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Thad Brown

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After being born at an early age, I made it through the K-12 educational system (though I didn't like it). From there, I went on to pick up a graduate degree or two, travel a bit in the U.S. and other countries, and become a writer, among other occupations (all of them legal --cross my heart!). For the background of this book, though, one of the most important things about me is that I've been a lifelong admirer of strong, brave heroines who face life without flinching, and especially of kickbutt heroines: ladies who can swing a sword, handle a gun, or throw a punch; who can go toe-to-toe with a villain, look him (or her) right in the eye, and dish out justice. Growing up, I was a big fan of the ladies of Charlie's Angels and The Avengers ( ...more

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Average rating: 4.58 · 57 ratings · 38 reviews · 3 distinct works
The Smoking Gun Sisterhood

4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
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Dark Pages

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011
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Hot Sun, Hot Lead

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
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Calixta, The Vanquishers of Alhambra by Omayra Vélez
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There are several points where the writing does come off as somewhat clunky, and points at which it feels like characters are saying things which are more needed for the plot than anything else. It" Read more of this review »
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The Smoking Gun Sisterhood by Thad Brown
" Skip wrote: "The book is out of print, apparently."

This original 2009 edition is out of print, but the revised 2023 edition, [image] The Smoking G
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Note, Jan. 5, 2025: I've just updated this review, to correct a typo that italicized most of it!

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