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Bailey Herrington

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Bailey Herrington was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania. After completing studies at The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and West Virginia for 24 years. In addition to writing weekly sermons, Bailey created his “altar” ego, “Pious Pete the Protestant Pope,” for congregational newsletters. The Pious Pete articles used humor and satire to poke fun at the foibles of the organized church and, most frequently, Herrington himself. A Writers' Digest course on short story writing taught him the value of revising and honing plots, characters, and scenes. Bailey says, "I should have taken the course at the beginning of my career as minister. My sermons may not have been better, b ...more

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	Dead To Rignts: A David Elliott Mystery 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Girl in the Orange Maillot 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	What The Barber Knew: A David Elliott Mystery by Bailey Herrington (Goodreads Author), Bryce Herrington (Illustrator) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Pack of Scoundrels: A David Elliott Mystery by Bailey Herrington (Goodreads Author), Bryce Herrrington (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Vested Interest: A David Elliott Mystery (David Elliott Mysteries - Vol. 5 Book 1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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After He Took (Sloane Riddle #1)

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“Kago did not know that human beings could be as easily felled by ideas as by cholera or the bubonic plague. There was {is} no immunity to cuckoo ideas on Earth.

Breakfast of Champions, chapter 2, Kurt Vonnegut”
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