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The Cracked Spine (Scottish Bookshop Mystery #1)

by Paige Shelton (Goodreads Author)

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A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2)

by Josh Lanyon (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: erotica, mystery, adrien-english, m-m, california, united-states, archaeology, currently-reading

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John Carter said: " A couple of things about the Goodreads-supplied summary. 1: How does a person who lives in Pasadena drive to northern California knowing how to find his driveway? From the back cover — “English arrives at the Pine Shadow Ranch (left to him by a belov ...more "

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