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Ruth’s favorite books

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We Chase Shadows

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We Chase Shadows (We Solve Murders, #2)

by Richard Osman

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Emma Lazarus

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
― Emma Lazarus

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Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, and Women's Fiction

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