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Keith Raffel

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gender

male

website

http://www.keithraffel.com

twitter username

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genre

Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery

influences

Alfred Hitchcock, Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey, Sloan Wilso ...more

member since

January 2011

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As counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Keith Raffel held a top secret clearance to watch over CIA activities. He has also founded an award-winning Silicon Valley software company, taught writing to Harvard freshmen, run for Congress, supported himself at the racetrack, and worked at a DNA sequencing company. These days he stays busy writing his mysteries and thrillers in his hometown of Palo Alto, California. Check the latest news at http://www.keithraffel.com.

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Keith Raffel's Books

Average rating: 3.62 · 241 ratings · 69 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Drop By Drop: A Thriller 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dot Dead 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fine and Dangerous Season 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smasher 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Keith Raffel

Silicon Valley Mystery (2 books)
by Keith Raffel (Goodreads Author)
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 118 ratings

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Keith Raffel rated a book 5 of 5 stars As She Left It by Catriona McPherson read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Are there two Catriona McPhersons? It's the only explanation that makes sense. How could the same author who writes the delightful Agatha Award-winning Dandy Gilver mysteries set in 1920s Edinburgh, Scotland come up with this gripping, gritty, contem...more
Jun 12, 2013 10:57am · see review
Keith Raffel added A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute read in June, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 02, 2013 03:03pm
Keith Raffel added Maigret In Court by Georges Simenon read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 19, 2013 01:40am
Keith Raffel made a comment in the group THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — LETS HELP SUPPORT A MEMBER! topic "Rick, My book, Drop By Drop: A Thriller, is on sale for 99 cents through Sunday May 5. It's had good reviews (I've put some below) and would appreciat...more "
Apr 30, 2013 09:01am
Keith Raffel rated a book 5 of 5 stars Broken Shield (Tony Wolf/Tim Buckthorn #2) by J.D. Rhoades (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When Deputy Tim Buckthorn abandons his badge, he tosses away all the rules that go with it. Tears will come to your eyes and pounding to your ribcage as you follow the story of a good man willing to die to wreak vengeance and destroy evil.
Apr 28, 2013 01:55pm · see review
Keith Raffel rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Case of the Counterfeit Colonel (Ludovic Travers #11) by Christopher Bush read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mar 16, 2013 09:31pm
Keith Raffel added My Life Closed Twice by Nigel Williams read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mar 03, 2013 03:03pm

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Voting for the August/September 2012 group read. Voting open until Sunday 8/12.

Broken Harbour/Tana French

41 votes, 15.1%

Creole Belle/James Lee Burke

22 votes, 8.1%

The Cabinet of Curiosities/Douglas Preston

22 votes, 8.1%

Where the Bodies Are Buried/Christopher Brookmyre

16 votes, 5.9%

The End of the Wasp Season/Denise Mina

15 votes, 5.5%

Raven Black/Ann Cleeves

14 votes, 5.1%

No Time for Goodbye/Linwood Barclay

13 votes, 4.8%

The Last Kind Words/Tom Piccirilli

13 votes, 4.8%

Rain Fall/Barry Eisler

13 votes, 4.8%

Joe/H.D. Gordon

11 votes, 4.0%

Mr. Churchill's Secretary/ Susan Elia MacNeal

11 votes, 4.0%

Marker/Robin Cook

10 votes, 3.7%

Killer Instinct/Zoë Sharp

10 votes, 3.7%

Now You See Me/S.J. Bolton

8 votes, 2.9%

Drop By Drop: A Thriller / Keith Raffel

8 votes, 2.9%

Suffer the Children/John Saul

7 votes, 2.6%

Creep/Jennifer Hillier

7 votes, 2.6%

Virginia Creeper/Blaine Pardoe

6 votes, 2.2%

The Twelfth Imam / /Joel C. Rosenberg

5 votes, 1.8%

Death of an Old Git/Andrea Frazer

4 votes, 1.5%

Boston Cream / Howard Shrier

4 votes, 1.5%

The Survival of Thomas Ford/John A.A. Logan

4 votes, 1.5%

The Gigolo Murder/Mehmet Murat Somer

3 votes, 1.1%

And Then She Was Gone/J. Daniel Sawyer

3 votes, 1.1%

The Baptism of Billy Bean/Roger Alan Skipper

2 votes, 0.7%

272 total votes

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