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	SOUND OF BLOOD: A Jake Scarne Thriller (JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS Book 1) 3.62 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Capriati's Blood (Alton Rhode Mysteries #1) 4.38 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2013 — 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 SISTER (Formerly 'Sister'): An Alton Rhode Mystery (ALTON RHODE MYSTERIES Book 4) 4.52 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2020	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
	Gunner (Alton Rhode Mysteries #5) 4.34 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Hurricane Fats (Cole Sudden Thriller #1) 3.92 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Madman's Thirst (Jake Scarne Thrillers #2) 4.01 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Hadron Escape (Cole Sudden CIA Thriller #2) 4.19 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Pedestal (Jake Scarne Thrillers #5) 4.35 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Viron Conspiracy (Jake Scarne Thrillers #4) 4.06 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Facets (Jake Scarne Thrillers #6) 4.48 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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Every now and then, I get a bee in my bonnet about an author that I think everyone should read.
Today’s column will be devoted to one such author. His name is Farley Mowat, and he died just short of his 93rd birthday in 2014.
Now, I realize that no one should be named Farley Mowat. Even a Canadian, which he was (and descended from a former Premier, no less!). Farley (I refuse to call him Mowat, whic Read more of this blog post »

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The Rich and the Dead

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“Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people, and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men.” — Abraham Lincoln, 1837”
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