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Chris Forman

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in Newburgh, New York, The United States

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http://chrisforman.blogspot.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers, Humor, Literature & Fiction

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It was a dark and stormy night. Okay, never start a book like that but you can start a life like that. I was born in 1955 in the middle of hurricane season. Now it wasn’t night, but I hear it was dark. Okay if I was born in 1955 that makes me . . . oh crap 58.

Well the first eighteen years were typical of a teenager growing up in the early 1970's and I graduated from Valley Central High School in June of 1973, roughly in the top third of the class. I then went on to Orange County Community College and did so well there that they requested (okay demanded) that I take some time off from school. That was in 1974 and I took them so seriously that I stayed away for 25 years.

I met my lovely wife Teresa one enchanted evening in a place called Gob ...more

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	Dead Men Don't Jog (Maria Hart Mystery #1) 3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet by Chris Forman (Goodreads Author), Claire Asher really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 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
	Eliminating the Middleman (Maria Hart Mystery #2) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Five Fingered Firebugs (Maria Hart Mystery #3) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Killer Cuisine: A Port City Mystery 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Mr. C. & Me: Life Lessons from the School Janitor Who Changed My Life 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Chalk Dust and Chalk Outlines (Maria Hart Mystery #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 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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	Killer Surf it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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 Corpse in the Copse (Smuggler's Cove Mysteries Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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