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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith Dark Horse by Kenneth D. Ackerman A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie Beloved by Toni Morrison The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
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Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"I will not attempt to console you; but will simply relate the circumstances of the transaction.
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