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Richard Edgar

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Richard Edgar is a retired scientist living near Denver, writing speculative character-driven queer fiction, science fiction, and sometimes just fiction about queer scientists.

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Average rating: 3.57 · 21 ratings · 9 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Necessary Lies: A Novel 3.33 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
	Ravynscroft (Necessary Lies #2) 4.17 avg rating — 6 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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New review of Ravynscroft

There's a new review of my novel Ravynscroft in the December 2020 issue of the online literary journal Toasted Cheese:

https://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/2020/...

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Published on December 01, 2020 13:58 • Tags: lesbian-fiction, ravynscroft, review

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Go as a River

by Shelley Read (Goodreads Author)

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Castle Shade (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes, #17)

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Yet another worthy successor to the Holmes & Russell saga, complete with gaps in the timeline to be filled in later, hints of the next adventure, and rubbing elbows with the movers and shakers in 1925 Monaco. I loved the reappearance of Mrs Hudson, w ...more
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When a person I respect said this is their "favoritest book ever" I put it on my list. Unlike the other dozens of titles there, this one found its way out of the public library. Set in a Munich suburb in the early War years, it's grim going sometimes ...more
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