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What is causing the mysterious seizures and other unexplained behaviors?

The bodies are piling up and the lies are unraveling.

A trust fund college student with unknown psychological problems babysits a disturbed child also with unknown psychological problems. Lots of vital information not being revealed by the author.

Six months before an asteroid is projected to hit Earth a murder is committed in a McDonald's bathroom. While most people have succumbed to drugs, suicide or fulfilling their bucket list before their final demise Detective Palace is determined to solve his case. Very enjoyable thus far.

Edge of your seat thrill ride...

Not really sure I want to know what a shitter is...

More literary fiction than crime noir, very well written and engaging so far.

More literary fiction than crime noir, very well written and engaging so far.

That was the other lesson Irmina taught. It is okay for people you love to leave. For them to come and go. She taught it to me over and over.

My admiration for all immigrants who traveled by boat over the vast ocean and survived.

While the story itself is interesting, I find the author's style of describing the landscape a tad too much.

While the story itself is interesting, I find the author's style of descriptions of the landscape a tad too much.

Wait, Lester is only 27 years old? I assumed he was an old man.

Just when I think it couldn't get worse, it does. OMG.

Poor Laura...my heart aches for her.

Reading the original paperback from 1969 complete with yellowed packages and book ads in the back for the Spenser series $2.95 each.

He'd tried to make sense of the notion that time didn't so much pass as layer over things, as if under the world's surface the past was still occurring.

On the home stretch and loving every minute. Reading slowly on purpose to absorb the beautiful language.

She appeared from nowhere and returned to it, but she'd taken over his life, left with a lien on his body, a mortgage on his soul.

Quite good so far.

After several references of "whitecaps" I had to look up meaning to satisfy my curiosity. Great piece of southern history I just learned.

finished the audio, waiting for the book to arrive in the mail.

feels like I've been reading this FOREVER :/