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Patrick D. Joyce

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I write historical thriller novels that combine mystery and suspense with a powerful sense of place.

As the son of a U.S. Foreign Service officer, I grew up in extraordinary places. After early years in Burma (Myanmar), West Germany, and Washington, D.C., I lived in Nicaragua, Cuba, and three times in the Soviet Union. At embassies staffed by diplomats, Marines, and spies, I was surrounded by secrets.

In addition to writing books, I’ve been a newspaper reporter, a political science lecturer, and a medical practice manager. I live in Massachusetts, where I can be found haunting coffee shops, taking long walks with my wife, and practicing martial arts.

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Patrick D. Joyce rated a book it was amazing My Life at First Try by Mark Budman (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
If Kurt Vonnegut had grown up in Siberia and emigrated to America, he might have written this book. Mark Budman’s dry wit, aphoristic prose, and sentimental cynicism made me think of Vonnegut again and again. The story begins in the author’s native S ...more
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Patrick D. Joyce rated a book it was amazing My Brother’s Mark by Madeleine Kleppinger	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
Madeleine Kleppinger's tale of friends and family separated by the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia feels epic and intimate at the same time, like a nineteenth-century classic moved forward a century. The author weaves back and forth through time, a ...more
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Patrick D. Joyce rated a book it was amazing The Accident by Lori Miller Kase (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
The Accident is an excellent book and I recommend it highly, especially to fans of YA psychological thrillers like A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Lori Miller Kase tells a first-class story and uses a first-person point of view to create powerful feel ...more
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Patrick D. Joyce rated a book it was amazing How I Hacked The Moon by R.A. Dines (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
I adored the premise of this book. The moon is full of kids! They’ve been shipped off by their families to learn coding at a massive data center that’s been banned on Earth but thrives on the lunar surface. It’s a brilliant set up, for a wonderful st ...more
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A moving third installment in the author’s wonderful Beat Street Series set in 1950s America. Ruby takes a step closer to her dream of becoming a Beat poet when she travels from New York to San Francisco to help a struggling parent and visit a legend ...more
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Patrick D. Joyce rated a book it was amazing The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed (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
I need to sing the praises of The Afterlife Project. This new book by Tim Weed doesn’t come out till June, but it deserves some serious advance buzz. It’s a gorgeous work of speculative fiction that tells a sweeping and intimate tale of survival. Lik ...more
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