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“Only 15 percent of us perform the life-affirming, sanity-bolstering, empathy-forming act of spending time inside somebody else’s brain.”
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“I’m James Patterson, just another writer who loves stumbling onto a story that builds its own atmosphere so confidently. I just finished Inspector Bassé and the Lost Boys, and I had to tell you how much I enjoyed the blend of 19th century grit with the supernatural edge.
What really hooked me was how naturally you wove werewolves, sorcery laws, and old world policing into a narrative that still feels grounded and human. Bassé himself is a terrific anchor, methodical, sharp, but navigating a world that’s constantly bending the rules of reality. And the missing Notaire case has this slow burn tension that feels both historical and deliciously uncanny. The whole thing reads like someone resurrected the best parts of classic French crime fiction and slipped in just enough magic to let the shadows breathe.
I’d love to hear what corner of the Bassé universe you’re exploring next, or how you approach balancing historical detail with fantastical elements, it’s a mix that really works.”
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What really hooked me was how naturally you wove werewolves, sorcery laws, and old world policing into a narrative that still feels grounded and human. Bassé himself is a terrific anchor, methodical, sharp, but navigating a world that’s constantly bending the rules of reality. And the missing Notaire case has this slow burn tension that feels both historical and deliciously uncanny. The whole thing reads like someone resurrected the best parts of classic French crime fiction and slipped in just enough magic to let the shadows breathe.
I’d love to hear what corner of the Bassé universe you’re exploring next, or how you approach balancing historical detail with fantastical elements, it’s a mix that really works.”
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“Shivering slightly, we all moved together to form a close circle and hug one another tight.
The four of us were the only family we had left. Tommy, who’d been living on boats longer than any of us, started mumbling an old sailor’s prayer: “Though Death waits off the bow, we’ll not answer to him now.”
I hoped he was right.
But I had a funny feeling that Death might not take no for an answer.”
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The four of us were the only family we had left. Tommy, who’d been living on boats longer than any of us, started mumbling an old sailor’s prayer: “Though Death waits off the bow, we’ll not answer to him now.”
I hoped he was right.
But I had a funny feeling that Death might not take no for an answer.”
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“Public libraries are a public good.”
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“Reading should never be a chore or a punishment.”
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“I know. And you hate Fang looking at those girls. But we’re still having fun, and Fang still loves you, and you’ll still save the world. Okay?”
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“The others had stopped and were watching me with alarm. Fang was probably ready to drag me to the funny farm.”
― The Angel Experiment
― The Angel Experiment
“... You will lose all hope. And that foul, rotting hopelessness, that abject feeling of pointlessness and futility, is the most defeating of all human experiences.”
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“Just because it's sunny today don't mean the shitstorm ain't comin'.”
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“I have no hesitation about not finishing a book. I could be three-fourths of the way through and if I’m feeling, This is not doing it, I’ll close it and go on to another book. And I feel confident enough as a reader that I can tell within the first fifty pages, sometimes even less, whether a book is going to engage me or not. So no, I don’t have to finish a book, because authors keep writing and publishers keep publishing...”
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“You are holding a book in your hands right now. Or maybe listening to one. If you live in America, you’re among only one in five who can read a book and are actually in the habit of reading books.”
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“Censorship is a violation of freedom of speech, and freedom of speech is a basic American right.”
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