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Andrew Spradling

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in South Charleston, West Virginia, The United States

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https://andrewspradling.wordpress.com/

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Fiction

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Cormac McCarthy, Pat Conroy, Charles Frazier, Hemingway

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Andrew Spradling is the author of The Long Shadow of Hope (2016), The Lost Lantern (2017), and Diagram of Death A Detective Harper Stowe Mystery (2021). A former sportswriter, Spradling was named the 1999 West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year (National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association) before becoming a college administrator. Married and father to three children, Spradling lives in his hometown of St. Albans, WV.

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	Diagram of Death: A Detective Harper Stowe Mystery 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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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This Thanksgiving weekend has been a wonderful family celebration with Myssy’s mom Nancy making it home from Arizona – though it was the first that son Evan, now in Texas, has missed. It made me realize, in addition to feasts, fires, and the Charleston Christmas trees, I must count my past blessings and thank all my wonderfully generous friends and family members who supported my Great Cycle Ch

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True Crime in the Civil War: Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder & Abuse

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