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Book #33 was Those Who Trespass by Bill O’Reilly. The back of the book reads: One by one, high-level executives and correspondents are being murdered. Soon it becomes clear that the killings are linked, the work of a bitter former newsman exacting revenge on those who derailed his career. Tommy O’Malley, a tough but warmhearted New York City detective, is assigned to crack the widening,
Read moreBook #32 was Exit Music, the 17th book in Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series. The back of the book reads: It’s late autumn in Edinburgh and late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he tries to tie up some loose ends before retirement, a murder case intrudes. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging
Read moreBook #31 was Seduction in Death, the 13th book in J.D. Robb’s In Death series. The back of the book reads: Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few hours later, she was dead. The murder weapon: a rare, usually undetectable date-rape drug with a street value of a quarter
Read moreThis uncounted book was Terrorist by John Updike. The back of the book reads: John Updike has written a brilliant novel that ranks among the most provocative of his distinguished career. Terrorist is the story of Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, an alienated American-born teenager who spurns the materialistic, hedonistic life he witnesses in the slumping New Jersey factory town he calls home. Turning to the words
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