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Eric Stone's most recent book is SHANGHAIED , the fourth book in his Ray Sharp series of detective thrillers set in Asia and based on true stories. The previous books in the series are FLIGHT OF THE HORNBILL, GRAVE IMPORTS and THE LIVING ROOM OF THE DEAD. He is also the author of Wrong Side of the Wall - a true crime / sports biography.
Eric worked for many years as a journalist in the U.S. and Asia, covering everything from economics to crime; politics to sex. He once wrote an advice to the lovelorn column in a bilingual Chinese-English fashion magazine. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Eric's Website: http://www.ericstone.com
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I haven't blogged for quite some time. I've been relying more on Facebook - where I have a great many more "friends" than I have followers here on my blog. That makes me feel remiss. I like my blog better than I like Facebook, though it is less immediate and less gratifying in the responses that I get. Still, here I can blather on at a length that seems unseemly on Facebook.

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Average rating: 3.67 · 134 ratings · 29 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
Flight of the Hornbill
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
The Living Room of the Dead
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
Grave Imports
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
Shanghaied
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
Wrong Side of the Wall: The...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
One Turbo-charged night in ...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
The Challenge of the Actor
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
Bangkok Noir
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Scoundrels: Tales of Greed,...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012
Murder in La-La Land
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010
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message 4: by Zoë

Zoë Sharp Hi Eric. Great to catch up with you here. Thanks for Friending me, and Happy Holidays to you, sir. Hope the writing's going well with you.


message 3: by Beth

Beth Hi Eric,
Thanks for befriending this fellow Goodreads author here as well as elsewhere!


message 2: by Peg

Peg Brantley Thanks for your goodreads friendship, Eric.


Eyehavenofilter Thanks Eric... I've got some reading to do, thank goodness I'm currently working at a HUGE bookstore!


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