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The Motive
A double-murder arson in the San Francisco "Painted Ladies" leads to uncomfortable inquiries by Cuneo about Glitsky and Hardy.
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1/2010
The Oath
The head of an HMO gets injured in a hit-and-run, then dies in the ICU of his own hospital. Then it is discovered that he was murdered in the ICU! Then his whole family is killed that night! Yikes!
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I mean, face it, if your expenses are greater than your income, you're poor, right? No matter what you make. (pg. 115)
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You suppose time goes by, but you're not part of time anymore. And then one day something you eat has flavor again, or maybe the sun feels good on your back. Something. You start again (pg. 279) Dismas Hardy on recovering from the death of his infant son.
Words I Had To Look Up:
opprobrium (pg. 358) -- Public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong.
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12/2009
The Second Chair
Hardy helps Amy Wu when she defends a teen accused of shooting his girlfriend and drama teacher. Boy, they sure drink a lot in these books!
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1/2010
The Vig
A friend of Hardy has disappeared, leaving a bloody trail, and a dead woman is left behind. Hardy and Abe end up in Mexico chasing down the killer. Hardy sleeps with Fran for the first time, while he and Jane make the final break in their ex-marriage. Abe is still married to Flo.
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1/2010
Treasure Hunt
Micky is talked into helping the beautiful Alicia, and in turns talks Wyatt Hunt into helping her too, when she is eventually accused of murdering her boss, who is a big-deal social services charity honcho. No Dismas Hardy in this one.
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He always kept a sleeping bag in his used Camaro's trunk anyway (pg. 1) If you drove, it's used, I think.
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There is no work, if done in the proper spirit, to which honor cannot accrue (pg. 63)
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9/2010
Ella Enchanted
She was given the "gift" of obediance by a fairy when she was born and it causes no end of trouble. Turns into a Cinderella story near the end. Very enjoyable story.
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11/2000
Fairest
Kind of a Snow White story, set in the Ella Enchanted world. Aza accompanies a duchess to see the king married, ends up in a mirror, but escapes and marries a prince. Hope I didn't spoil it for ya! Since the kingdom is a singing kingdom, there are lots of song lyrics.
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1/2007
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
Small-town Southern boy makes friends (eventually) with a new girl in town, a "negra", in 1917. The "n-word" is used a number of times, and I'm not talking about "negra", and it seemed out of place in a middle school level story, but it's essential to getting a feeling of the time and place. I really liked the story, and even wept a bit near the end.
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11/2014Quote:
"You know, Dit," he said in a quiet voice, "when my wife died, I was real angry. Angry at the ol' doctor who wouldn't come because I didn't have no money. Angry at God for taking her away."
Jim paused to make sure I was listening.
"But after a while I thought of something worse than losing my wife."
"What?" I asked.
"If I'd never met her at all." -- Pg. 252
Last battle
End of Narnia. Or is it?
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11/2005
Prince Caspian
Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmund are called back to Narnia to help the boy prince Caspian.
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11/2005
The horse and his boy
A horse, and a boy, travel to Narnia. Very good, of course, have read this at least 3 times.
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10/2005
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
Read this for the first time when I was an intern at the Christ Lutheran School library. Wonderful, of course.
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10/2005
The magician's nephew
Polly and Digory go to Narnia.
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11/2005
The silver chair
Eustace and Jill go to Narnia to rescue Prince Rilian.
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11/2005
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
All the kids plus Eustace sail to the end of the world. Read again.
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11/2005
Secrets, Lies & Algebra
Tess is thirteen and loves math. She uses mathematics to try to understand relationships.
I enjoyed the story, but I thought the suicide/suspected murder might be a bit morbid, but it is nicely concluded in a meaningful way.
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5/2013
Facing The Lion
Memoirs of a young girl in Nazi Europe. Simone is a Jehovah's Witness and this story tells of her (and her family's) persecution. Maps, appendices, indes. Interesting story. She certainly was a devote little girl!
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6/2002
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
The first Dexter book. Someone is murdering prostitutes in a flamboyant manner. Dexter admires his technique.
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6/2009
Dexter In The Dark
This is my first Dexter book, the third in the series, I think. Probably not the best place to start. Dexter is getting married, with children. If Moloch is a real being, wouldn't the Christian god be a real being too?
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1/2009
Dexter Is Delicious
Dexter runs afoul of some cannibals. Rather gruesome!
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5/2012
20 books displayed
[L'Amour - Larson] [Larson - Leblanc] [Leblanc - Lefcourt] [LeGuin - Lescroart] [Lescroart - Lindsay] [Link - Lott] [Louv - Lubar] [Luna - Lynn]