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Rick Shefchik

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in Duluth, Minnesota, The United States

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Rick Shefchik was born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1974 and worked at the Duluth News-Tribune for three years. He then spent 26 years at the St. Paul Pioneer Press as a media critic, feature writer/columnist, enterprise reporter and sportswriter.

He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota, with his wife, Barbara. He's a lifelong golfer and played guitar with several bands.

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	Everybody's Heard about the Bird: The True Story of 1960s Rock 'n' Roll in Minnesota 4.07 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2015 — 3 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
	Amen Corner: A Sam Skarda Mystery 3.79 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2007 — 9 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
	Blood in the Tracks: The Minnesota Musicians behind Dylan's Masterpiece by Rick Shefchik (Goodreads Author), Paul Metsa 3.89 avg rating — 38 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
	Green Monster 3.49 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2008 — 11 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
	Frozen Tundra 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Rather See You Dead 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 3 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
	From Fields to Fairways: Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Green Monster: A Sam Skarda Mystery: A Sam Skarda Mystery by Rick Shefchik (Goodreads Author), William Hughes (Translation) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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	Minneapolis Golf Club - Celebrating 100 Years of Golf Tradition and History 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Rick Shefchik rated a book really liked it Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell	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
Fun read, as this tale of a '60s British rock band includes walk-ons by many of the real rock stars of the era - Joplin, Lennon, Hendrix, Brian Jones, Jagger, Cohen, Moon, Crosby, Nash, Mama Cass, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia, Marty Balin, etc. - in w ...more
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Maybe I should have read the first book in this series first. The conceit of an author tagging along with a gruff, unlikeable cop as he writes about the murder case already seems played out by the second go-round. The murder yarn itself isn't all tha ...more
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Kind of a James Bond-as-local-cop fantasy, though the police procedural parts are pretty good.
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Not top-shelf Lewis, but an interesting read given the current state of the USA. Really more of a polemic than a character-driven novel.
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Part thriller, part science fiction. If you let yourself suspend belief, the plot has a certain violent momentum. Not exactly my style, however.
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Golf is the almost incidental backdrop to a gritty family mystery.
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