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	The Best American Mystery And Suspense 2021: The Year's Best Crime Noir and Psychological Thriller Stories by Alafair Burke (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Introduction), Steph Cha (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Foreword), Jenny Bhatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 2021 — 8 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
	Love and Other Criminal Behavior 4.36 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	THUGLIT Issue Nineteen by Todd Robinson (Editor), Mike Miner, Thomas Pluck 4.49 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Faking of the President: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir by Peter Carlaftes (Editor), Eric Beetner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Christopher Chambers (Contributor) 3.63 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2020 — 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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	Trouble No More: Crime Fiction Inspired by Southern Rock and the Blues by Mark Westmoreland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bill Baber (Contributor), C.W. Blackwell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 32 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
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 3: Spring/Summer by Roger Nokes (Editor), Jay Butkowski (Editor), Nikki Dolson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Back Road Bobby and His Friends (the 509 Crime Anthologies) by Colin Conway (Goodreads Author), Nikki Dolson (Goodreads Author), Frank Zafiro (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 16 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
	Rock and a Hard Place Issue 2 Winter/Spring 2020 by Roger Nokes (Editor), Jay Butkowski (Editor), Jonathan Elliott (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	On Monday Nights We Danced in the Park 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	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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Thanks for the friend add, Nikki. Good to meet you here. Have a great Sunday and lots of good reads in 2009.

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