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Book #11 was The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer. The back of the book reads: When Julie Summers’s car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigrant, is
Read moreBook #10 was Deeper Than The Dead, the first book in Tami Hoag’s Deeper Than The Dead series. The back of the book reads: California, 1985-Four children and young teacher Anne Navarre make a gruesome discovery: a partially buried female body, her eyes and mouth glued shut. A serial killer is at large, and the very bonds that hold their idyllic town together are about
Read moreBook #9 was Charm City, the second book in Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan series. The back of the book reads: Reporter-turned-PI Tess Monaghan loves every inch of her native Baltimore—a quirky city where baseball reigns and homicide seems to be the second most popular sport. Business tycoon "Wink" Wynkowski wants to change all that by bringing pro basketball back to town—a laudable mission that’s greeted
Read moreBook #8 was Crazy Hot, the first book in Tara Janzen’s Steele Street series. The back of the book reads: Tara Janzen makes a dazzling debut with this roller-coaster ride of romantic suspense. Crazy Hot is the first in a four-book series of romantic thrillers that feature some of the hottest men in contemporary fiction: bad-boys-turned-American-heroes from a highly irregular, highly secretive "Special Forces" team.
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