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message 51: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #51 The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook The serenity of a boarding school in Chatham Mass, is changed when the school gets a new art teacher and a poetry teacher.


message 52: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments # 51 American Hero by Larry Beinhart The book from which the movie, Wag the Dog was based on.


message 53: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #52 Benediction by Kent Haruf
"Benediction" tells of a man who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and doesn't have long to live. It details his last days and the memories of his neighbors and friends.
As a cancer patient, I wouldn't recommend this to others suffering from this disease. I like to be optimistic.


message 54: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #53 Like a Hole in the Head by Jen Banbury
A woman filling in for the owner of a bookstore buys a Jack London first edition and resells it.
Then the man who sold her the book wants to have the book back.


message 55: by Michael (last edited May 07, 2013 11:38AM) (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #54 A former LA homicide cop investigates the person killing female escorts. The Boyfriend by Thomas Perry


message 56: by Michael (last edited May 07, 2013 11:38AM) (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #55 Former secret service agent and photographer Joe LaBrava helps a friend who is caught up in a scheme. LaBrava by Elmore Leonard


message 57: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #56 A Deniable Death by Gerald Seymour A mission to assassinate the man responsible for improvised explosive devices.


message 58: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #57 Robert B. Parker's Wonderland by Ace Atkins Spenser helps an old friend out of a jam.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #58 Fox on the Run by David Pascoe A cellist in a musical group is accused of murder.


message 60: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #59 The Faithful Spy (John Wells, #1) by Alex Berenson John Wells, CIA agent penetrates al Qaeda and tries to stop a planned attack by a terrorist.


message 61: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #60 Dead I Well May Be (Michael Forsythe #1) by Adrian McKinty An Irishman comes to New York,joins a gang and becomes involved in the gang life.


message 62: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #61 Audrey Hepburns Neck by Alan Brown A coming of age story of Toshi Okomato.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments 62 Red Leaves by Thomas H. Cook
Questions arise when a teenager babysits for an eight-year-old girl and the girl disappears.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #63 Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
1929 Pulitzer Prize winner about Southern life of a former slave.


message 65: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #65 Riding the Rap (Raylan Givens, #2) by Elmore Leonard U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens helps a friend who has been kidnapped.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #66 Touch by Elmore Leonard
The story of a man who might have the healing touch and another man wants him to join a TV ministry.


message 67: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #67 Catching Water in a Net by J.L. Abramo San Francisco P.I. Jake Diamond tries to find out who killed his friend, Jimmy Pigeon.


message 68: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments # 68 Lucy Gayheart Reissue by Willa Cather Life in the midwest at the early part of last century.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #69 Patriots of Treason by David Thomas Roberts Politics and maneuvering the situation for the benefit of elected officials.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #70 Choke Point by Ridley Pearson
John Knox and his team try to dismantle an operation about young girls in forced labor sweatshops.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #71 Sniper Elite One-Way Trip A Novel by Scott McEwen
A good story of a rescue of a downed chopper pilot in Afghanistan.


message 72: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #72 Voodoo River (Elvis Cole, #5) by Robert Crais PI Elvis Cole travels to Louisiana to get a TV star information about her biological parents.


message 73: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments # 73 Eye for an Eye (Dewey Andreas, #4) by Ben Coes Dewey Andreas searches for men who tried to kill him.


message 74: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #74 Poodle Springs (Philip Marlowe, #8) by Raymond Chandler Philip Marlowe looks for a man who is missing and finds a number of surprises.


message 75: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #75 Out of Range A Novel by Hank Steinberg A man looks for his wife who has disappeared.


message 76: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #76 The Highway (Cody Hoyt, #2) by C.J. Box Two teenage girls go missing in Montana and officials search for them and other girls who have gone missing in the area.


message 77: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #77 Joe by Larry Brown Life in northern Mississippi in a literate, well plotted novel.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #78 Six Years by Harlan Coben
A man searches for his lost love who vanished six years ago.


message 79: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #79 " As The Crow Flies (Walt Longmire, #8) by Craig Johnson Sheriff Longmire searches for a killer.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #80 Dancer in the Flames by Stephen Solomita
A NYC police detective tries to find a killer of two cops.


message 81: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #81 Paradise City (Joe Gunther #23) by Archer Mayor Joe Gunther and his team of investigators search for jewel thieves.


message 82: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #82 The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans


message 83: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #83 Angel Face by Stephen Solomita A hit man and a prostitute finds their worlds come together and must help each other to avoid mob retaliation from one of the hits.


message 84: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #84 This Girl (Slammed, #3) by Colleen Hoover A mixture of poetry, love, romance and heartache.


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Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #85 My Antonia by Willa Cather
Life in rural Nebraska for a young boy and for an immigrant family.


message 86: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments # 86 The Last Alibi by David Ellis Courtroom drama with Jason Kolarich.


message 87: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #87 Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, #18) by Lee Child Jack Reacher returns to his old MP unit to straighten out a problem.


message 88: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #88 Tag Man (Joe Gunther #22) by Archer Mayor Joe Gunther works on two cases in Vermont.


message 89: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #89 Cast The First Stone by Jane A. Adams
Story dealing with sexual crimes against teenage boys by adults.


message 90: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #90 Guilty Wives by James Patterson Four women go on a vacation to a lavish hotel in Monte Carlo. They were aware that their husband's followed them.


message 91: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #91 Light of the World A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcell chase a mass murderer in Montana.


message 92: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #92
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen A fired police officer tries to uncover who killed a man and left the man's arm in the sea.


message 93: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #93
Tell No Lies by Gregg Hurwitz Daniel Brasher works in an inner city counseling center and sees a note to do what the note says or he will bleed.
The person identified in the note is then brutally murdered.


message 94: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #94 The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux, #1) by James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux looks into the murder of a black woman in Louisiana that happened many years ago.


message 95: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #95 Clementine's Shadow by Peggy Rothschild
A child is kidnapped in the California High Desert.


message 96: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #96 Stalking The Angel (Elvis Cole, #2) by Robert Crais
Elvis Cole is hired to find a valuable missing manuscript of Japanese interest.


message 97: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #97 Boobytrap (Nameless Detective, #25) by Bill Pronzini
The Nameless Detective is in action, pitted against a killer who has just been released from prison and wants revenge on those responsible for sending him to jail.


message 98: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #98 Heaven's Prisoners (Dave Robicheaux, #2) by James Lee Burke The story deals with Dave's rescue of a six-year-old child and attempting to protect her while others want the opposite.


message 99: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #99 The January Corpse by Neil Albert Disbarred attorney Daniel Wilson is asked to find a person who has been missing for six years and if dead, the insurance company would pay out a death claim.


message 100: by Michael (new)

Michael (michaeladraper) | 378 comments #100 Three Can Keep a Secret A Joe Gunther Novel by Archer Mayor Action in Vermont as Hurricane Irene approaches and a coffin is found filled with rocks.


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