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Our Double Lives: From cops to crime writers - how Gareth and Louise Ward turned their past into a bestseller

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Gareth and Louise Ward run two Hawke's Bay bookshops and have now written their first book together. Photo / supplied
Gareth and Louise Ward run two Hawke's Bay bookshops and have now written their first book together. Photo / supplied

Gareth and Louise Ward run two Hawke's Bay bookshops and have now written their first book together. Photo / supplied

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