KATE: For anyone who missed My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files when it was on the Azuki platform, Seven Seas is putting out a print edition this week. The series will appeal to readers who like kinder, gentler mysteries in the vein of Miss Marple or Columbo, as it's blissfully free of gruesome serial killers
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