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Ed Teja

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Ft. Bragg, NC, The United States

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Thriller, Mystery, Crime

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Ed Teja has been a boat bum, magazine editor, freelance writer, poet, and musician. And always a traveler, traveling and writing, but seldom writing about travel. Instead he writes about the places he goes, mostly places that lie in the margins of the world. He loves writing about the odd people, the interesting people who inhabit those margins.

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	Under Low Skies: A Novel of Caribbean Crime and Suspense (A Martin Billings Story Book 1) 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Death Benefits 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Betrayal: A Storefront Assassin Novel 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	The Legend of Ron Anejo: The story of the world's best Caribbean boat bum 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2003 — 9 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 Invention of Clay McKenzie by Ed Teja (Goodreads Author), J. Reid Beckett 3.20 avg rating — 10 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
	In Harm's Way: A Novel of Caribbean Crime and Suspense (A Martin Billings Story Book 3) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	A Viable Threat: A Novel of Caribbean Crime and Suspense (A Martin Billings Story Book 4) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	Crimeucopia - Crank It Up! by Ed Teja (Goodreads Author), Ruth Morgan, Jesse Aaron 4.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Imitating Art 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 9 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
	Dying of the Light: A Storefront Assassin Novel 4.67 avg rating — 3 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

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Changing SpeedI'm not a good blogger. I'd rather put thi...

Changing SpeedI'm not a good blogger. I'd rather put things in my stories. So I haven't posted here much, and it's unlikely I will be in the future. BUT, I do want to stay in touch.
Currently, I'm working on a complex, serialized crime story ( PROPER CRIMES ) that's a bit dark for Amazon's new Vella platform. The launch date for that is still unknown. I'll also be publishing a series of speculat Read more of this blog post »

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Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3)

by Lee Child (Goodreads Author)

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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

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In Watermelon Sugar

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