If We Were Villains
If We Were VillainsM. L. Rio
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If We Were Villains (2017)

M. L. Rio

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

Entreated to tell his side of the story to a detective who put him in prison a decade earlier for a murder he may not have committed, Oliver Marks describes his past as a Shakespearean actor in college whose rivalry with a castmate escalated in dangerous ways.

ISBN:
9781250095282
Length:
368 pages

Genres: mystery, thriller

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