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Written by D.L. Bell and first sold in October 2013, ''The Unexpected Witness'' tells the story of Tracy Weaver, who as a young girl witnessed a murder on her father's farm out in Somverville, Ohio.

The murder itself went unsolved for years, and in time Tracy became a self-sufficient college student who also works for the local Rent-A-Cop. She has romantic interests in a classmate of hers, a mechanic by the name of Paul Wilsen. They get together and start dating, and Tracy meets a few of Paul's friends. On Halloween night, they're all together for a game of cards when Tracy sees the chief murderer in an advertisement...

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!!Tropes present in this work:
* TheAllegedCar: Paul's car, which at one point is described in-story as being "more rust than ic."
* CurbStompBattle: In Leon's backstory, he was challenged by an ArrogantKungFuGuy, and this was the result. [[spoiler:Also happens twice in rapid succession at the end of the plot, Ed to Paul and then Leon to Ed.]]
%%* IKnowKarate:
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Paul's friends
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The local cops, though only because of the perspective of the story.
* UnusualEuphemism: "The Painted Pony" for Heroin.
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