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John Rector

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http://johnrector.blogspot.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense, Science Fiction

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February 2008

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John Rector is the bestselling author of the novels Broken, The Ridge, The Cold Kiss, The Grove, Already Gone, Out of the Black, and Ruthless. His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and has won several awards, including the International Thriller Award for his novella, Lost Things.

He lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Average rating: 3.58 · 14,524 ratings · 1,487 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Already Gone 3.53 avg rating — 4,242 ratings — published 2011 — 22 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 Grove 3.41 avg rating — 2,354 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Ridge 3.62 avg rating — 1,876 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Ruthless 3.52 avg rating — 1,541 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Cold Kiss by John Rector (Goodreads Author), Paul Michael Garcia (Reader) 3.70 avg rating — 1,250 ratings — published 2010 — 28 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
	Out of the Black 3.72 avg rating — 1,101 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Broken 3.96 avg rating — 916 ratings — published 2020 — 5 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
	Lost Things 3.61 avg rating — 924 ratings — published 2012 — 12 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 Couple in Room 13 3.41 avg rating — 212 ratings — 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
	The Walls Around Us 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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A couple months into quarantine, I decided to write a few short stories, which is something I haven’t done in about twelve years. I wrote this particular story with ‘Noir @ the Bar’ in mind. If you don’t know what that is, N@tB is a “literary” event where a random group of crime writers get together at a bar in some pre-determined city and read their stories to each other (and anyone else who happ

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“It's okay, baby" she said. "We all bounce till we break.”
― John Rector, The Cold Kiss

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“Empty houses have unique noises, almost like the rooms themselves are listening.”
― John Rector, The Grove

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“There’s only one life,” Carrie said. “Just different chapters.”
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Polls

Mystery/Thriller is our genre for February. This poll will be open until Saturday, January 28th.

The Dinner

Herman Koch

4 votes, 50.0%

The Grove

John Rector

1 vote, 12.5%

A Brother's Blood

Michael C. White

1 vote, 12.5%

The Burning Air

Erin Kelly

1 vote, 12.5%

Home Before Dark

Charles Maclean

1 vote, 12.5%

The Treatment

Mo Hayder

0 votes, 0.0%

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