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Jesse Bethea

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Jesse Bethea is an award-winning journalist and author living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and three cats. His short fiction has appeared in a number of anthologies and magazines in the United States and abroad, and his first novel, Fellow Travellers, was published in 2021.

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	Fellow Travellers 4.67 avg rating — 70 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
	Of Beasts & Bones by Robin Knabel (Goodreads Author), Deborah Sheldon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charles Barouch (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 39 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
	Chilling Crime Short Stories by Margaret Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Jane Nightshade (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Bates (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Honor by M.L. Buchman (Goodreads Author), Blaze Ward (Goodreads Author), David Bruns (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 9 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
	Guilty Crime Story Magazine: Issue 014 - Spring 2025: The Detective Annual by Brandon Barrows (Goodreads Author), Jesse Bethea (Goodreads Author), Michael Zimecki (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 9 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
	Fellow Travellers 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021	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
	Flash of the Dead: Space by Raslika Sen (Editor), Parth Sarathi Chakraborty (Editor), A.S. Charly (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
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The Little Drummer Girl

by John le Carré

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The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery

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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon

by Jeffrey Kluger

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