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The Wrong Quarry

Collins, Max Allan
Quarry goes to a small town to knock off some guys who were hired to knock off a pedophile dance instructor. Of course this is going to be a LOT more than that!

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"Fucking amateurs," I said.

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9/2023

Tough Tender

Collins, Max Allan
Nolan #5-6. Consisting of the novels Hard Cash and Scratch Fever. A pretty good ride, great climax on the second story. Wow!

Quote:

A bunch of Rigley went flying over Jon's head and splashed onto the wall.

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"Where is he?"

"Playing with a rock'n'roll band, of all things."

"...A nice kid, messed up in a business like that."

Quote:

"Really, Darlene, you should make up your mind. You can't be into both the B-52s and Willie Nelson. It just doesn't make sense."

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1/2024

Two For The Money

Collins, Max Allan
Good thing I checked for duplicate authors, I already read a book by this guy. Anyway, this a a great noir crime book, and it's a twofer, the first two books of the Nolan series.
Contents:
Bait Money
Blood Money

Who is the disguntled-looking blond in the, uh, bikini?, on the cover smoking a cigar after lightening it with paper money?? I'm guessing it is Sherry.

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8/2023

Gregor And The Marks Of Secret

Collins, Suzanne
In the fourth book Gregor goes on a expedition with Luxa to help the mice. The series is moving faster and faster, I wonder how many books will there be all told? I am becoming more and more enchanted, too.

Quote:

"Shh," said Boots, patting him. "Shh. The mouses are sleeping."

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8/2007

Catching Fire

Collins, Suzanne
The book after The Hunger Games, Katniss still can't figure out her romantic relationships, and the Capital makes her participate in another Games, with Peeta! How is she going to get out of this one! Oh yes, there will be another book!

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11/2009

Gregor And The Code Of Claw

Collins, Suzanne
Fifth book of the series. The action accelerates, Gregor wears out yet ANOTHER pair of shoes, and gets his first kiss. Whoops, SPOILER!

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11/2007

Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods

Collins, Suzanne
Gregor returns one again to the Underland to help find the cure to a plague that can kill every warm-blooded being there. Book three of the series.

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8/2007

Gregor And The Prophecy Of Bane

Collins, Suzanne
Gregor returns to the Under Land to rescue his sister, but it turns out he has to fight a giant white rat instead. Or something like that. Book two of a series, enjoyable story.

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7/2007

Gregor The Overlander

Collins, Suzanne
In the first book of the series Gregor and Boots fall into a ventilation shaft that leads, strangely enough, to the Underland.

Quote:

Courage only counts when you can count.

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8/2007

Mockingjay

Collins, Suzanne
Third book in the series, kind of slow in the first half, but the killing picks up in the second.

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8/2010

The hunger games

Collins, Suzanne
Katniss fights for her life at the Hunger Games. I really enjoyed reading this and am looking forward to reading the next two books.

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11/2009

Combat

Combat,
11 stories about war in near future. Stories by Larry Bond, Dale Brown, James Cobb, Stephen Coonts, Harold W. Coyle, David Hagberg, Dean Ing, Ralph Peters, R.J. Pineiro, and Barrett Tillman. Good stories.

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2/2001

Invaders Of Earth

Conklin, Groff, editor
Twentyone stories of invasion by various authors, including the fabulous Pictures Don't Lie by Katherine MacLean. Very good stories. Pub. in 1952.

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10/2002

Crazy Lady!

Conly, Jane Leslie
Vernon reluctantly helps out an alcoholic mother and her mentally-handicapped son.

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9/2009

9 Dragons

Connelly, Michael
Harry investigates a Triad murder, then his daughter is kidnapped and he goes to Hong Kong to rescue her. Eleanor is killed, the daughter is rescued. What goes on in Hong Kong stays in Hong Kong, but nothing is what it seems. A real page turner.

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7/2010

A Darkness More Than Night

Connelly, Michael
Terry McCaleb and Harry Bosch figure in this story of a dead housepainter. More than I wanted to know about the painter Hieronymus Bosch. 418 p.

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9/2001

Angels Flight

Connelly, Michael
LAPD Dective Harry Bosch investigates a dead lawyer at the Angels Flight funnicular.

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8/2000

Black Ice

Connelly, Michael
Dectective Harry Bosch ends up going to Mexico to solve the suicide of a fellow officer.

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11/2000

Blood Work

Connelly, Michael
Retired FBI agent Terry McCaleb investigates a seemingly random murder of a woman. Excellent story!! Read again after seeing the movie, 8/2002

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8/2000

City Of Bones

Connelly, Michael
Harry Bosch investigates a murder of a child that happened twenty years ago.

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At the top of the page she had written "City of Bones." [...] "Why do you call it that?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Because we're setting out the streets and the blocks of what will become a city to us," she said, [...]. "At least while we're working here it will feel like it. Our little city."

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8/2002
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