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Jodi Langston

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When Good Characters Go Bad

Can the good guy be bad?
I saw a post from a very talented thriller writer, Jason McIntyre, author of Thalo Blue, on twitter asking if his character could commit cold blooded murder. I had to put in my 2 cents and say, yes.

I'm struggling with a similar circumstance with my hero, Nick Dempsey, from my mystery/thriller Nature of the Beast. I think some of the reason I'm putting off finishing my seque Read more of this blog post »
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Published on November 20, 2011 09:57 Tags: characters, jason-mcintyre, john-rain, robert-crais
Average rating: 3.75 · 44 ratings · 8 reviews · 2 distinct works
Always

3.61 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Nature of the Beast

4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Jodi Langston Jodi Langston said: " What can I say except I didn't finish the book. I did skip to the end.
I think the writing and dialogue of Lee Child was excellent but this novel bored me to tears. I gave up after page 130. If nothing has hooked me by then it isn't going to happen.
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