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(0)Richard B. Schwartz
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This book contains 12 original short stories that represent a number of subgenres within the broad field of crime and mystery fiction. From the humorous and explicitly comic to the dark and brooding, they vary in setting from early 21st-century Cincinnati to mid-18th-century London. Faithful readers will notice elements that served as early studies for one of the author's favorite Tom Deaton novels. They were all written in a spirit of admiration...
2) No Exit
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Following the Jack Grant and Tom Deaton series, No Exit features a new series protagonist: FBI Special Agent Gwen Harrison. Introduced in Poison Touch, Gwen is a native American, descended from distinguished ancestors, including a warrior who fought beside Enchanted Horse (Gwen's correction of 'Crazy' Horse). She is an amateur tracker whose avocation becomes a dangerous obsession. After a bloody altercation in a San Francisco alley she decides to...
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The twenty million students now pursuing higher education in America are paying more than history, culture and the consumer price index can possibly justify, while the product they are purchasing is one that has become systematically debased. General education has been depreciated, core curricula eroded, expectations (at all levels) reduced. Slightly above half of the currently-enrolled students are graduating and only half of those are finding employment...