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Found paperback novel with blue cover
New Orleans
Found
listing
Posted
5 months
ago
Description
I found a paperback this afternoon around 3pm, lying on the sidewalk beside a coffee cart on Royal Street near the French Market in the French Quarter. It's a mass-market mystery novel, blue cover with a slightly faded title and a coffee ring on the edge, pages a bit dog-eared. There's a small sticker with the initials 'E.D.' on the back cover and a folded bookmark tucked between pages 112. It looks well-loved, like someone reads it every weekend. If this belongs to you, I'd really like to get it back—send me a message here and we can arrange a safe pickup.
Approximate found location
New Orleans
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