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Kent Lester

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Author of the latest sequel in the Dan Clifford series, The Third Instinct, published by Macmillan-Forge.

Author of the recent Dan Clifford thriller, The Seventh Sun, published by Macmillan-Forge.

Current non-fiction author of The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home, 5th edition, with over 350,000 copies in print.

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	The Seventh Sun (Dan Clifford #1) 3.70 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: A Step-by-Step Method for Managing Home Construction by Kent Lester (Goodreads Author), Dave McGuerty 4.02 avg rating — 55 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 Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home by Kent Lester (Goodreads Author), Dave McGuerty 3.88 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1986 — 15 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 Third Instinct (Dan Clifford, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 52 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
	The Complete Guide to Being Your Own Remodeling Contractor it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1987 — 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 Collection: 3 In 1 by Robert Welch, John F. Gallo, Kent Lester (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home] (By: Kent Lester) [published: February, 2010] by Dave McGuerty, Kent Lester (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home: Step-by-step Method for Managing Home Construction by Dave McGuerty (1986-12-03) by Dave McGuerty, Kent Lester (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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