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Dave Wickenden

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Dave Wickenden grabs life by the reins and doesn't let go. Before joining the Canadian Fire Service, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces. He's as comfortable with a rocket launcher as with a fire hose. His protagonists often find themselves enlisted as rescuers and crisis managers. Like them, Dave has knelt beside dead bodies. Using CPR and a defibrillator, he has saved six lives.

At home in Canada, Dave loves to cook, read and draw. He ran his own home-based art business, creating highly detailed wood-and-paper burnings, a technique called "pyrography." One of his pictures of former Prime Minister Jean Chretien graces the walls of Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

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	In Defense of Innocence by Dave Wickenden (Goodreads Author), David Wickenden 4.64 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Mad Dog: A Novel 4.19 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2020 — 4 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 Home Front 4.27 avg rating — 48 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
	Homegrown 4.55 avg rating — 33 ratings — 5 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
	Masks by M. Dalto (Goodreads Author), Myra Fiacco, Marlena Frank (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 29 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
	For Heaven's Sake by David Wickenden, Dave Wickenden (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 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
	Flicker: Stories of Inner Flame by Chris Barnham (Goodreads Author), Deana Birch (Goodreads Author), Salena Casha (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2018 — 4 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
	Sell Your Book, Strategies to Finding New Readers and Selling More Books it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2022	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
	Remnants: Volume One by Stephen Coghlan it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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Chloe Marin survived a cult killing spree and helped police identify one of the murders. Police found both killers dead in a suicide pact. Since then, she has had to live with the ghosts of her friends begging her to avenge them. Ten years later, sear ...more
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Axel and his team are called in when a military force boards and holds an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico hostage. To make matters even worse, a category four hurricane is bearing down on the rig, making conventional rescue out of the question. Axel mu ...more
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When Glen’s wife, Sheila, is killed in an automobile accident, he cannot accept that she was intoxicated. It goes totally against everything she stood for. As he digs into the circumstances leading to her untimely death, things just don’t add up. His ...more
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