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  <title><![CDATA[The Intruders]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt; The bestselling author of &lt;i&gt;The Straw Men&lt;/i&gt; makes his American hardcover debut with a searing, atmospheric tale that ratchets up the suspense, page by page, until its shocking end &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; 

&lt;p&gt; For Jack Whalen, it all starts with a visit from a childhood friend, now a lawyer, who asks for his help on an odd case. The family members of a scientist have been brutally murdered, and the scientist&amp;#8212;who may have had something to hide&amp;#8212;is nowhere to be found. &lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt; But Jack has more pressing matters on his mind. His wife has told him that she's on a routine business trip to Seattle, yet she hasn't checked into her hotel. Calls to her cell phone go unanswered, and when Jack travels to Seattle to investigate, she's vanished. &lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt; And in Oregon a little girl goes missing. She's found miles away, but it soon becomes clear that she's not an innocent victim, and is far from defenseless. Unusual events, all leading to the same place. As a former patrol cop who left the force under difficult circumstances, Jack is determined to find some answers. Yet the more he digs, the more the intrigue grows. Searching into the dark secrets of a past that still haunts him, Jack discovers that the truth has roots deeper and more evil than he ever feared. &lt;/p&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">8</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2007</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Intruders</original-title>
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  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.40]]></average_rating>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael Marshall Smith]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>Compared by critics to Stephen King and Philip K. Dick, British novelist Michael Marshall crosses genre barriers, from crime to horror to science fiction, in the fast-paced, action-packed <em>Intruders</em>. As the story takes one creepy, bizarre turn after another, Marshall's convincing characters act consi...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45462652">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Jan 03 15:38:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everything Marshall writes is a pleasure to read, and this thriller doesn't disappoint. As usual his writing moves at a pace, with short chapters dense with fascinating characters and vivid locations which jump out of the page. As is his tendency, what seems simple at first develops into a backdrop ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41757787">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 28 07:49:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 28 07:56:30 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is really a 3.5 star book.  Bizarre is perhaps the best word to describe this book.  There are several stories going on at the same time, which Marshall ultimately brings together in the last quarter of the book.  In the meantime, I had no idea what was going on!  There are hints, but...huh?  T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47781416">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55450888">
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  <read_at>Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 08 23:05:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 08 23:09:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[By the end I was really enjoying it. I liked the concepts of the story and thought the ending was very well done. However the first 2/3 of the book felt slow and seemed to have little impact on the rest. Although by the end it all makes sense there seemed to be a lot that could have been left out, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55450888">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52602085">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 23:37:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 13 23:39:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated this book---actually could not even finish it! I wanted to like it but just could not get into it. Too many plot lines going on at once and none of it made any sense. I finally gave up about 2/3 of the way through because I knew I could be reading something much better. I rarely, if ever, do...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52602085">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45818968">
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This here was my airplane book on the way home from Cupertino.  Better than I expected; X-Files feel; characters still rather two dimensional.  Solid thriller, smarter than most.  Almost gave it three stars, but it's not one I'll be keeping or reading again.  Off it goes to the book exchange table!]]></body>
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    <review id="67204582">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I would have liked this book a lot more if I had gotten an explanation of what was going on earlier than 3/4 of the way through the book.  Interesting concept for the book (I won't give anything away), but I would have liked a little more upfront exposition.]]></body>
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    <review id="59438851">
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    <body><![CDATA[Has some wonderful lines and good writing on places, moods and relationships.  Good action sequences and some chills but I just didn't get the plot on this one.  The 'Straw Men' Trilogy was better for me.]]></body>
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    <review id="17924651">
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    <location><![CDATA[Dublin, Ireland]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fans of the genre - try it, maybe you'll get something from it I missed]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 17 06:25:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a big fan of Michael Marshall-Smith, and greatly enjoyed the Straw Men trilogy from his incarnation as Michael Marshall. However, this book doesn't deliver to his normal high standards. The books well written and there are places that show Marshalls distinctive characterisation, with slightly bl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17924651">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4599842">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[airplane riders, thriller readers, those addicted to conspiracy fiction]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 18 06:51:56 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 15 12:45:52 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 18 06:51:43 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Better opening than wrap-up, which is probably typical in the &quot;what-the-hell-is-going-on?&quot; genre.  For a hundred pages, events pile up without any clear sense of cause or correlation, and part of the fun of such books is not knowing what the patterns are.  (It's a paranoiac's thrill: all t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4599842">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65524742">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 30 07:33:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 30 07:35:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Michael Marshall's books.  They grip you and don't let go.  I love the way he writes and the stories he tells, although they're really dark indeed.  One of my new favorite authors!]]></body>
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    <review id="76065345">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 28 18:34:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy Marshall's books but this wasn't his best. It is a compelling mystery that will leave you turning the pages to the final denouement which is unexpected to say the least.]]></body>
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    <review id="9265373">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rolf]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Antonio, TX]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 18 06:54:34 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 24 10:32:14 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the 2nd book by Michael Marshall (Smith) that I've read, the 1st being the Science Fiction book, Spares. I must say I was not as impressed with this one as I didn't feel like it really succeeded as suspense/thriller. The ending was a little bit too diffuse for me; I wasn't satisfied with it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9265373">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51648589">
    <user id="797986">
    <name><![CDATA[Russell]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Apr 05 21:57:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[No where near as good as The Straw Men triology. This has a strange ending. Not an interesting ending, just a strange one. ]]></body>
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    <review id="68590096">
    <user id="63750">
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 23 14:43:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 23 14:46:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty scary book. I picked this up in a bookstore when I didn't have anything to read. Psychological thriller.]]></body>
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    <review id="48772871">
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    <body><![CDATA[one of my faves from last year.  enuff so that i reco'd it to a bunch of people]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brilliant stuff this, probably one of the best endings to a book I've read this year. I think the only flaw is that for the first half of the book (which i'm guessing is because he's setting up the characters and plot for the twists and bends of the last half of the book) nothing really gets going i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71960884">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Has a sci-fi twist that ruined a good story. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A well-written story with a bizarre premise that went on far too long.  I gave up about 3/4 of the way through and jumped to the end.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very interesting.  I was more than halfway through the book and not only couldn't figure out what was going on, I also couldn't see how the various plot lines could possibly come together. It starts when a writer's wife disappears.  Then a little girl runs away from her family but does...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24331121">more...</a>]]></body>
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