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Nikki Stern

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Author of, among others, THE WEDDING CRASHER: A Sam Tate Mystery, the 2019 Kindle Book Review Awards winner for best mystery/thriller and THE FORMER ASSASSIN, a 2018 Kindle Book Review best mystery/thriller top five. Non-fiction inspirational book, HOPE IN SMALL DOSES, is a 2015 Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal finalist. Just released: BIRD IN HAND, the second in the series about the complicated and compelling Samantha (Sam) Tate. Imagine a crime procedural, mystery and character study wrapped together with a historical component thrown in. Oh, and pirates.

I like: book clubs, chocolate, writing, yoga, and my dog, in no particular order. I recently lost my sister/best friend sister, Deborah. Healing is slow but steady.

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	The Former Assassin 4.48 avg rating — 67 ratings — 5 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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	Hope in Small Doses 4.26 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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
	Don't Move 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Because I Say So: Moral Authority's Dangerous Appeal by Nikki Stern (Goodreads Author), Marley Cornell (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Don't Go 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Bird in Hand: A Sam Tate Mystery (Sam Tate Mystery Series Book 2) 4.50 avg rating — 4 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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	Murderous Crossing by David Landau, Nikki Stern (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 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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All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)

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“Whether we’re the largest, smallest, most or least significant thing in the universe makes for a marvelous late-night discussion. It’s not relevant to how we live in the here and now. We need to look around, take measure of ourselves, and decide what we can do and how much of it we do to improve our lives and the lives of as many others as we can reach.”
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“For every summons to a shining city on the hill or a promise of change we can believe in, we are presented with hundreds of examples of mudslinging and appeals to mob mentality. Rudeness is recast as honesty, greed is presented as ambition, and lines in the sand blur and move.”
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