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Ken Goddard describes himself as "a crime scene investigator, forensic scientist, wildlife crime lab director, husband, father, grandfather, supposed cattle rancher, and more to the point, a fiction author who writes fiction novels about professional terrorists, underground chemists, demented burglars and malicious poachers for any number of reasons." ...more

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The Alchemist

A few months ago, I posted a 3-part blog [see www kengoddardnovels blogspot com] on the real-life origins of my admittedly edgy and violent 2nd novel, The Alchemist ... explaining, among many other things, that I wrote the book as a way of saying hi to a long-ago UCR organic chemistry professor of mine who had fatefully agreed to teach me (at the time, I was a brand new San Bernardino County deput Read more of this blog post »

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	First Evidence: A Novel 3.23 avg rating — 1,109 ratings — published 1999 — 10 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
	In Extremis (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, #9) 3.63 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2007 — 20 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
	Outer Perimeter: A Novel 3.39 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2001 — 11 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
	Balefire 3.87 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1986 — 16 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 Alchemist 3.61 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1985 — 17 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
	Final Disposition 3.68 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Prey 3.85 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1992 — 11 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
	Double Blind 3.80 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1997 — 8 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
	Wildfire 3.76 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	Cheater 3.57 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1991 — 9 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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Please vote for Mays book club selection. Remember the 3 books with the most votes will be the selection. Voting ends April 9th 2010

Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Series, #1) by Lee Child

Killing Floor by Lee Child

7 votes, 17.9%

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson

7 votes, 17.9%

Map of Bones (Sigma Force #2) by James Rollins

Map of Bones by James Rollins

7 votes, 17.9%

Labyrinth

by Kate Mosse

7 votes, 17.9%

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

4 votes, 10.3%

Everywhere That Mary Went

by Lisa Scottoline

3 votes, 7.7%

The Ninth Buddha

byDaniel Easterman

2 votes, 5.1%

The Lions Of Lucerne (Scot Harvath, #1) by Brad Thor

The Lions Of Lucerne by Brad Thor

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First Evidence

by Ken Goddard

0 votes, 0.0%

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When I wrote my latest fiction novel, Chimera [theme: the genetic creation of previously-extinct hunting trophies for wealthy collectors/poachers of illicit endangered species ... and the requisite hunting down the bad guys], I was thinking it was an interesting --- but decidedly far-fetched --- sci-fi plot that would remain far-fetched and sci-fi for many years to come. But after reading the latest issue of National Geographic Magazine, I'm no longer thinking in terms of "many years." Bad news for us wildlife forensic scientists who have enough trouble dealing with the ever-growing list of still-living endangered species without having to take on newly created or no-longer-extinct critters. Sigh ...

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