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James Magnus Carmichael

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Born

Glasgow, The United Kingdom

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https://jmcbooks.com/index.html

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Fiction, Crime, Science Fiction

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July 2017

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Lecturer in Economics, Politics and Philosophy (retired) now do occasional free-lance research work, act as an unskilled garden labourer for my wife, The Gardener, and write for the sheer hell of it.

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Average rating: 4.31 · 36 ratings · 20 reviews · 4 distinct works

	After the Flood (Corsa Moran #1) 3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings — 7 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
	Among The Ruins (Corsa Moran #2) 4.79 avg rating — 14 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
	The Backward House 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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