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Mystery & Thrillers, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor

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In his career as an architect, Peter has witnessed enough close calls, suspicious acts and outright skullduggery to lure him into writing mysteries. In his debut novel, Crimes of Design, architect Patrick MacKenna, Peter’s alter ego, discovers the body of the staunchest advocate for his controversial flood-protected dream project in the site’s storm water pumping station during a record flood in St. Louis. He is forced to become an amateur sleuth to save his career, his family and his very life.

A writer, architect and city planner reared in a family of journalists, Peter found his father’s 400 World War II letters, his humorous war stories, his mother’s writings and his family’s often hilarious doings too good a tale to keep to himself, so ...more

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	Ben's War with the U. S. Marines 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Radio: One Woman's Family in War and Pieces by Alice H. Green, Peter H. Green (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Fatal Designs (Patrick MacKenna Mystery,#2) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Crimes of Design (Patrick MacKenna Mystery,#1) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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
	Becoming an Architect: My Voyage of Discovery it was amazing 5.00 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
	Radio: One Woman's Family in War and Pieces (American Memoirs Book 2) by Alice H. Green, Peter H. Green (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016	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
	Chicago's Designs: A Patrick MacKenna Mystery (The Patrick MacKenna Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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I met rising suspense author Hank Phillippi Ryan (The Other Woman), at Bouchercon 2011—the annual convocation of mystery writers and fans, held that year in St. Louis. She had staked out a counter job at the Welcome Booth for the event, so she was sure to meet as many attendees as possible. Because of the presence of Ridley Pearson, then a St. Louis author who had been very friendly to local new w

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Critical Review Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "Becoming an Architect: My Voyage of Discovery" is a highly recommended addition to personal, community, college, and university library Contemporary American Biography and American ...more
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: An imaginative quest for good over evil in 1920s St. Louis While I seldom read speculative fiction, the lure of hard-case noir, historical crime and a touch of fantasy in Kathy L Brown’s The Big Cinch intrigued me, especially since it is set in St. ...more
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Peter Green rated a book it was amazing Only in St. Louis!: The Most Incredible, Strange and Inspiring Tales by Charlie Brennan	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
Memorable celebrities and ordinary St. Louisans shine in Charlie Brennan’s first-rate collection On Black Friday 2021, as I was walking from my monthly architects’ lunch to my car, I encountered a street vendor in front of the recently reopened Webste ...more
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