQ+"
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bnid: "1125676355"
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data_license: "CC BY-NC 4.0"
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# This Is How It Begins

## Context
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