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Author also writes as Rachel C. Mahaffey

Rachel Mahaffey has been writing stories since she was six years old. It only took her thirty years to find success. She lives in Seattle with her dog, Louise. When she isn’t writing, you can find her at home reading, drinking home-made cold brew, and wishing for more rainy days. ...more

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	The Skeleton Friend (The Skeleton Friend #1) by R.C. Johansen (Goodreads Author), Rachel C. Mahaffey 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Unidentified by R.C. Johansen (Goodreads Author), Rachel C. Mahaffey 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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“So the insurgency was born in a perfect storm of American errors--not establishing order; not providing the semblance of any government; confirming to the Sunnis who had once lorded it over Iraq's Shia majority that they were officially the underdogs; and throwing hundreds of thousands of soldiers onto the streets in an economy where the jobless rate was around 50 percent, while simultaneously ensuring that there was an unlimited supply of weaponry at hand for those angry young men.”
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