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Verlin Darrow

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Born

in Princeton, NJ, The United States

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https://www.verlindarrow.com/

Influences

Donald Westlake, Daniel Pinkwater, Elmore Leonard

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February 2019

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Verlin Darrow is currently a psychotherapist who lives with his psychotherapist wife in the woods near the Monterey Bay in northern California. They diagnose each other as necessary. Verlin is a former professional volleyball player, country-western singer/songwriter, import store owner, and assistant guru in a small, benign cult, from which he graduated everyone when he left.
Before bowing to the need for higher education, a much younger Verlin ran a punch press in a sheetmetal factory, drove a taxi, worked as a night janitor, shoveled asphalt on a road crew, and installed wood floors. He barely missed being blown up by Mt. St. Helens, survived the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, and (so far) he’s successfully weathered his own internal disas ...more

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Average rating: 4.42 · 79 ratings · 66 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Murder for Liar 4.21 avg rating — 24 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
	The Not Quite Enlightened Sleuth 4.84 avg rating — 19 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
	The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow 4.91 avg rating — 11 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
	Blood and Wisdom 3.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Kinney's Quarry 4.67 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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Verlin Darrow and 2 other people liked The Bookish Elf's review of The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow: "There is something quietly subversive about a murder mystery that begins with its narrator asking whether he can fully experience a horrific moment without losing his center. Most thrillers open with adrenaline. The Brighter the Light, The Darker the" Read more of this review »
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Verlin Darrow made a comment on The Bookish Elf’s review of The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow " Verlin here. Wow, what a review. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. "
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