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John Scheck

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John Scheck has lived in four countries on three continents. In no particular order, these include eight years in Lower Queen Anne in Seattle; the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, during a university program; the Glyfada area of greater Athens, Greece, as part of his short and distinguished service in the U.S. Air Force; and now the Ruzafa neighborhood in sunny Valencia, Spain, is home.

His humor essays have appeared on several websites and magazines, as well as National Lampoon's Not Fit for Print. He writes crime fiction and other stuff.
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La Frontera Saga

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Twenty-Seven Calls

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Nothing Personal

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Lives of Crimes

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Holy shit, can this guy write. You definitely see the James Ellroy influence, but it goes way beyond that. Jordan Harper doesn't really have a parallel in crime fiction today. Everything about the narrative is exciting, from the present tense to the ...more
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This is the second installment in my The Border series that began with La Frontera Saga.

First of all, show me the law that says I can’t review my own book. Big publishers pad the hell out or their new releases by handing out tons of free books to the
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“A winner never quits and a quitter can get a partial refund on that gym membership you never use.”
John Scheck, Nothing Personal
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“Either lead, follow, or sit down and have a glass of wine with one of these dates wrapped in bacon. Delicious!”
John Scheck, Nothing Personal
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“Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies close to an open window on the tenth floor.”
John Scheck
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“Either lead, follow, or sit down and have a glass of wine with one of these dates wrapped in bacon. Delicious!”
John Scheck, Nothing Personal
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“A winner never quits and a quitter can get a partial refund on that gym membership you never use.”
John Scheck, Nothing Personal
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“Making the impossible not happen is easier than you think.”
John Scheck, Nothing Personal
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“The mail between Europe and the USA is so slow and unreliable that I have started to preface my letters with ‘By the time you read this, I may already be dead’ instead of ‘Dear So-and-So.”
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“As an atheist, when you ask me to pray for something it’s like asking me to blow on the dice so you can roll a lucky seven.”
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