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Larry Watts

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Larry Watts resides on the Gulf Coast of Texas. As he describes on his blog site larrywatts1@wordpress.com, "I try to reinvent myself about every 20 years. From country boy, to big city cop, to labor negotiator, and now an emerging author."

Watts puts his vast experience from all his professional identities to use in writing novels about social justice and crime. As Rick Bradstreet, former Director of Psychological Services for the Austin, Texas Police Department says,

"Your descriptions of the details of investigations and the details of prison life were very enlightening. I have never seen that level of 'here's how it really works', before. That alone is a big contribution to the literature.

I also appreciated your characters, and how thei ...more

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	THE GALVESTON G-STRING: Gals, Guns, and Gangsters (The Tanner and Thibodaux Adventure Action Series Book 4) by Larry Watts (Goodreads Author), Carolyn Watts (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 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 Park Place Rangers, Story 4 - The Old Woman (The Park Place Rangers - Short Story Series) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	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 Park Place Rangers, Story 2 - The Snake Woman (The Park Place Rangers- Short Story Series) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	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 Park Place Rangers Story 5, The Naked Green Man & Other Colorful Stories (The Park Place Rangers, A Series of Short Stories) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	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 Park Place Rangers, Story I - Rites of Passage (The Park Place Rangers, A Series of Short Stories Book 1) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	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 Park Place Rangers 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Homicide in Black and White (Tanner & Thibodaux Actioin Adventure Series Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	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 Missing Piece it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	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
	Rich Man, Dead Man (The Tanner & Thibodaux Action Adventure Series Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Evil Dead 2: Revenge of Hitler (Issue #1) by Larry Watts (Goodreads Author), Ian Edgington (Artist) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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 few years ago, while browsing through shops with my wife, Carolyn, in Galveston's Strand District, I found a book of short stories about several Texas crimes and criminals. One account was of a Houston police narcotics scandal that occurred in 1953.
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Are You Mad at Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You

by Meg Josephson (Goodreads Author)

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God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

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