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Ian Rodney Lazarus

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Ian Rodney Lazarus was born into a dysfunctional family in Detroit, Michigan, and carried these scars with him throughout his life. He grew up restless, eccentric, and intensely curious. This led him to a career of endless solo business travel, across five continents, and inevitably to many situations that became recreated in his novels. In addition to three books, Lazarus has published over 50 articles in print magazines, and managed a column for a national quality journal where he critiqued everything from the process of renting a car to pouring an environmentally-friendly cup of coffee.

A father of three who barely survived his university years, Lazarus nonetheless achieved his long-held dream of living on the West Coast by the time he wa ...more

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	Con & Consequence (Richard O'Brien, #1) 4.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — 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
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$100 gift card giveaway to celebrate The Wine Broker

The third book in the Richard O'Brien Series, The Wine Broker, is now available.

Feedback from readers suggests this is the best book in the series!

I am prioritizing your reviews over royalties, so a digital version is only 99 cents through Nov 23.

Also, to celebrate the book’s release, I am offering to enter you into a random drawing to win a $100 Gift Card from wine.com. It’s my way of saying th Read more of this blog post »

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The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23)

by Daniel Silva

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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

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