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Randy Overbeck

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Dr. Randy Overbeck is an award-winning educator, author and speaker. As an educator, he served children for more than three decades in a range of roles captured in his novels, from teacher and coach to principal and superintendent. His thriller, LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND (2012) and his recent mysteries, the Amazon No. 1 Best Seller, BLOOD ON THE CHESAPEAKE (2019), CRIMSON AT CAPE MAY (2020) and SCARLET AT CRYSTAL RIVER (2021) have earned five star reviews and garnered national awards including “Thriller of the Year”—ReadersFavorite.com, “Gold Award”—Literary Titan, “Mystery of the Year”—ReadersView.com and “Crowned Heart of Excellence”—InD’Tale Magazine.
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The Attic, a Flip or Flop Mystery combines a dose of romance, some real chops in home remodeling, a slight foray into small town history along with a nice mystery. Readers will care about and cheer for the two ma
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U is for Undertow is the 21st entry in Sue Grafton’s “Alphabet Murder Series” which she began in 1982 with A is for Alibi. In her series, Grafton’s protagonist is a tough, no nonsense private eye and single woman named Ki
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Lee Iacocca
“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.”
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George Burns
“Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.”
George Burns

“I only go through life looking through the front windshield, not the back or side view mirror.”
General Colin Powell

“I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sing Silent Night.”
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Stephen        King
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
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