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A.R. Simmons

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Born

in Chicago, IL, The United States

Website

http://www.bluecreeknovels.com

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@arsimmons_rcn

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Mystery, Suspense, Crime

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AR Simmons grew up in the Missouri Ozarks. He walked a gravel road to a rural school evocative of “Walton’s Mountain.” His parents did factory work to buy things not provided by their subsistence farm which was passed down from his grandfather who cleared the land from the native forest. He and his wife (beta reader, illustrator, and muse) still live on that farm. So his roots run deep in the Ozark soil. Using the culture, language, and mores of this "Bible Belt" region, he writes culturally immersive stories of obsession set amidst the small-town and rural life that he knows and loves.

He began writing seriously with a suspense novel which he serialized around the turn of the millennium on his website www.bluecreeknovels. It took until 2013 ...more

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	The Daughter (The Richard Carter Novels #10) 4.32 avg rating — 25 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
	Devil's Run (The Richard Carter Novels, #12) 4.11 avg rating — 19 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
	Bonne Femme (The Richard Carter Novels, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 17 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
	Journey Man (The Richard Carter Novels #11) 4.18 avg rating — 17 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
	Road Shrines (The Richard Carter Novels #8) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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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	Call Her Sabine (The Richard Carter Novels #6) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Secret Song (The Richard Carter Novels #4) 3.63 avg rating — 8 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
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After a period of flagging energy via Covid, (I am and have kept up with my vaccines) I am writing regularly again. I urge all my fellow authors and readers to take advantage of the availability of both the corona virus and flu vaccines.

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SHATTERED JUSTICE (Four Sizzling Thrillers): Solomon vs. Lord, The Deep Blue Alibi, To Speak for the Dead, and Illegal

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“Only an egotist thinks that he deserves the blessings that come his way.”
Jill Carter, (character in The Playpretty)”
― AR Simmons

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“Worrying about the past is tending the ashes instead of the fire.”
― A.R. Simmons, Bonne Femme

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“There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
This Traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of Toll –
How frugal is the Chariot
That bears a Human soul.”
― Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems

tags: literature, poetry, words

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“All a man can betray is his conscience.”
― Joseph Conrad

tags: betrayal, ethics, honesty, truth

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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

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“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
― Maya Angelou

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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