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Crisman Strunk

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Crisman Strunk is an English and History teacher at the high school level and a professor at a local university. He is also the author of novels such as A Grave Every Mile and the upcoming All the Glory is Gone in the John Holmes series and A Hard Frost in the Gaol County Mystery series. He has loved reading and writing all his life. His family and friends have been “blessed” with comics, Star Trek technical manuals (big during his awkward middle school years), poems of excruciating badness, short stories, and novels throughout the years. He has also published some of these for the world at large. Throughout this reading and writing adventure, mysteries and thrillers have always been a favorite.

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Average rating: 4.38 · 56 ratings · 18 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Grave Every Mile (A John Holmes Thriller Book 1) 4.31 avg rating — 32 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
	A Hard Frost (Gaol County Mysteries, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 14 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
	All The Glory Is Gone (A John Holmes Thriller #2) 4.56 avg rating — 9 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
	Elemental Fources #1 by Crisman Strunk (Goodreads Author), Eric Mullarky (Editor), John Becaro (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	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
	Elemental Fources #2 by Crisman Strunk (Goodreads Author), Eric Mullarky (Editor), John Becaro (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	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
	Elemental Fources #3 by Crisman Strunk (Goodreads Author), Eric Mullarky (Editor), J.C. Grande (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	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
	IF-X #8 by Josh Brown (Goodreads Author), Ozzy Longoria, Nick Mueller (Artist) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	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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Crisman Strunk rated a book really liked it The Grifters by Jim Thompson	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
What can you say? It's a Jim Thompson novel. So you are going to get the twisted view of humanity that has few things to recommend it. I didn't enjoy this one as much as I have some of his other novels (the end of The Getaway, for instance, will haun ...more
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Crisman Strunk rated a book really liked it Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)	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
Even though it's been a while since the last time I read a Dresden book, it was a great homecoming. I always enjoy them and the characters. ...more
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Crisman Strunk rated a book really liked it The Secret of Terror Castle (Classic Three Investigators, #1) by Robert Arthur	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
I've read several "rough" books in a row, so I thought I'd go with something a little lighter. I remember reading several Three Investigators books when I was young, and I thought I'd revisit them. This was an enjoyable tale (better than the Hardy Bo ...more
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Crisman Strunk wants to read In Case I Go Missing by R.N. Swann	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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Crisman Strunk rated a book liked it I Was Dora Suarez by Derek Raymond	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
All of the things you've heard about this book in terms of its graphic nature are true. Even though I didn't throw up on my desk reading it (as Raymond's editor was reported to have done), it's a hard read. A very hard read. Which begs the question: ...more
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Crisman Strunk rated a book liked it Kiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher Baer	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
I may have to come back and re-evaluate this one. I'm not sure what I think of it yet. Parts are great; parts are like walking through a desert after a large hit of peyote (not that I know from experience). The ending is abrupt (I had to check a coup ...more
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Crisman Strunk entered a giveaway Petrified Dreams (Hap and Leonard, #15) by Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author)	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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Crisman Strunk rated a book really liked it The Tower Treasure (The Hardy Boys, #1) by Franklin W. Dixon	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
My dad used to read the Hardy Boys to me, and I continued to read them after I was in school. I was a little afraid they hadn't aged well, but the story and the mystery were engaging. I can see again why they've remained so popular. ...more
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Crisman Strunk has read Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1) by Sara Gran (Goodreads Author)	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
It took me a fourth of the way into this book before I realized how much I was enjoying it. Before that, I thought that it really didn't interest me and that I would stop reading it. After a couple of more pages, I'd stop. Then, when I was halfway th ...more
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Crisman Strunk rated a book really liked it The Cleanup by Sean Doolittle	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
A good read with good characters. My only gripe is that it leaves a major plot point hanging. I'm not one of those who has to have their novels wrapped up neatly by the last chapter, but I would have liked some closure to this relationship, even if i ...more
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