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Short Story Summary: “The Hunt for Dmitri”

1983 Dmitri Garnitsky was a dissident in Moscow marked for death. One day, he was found by assassin Oleg Olenkov and his hired “wet” man assassin, Carnivore. In the standoff that followed, Dmitri was saved by the Carinvore, escaped Russia and changed his life. Now Liz Sansborough, Ph.D. is attending a faculty meeting / party…
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Short Story Summary: “Heirloom” by Joseph Finder

Long time residents, Walter and Ruth, were invited to dinner by their new neighbors, Hutch and Morgan. The house Hutch and Morgan moved into is a beatiful Cape Cod with land. And they purchased it at a reasonable price. During dinner, Walter, started giving the new neighbors a history lesson on the old house, the…
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Book Review: “The Switch” by Joseph Finder

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Book Review: “Crucible of Gold” by Naomi Novik

Genre: Fantasy “Crucible of Gold” is book #7 of 9 in the Temeraire series. Will Laurence and Temeraire have been in Australia for a while now and are adjusting to life there as civilians (remember that Laurence was found guilty of treason, his commission in the military revoked, and they were exiled to Australia as…
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Book Review: “Oath of Loyalty” by Vince Flynn / Kyle Mills

Genre: Thriller By my count, “Oath of Loyalty” is book #21 in the Mitch Rapp series. “President Anthony Cook was very different from his predecessors. He was autocratic, ruthless, and had no love for the country he ran or the people who inhabited it. …………His only goals appeared to be basking in the adulation of…
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Book Review: “The Fifth Assassin” by Brad Meltzer

Genre: Thriller This is the second book in the Culper Ring trilogy. Archivist Beecher White is working with his mentor Tot Westman at the National Archives. They are also both members of a secret society started by George Washington…..the Culper Ring was started to save, if needed, the Presidency. Not the President, but, the Presidency.…
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Book Review: “Code of Conduct” by Brad Thor

Genre: Thriller Pierre Damien is rich beyond belief. Life has been good to him, and to keep that streak going, Helena, his current girlfriend, is beautiful, caring, and best of all….she loves him without question. Pierre has work to do coordinating the plan he has conjured up to make the world a better place, a…
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Book Review: “Silver Phoenix” by Cindy Pon

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Book Review: “The Last Oracle” by James Rollins

Genre: Thriller 398 AD Delphi has been slowly falling into ruin, and Pythia, the last oracle, is perfectly willing to let it fade away. A young girl has entered her life, a special young girl with gifts Pythia could only dream about. The Romans are coming up the mountain to destroy Delphi, kill the girl,…
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Book Review: “Mercy” by David Baldacci

Genre: Thriller In this, book #4 of the Atlee Pine series, FBI Agent Atlee Pine and her assistant, Carol Blum, continue the search for Atlee’s twin sister, Mercy, who was kidnapped from their bedroom when they were six years old. The going is not easy, as there are multiple roadblocks, and criminals, standing in the…

