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	Cached Out 3.88 avg rating — 190 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
	Fatal Dose (Cliff Knowles Mysteries) 4.21 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Death Row 4.25 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Behead Me (Cliff Knowles Mysteries Book 6) 4.27 avg rating — 45 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
	Held for Ransom 3.74 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Cryptic Crossword Caper: A cozy mystery 4.31 avg rating — 32 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
	A Will to Die: A Cliff Knowles Mystery (Cliff Knowles Mysteries Book 7) 4.33 avg rating — 27 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
	Gut Shot (Cliff Knowles #5) 4.15 avg rating — 34 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
	Cliffhanger: A Cliff Knowles Mystery (Cliff Knowles Mysteries Book 8) 3.79 avg rating — 14 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
	Clu: Reference Manual by Barbara Liskov, Russell Atkinson (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1981 — 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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The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber

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Charlie Cullen is a serial killer, responsible for perhaps as many as 400 deaths. He became known in the press as The Angel of Death when his crimes were finally revealed. He worked as a nurse in several different hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania where he would poison patients by injec...

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Russell Atkinson rated a book really liked it The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber (Goodreads Author)	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
Charlie Cullen is a serial killer, responsible for perhaps as many as 400 deaths. He became known in the press as The Angel of Death when his crimes were finally revealed. He worked as a nurse in several different hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylv ...more
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Russell Atkinson liked Philippe's review of Looking Glass (The Naturalist, #2): "I read the book right after The Naturalist. You don't need to read the first book in the series to read Looking Glass: the main character is the same, it happens in sequence and there are some references to the first story, but you don't need prio..." Read more of this review »
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Russell Atkinson rated a book it was ok Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) by Emma Newman (Goodreads Author)	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
After finishing this book I am rip-roaring mad. This title appeared on a list of sci-fi books recommended by the local library and the description looked promising so I went for it. There was no warning anywhere - the cover, the library email, review ...more
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Russell Atkinson rated a book really liked it When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963 by Bob Huffaker	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 authors were all on-the-scene reporters from television news station KLRD in Dallas who covered the assassination of President Kennedy and its aftermath. Most of the reviewers consider it a book about the assassination and the subsequent killing ...more
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Russell Atkinson rated a book really liked it Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder (Goodreads Author)	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
This true life thriller hit number one on the New York Times best seller list. It provides a well-written narrative of the story of how the author, Bill Browder, made millions investing in Russian stocks under the Yeltsin regime and when Putin and hi ...more
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Russell Atkinson rated a book it was amazing The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins	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
This Victorian classic is generally credited as being the first detective novel. The Moonstone is a large diamond of religious significance to certain Indians. Legend has it that a curse follows the gem. The story begins with a tale of the diamond ha ...more
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Russell Atkinson made a comment in the group The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — February 2019 Group Read: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins topic " I'm sure he wouldn't, but it's still interesting to wonder what the gentlemen of the day would have thought of current views about their values. As fo ...more "
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Russell Atkinson rated a book really liked it The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir by Bill Griffeth	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 author was talked into getting a DNA test by his cousin as they were both genealogy buffs looking to explore family history. The results came back showing his father, the man who raised him, was not his biological father, or so it seemed. His fir ...more
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Russell Atkinson rated a book did not like it The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author)	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
My rating applies only to the audiobook. The author read the book herself which she should never have done as her voice is unbearable (a nasal accent). I've heard good things about the book and may read the print version, but I felt I must warn peopl ...more
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“That would make a good public service announcement, he mused ruefully: “Don’t use your cell phone while driving. You might not notice the serial killer ahead waiting to shoot you.”
― Russell Atkinson, Death Row

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“I’d rather call it rewiring than retiring.”
― Russell Atkinson, Cached Out

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