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J.L. Hyde

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Crime, Thriller, Suspense

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Average rating: 4.18 · 40,253 ratings · 4,126 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Delta County really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,679 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Grady Lake (Grady Lake Mystery Series, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 6,428 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Summer of '99 4.05 avg rating — 5,055 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Secrets of Grady (Grady Lake Mystery, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 4,461 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
	Ghosts of Grady (Grady Lake Mystery, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 3,979 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
	To All Those I've Killed Before 4.18 avg rating — 4,111 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
	Midnight in Delta County (The Delta County Series Book 3) 4.24 avg rating — 3,116 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
	Magnolia Court 4.22 avg rating — 1,461 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Bluff 4.07 avg rating — 1,407 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
	Underground 4.06 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 2021 — 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

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J.L. Hyde liked an answer about Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books: Are the “banned” books literary or are they pornography? there are no actual bans on books in the United States. Yes in Florida they have many banned books, research! They have banned Judy Blume books and Diary of Anne Frank. Very scary stuff. The banned books in this book are not pornography. Linda
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“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” —Albert Einstein”
― J.L. Hyde, The Bluff

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“I miss the days when I was too young and carefree to worry about much of anything. Now I mentally examine every possible outcome before I do anything at all.”
― J.L. Hyde, Delta County

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“I hold out my hand and he drops the silver lighter into it”
― J.L. Hyde, Secrets of Grady

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