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For a gumshoe, he was dark, brooding and dangerous. His clients, mostly women wanting to catch their husbands cheating on them so they could get the house, were drawn to him like a moth to a flame\u2014a blowtorch of a flame. Their inhibitions disappeared under his flaming sexuality and many women felt stirrings under their skirts and dresses that they hadn\u2019t felt in a long time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wasn\u2019t a \u2018nice\u2019 boy; he was rough, rugged and wore his anger like the deep scar on his face, the same face that sported a three day growth. He was powerfully built, the probable result of hours spent in the boxing gym owned and run by \u2018Muscles\u2019 McGee, the underworld henchman who almost changed his ways upon being released from The Big House after serving ten years for murder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he wasn\u2019t working a case, the gumshoe spent many of his hours punching bags, sparring with regulars, and lifting weights. He was fit, and the women who sought him out somehow knew it from the way he kinda walked, kinda sauntered, and the way his clothes bulged in all the right places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His name? No one ever knew\u2014everyone just called him \u2018Gumshoe\u2019. Clients called him Mr Gumshoe. They guessed that \u2018Danger\u2019 was his middle name.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a gumshoe, he was dark, brooding and dangerous. His clients, mostly women wanting to catch their husbands cheating on them so they could get the house, were drawn to him like a moth to a flame\u2014a blowtorch of a flame. 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