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Great read involving a grief-stricken teacher who feels responsible for his wife's death in a car accident. He resumes his life, only to find himself drawn deep into a web of danger surrounding a local mayor's election, the school board, and the suspicious death of one of his students. Joe fights the system as well as his growing attraction to the newest member of the staff, a feisty Spanish teacher. He uncovers layers intrigue and a nest of dirty little secrets hiding behind the bucolic facade
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Not your average sleuth!
Joe Lehrer is an endearing character who is charmingly outside the norm for your usual crime novel. Usually those sleuths are bitter, lonely alcoholics who investigate mysteries for pay. Not Joe Lehrer. He's just a teacher. A passionate, involved, thoughtful teacher who is actively engaged in his community and dedicated to fighting for his students. But what do you do when your students are caught up in a chilling plot which involves prostitution, bribery, and government ...more
Joe Lehrer is an endearing character who is charmingly outside the norm for your usual crime novel. Usually those sleuths are bitter, lonely alcoholics who investigate mysteries for pay. Not Joe Lehrer. He's just a teacher. A passionate, involved, thoughtful teacher who is actively engaged in his community and dedicated to fighting for his students. But what do you do when your students are caught up in a chilling plot which involves prostitution, bribery, and government ...more

Originally based on the author's actual experiences as a teacher, Personal Pronouns developed into a suburban noir mystery, and the origin story of the Joe Lehrer Mystery Series. Featuring a twisty plot and a large, perhaps too large, cast of intriguing characters, PP gives the reader a look at the ugly underbelly of an upper middle class suburb: Stradford, where the grass is greener on top, but the bodies are buried below.
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This book really hit me. David Allen Edmonds’ Personal Pronouns follows a teacher who watched the love of his life die in a car accident and his journey to claw his way along the road to recovery. This is a story of grief, but also one of love and hope. Edmonds’ writing was both inspiring and engrossing and moved me to the core!