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  <title><![CDATA[The Cold Spot]]></title>
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  <default_description>Chase was raised as a getaway driver by his grandfather, Jonah, a con man feared by even the hardened career criminals who make up his crew. But when Jonah crosses the line and murders one of his own, Chase goes solo, stealing cars and pulling scores across the country&amp;#8230;.And then he meets Lila, a strong-willed deputy sheriff with a beguiling smile who shows him what love can be.  Chase is on the straight and narrow for the first time in his life&amp;#8212;until tragedy hits, and he must reenter the dark world of grifters and crooks. Now Chase is out for revenge&amp;#8212;and he&amp;#8217;ll have to turn to the one man he hates most in the world.  Only Jonah can teach Chase how to become a stone-cold killer. But even as the two men work together, Chase knows that their unresolved past will eventually lead them to a showdown of their own.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">29</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">4</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Cold Spot</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tom Piccirilli]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not a typical crime novel, which isn't all that surprising considering the source. I've read a couple of Tom Piccirilli's earlier horror novels, and noticed the surreal, almost psychedelic narrative style he typically used. It made a lot of sense in the context of horror--sort of like a nove...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40277353">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Feb 22 15:47:49 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[After his mother is murdered and his father takes his own life, Chase is raised by his grandfather, a cold and calculating master criminal, and he is introduced to a life of crime. After Chase's grandfather murders a member of their gang in cold blood, Chase makes a break for it, eventually going st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47188403">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 16 11:37:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 16 11:38:37 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[From Genrebusters.com:<br/><br/>The Premise<br/><br/>Chase is a young man who lost his parents as a boy and was brought into a life of crime by his grandfather Jonah. Still in his teens, he decides to go straight and build a life as a law-abiding citizen. But this is a crime story, and a shady past ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27431339">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jan 02 06:41:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gets off to a slow start but it picks up speed.  It’s nothing too original, but the plot is interesting enough to pass a rainy day without complaints.  I love Piccirilli’s horror novels, and I really don’t care for stories about criminals, but I enjoyed this one none-the-less.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 14 15:51:08 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah.<br/>Do not read this book unless you've had a physical.<br/>It punches you in the heart.<br/>More than once.<br/>Just remember, it's a Man's World<br/>But it don't mean nothing without a woman or a girl<br/>And<br/>Even then...<br/>Keep a gun handy.]]></body>
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    <review id="50221279">
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading about people this awful shouldn't be so much fun.]]></body>
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    <review id="55606004">
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty satisfying neo-noir.]]></body>
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    <review id="21445166">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Disappointing sub-Stark crime novel. Piccirilli continues his shift from horror to crime and thrillers. The novel does have a nice kinky fight scene between the hero driver and a bank robber but that's just about the only thing that distinguishes this book. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Picirilli keeps growing as a noir/mystery writer, getting better with every title.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great noirish action. Moves along fast and dark.]]></body>
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