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Book #73 was Dead Beat, the seventh book in Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files. The back of the book reads: Harry Dresden must save Chicago from black magic and necromancy — but first, he must locate the Word of Kemmler. Just as soon as he figures out what that is. It’s all in a day’s work for the city’s only professional wizard … assuming he can
Read moreBook #72 was The Cut, the first book in the Spero Lucas series by George Pelecanos. The back of the book reads: Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home after serving in Iraq, he has been doing special investigations for a defense attorney. He’s good at it, and he has carved out a niche: recovering stolen property, no questions asked.
Read moreBook #71 was Grave Secret, the fourth book in the Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris. The back of the book reads: Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as family. But as they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface. Family secrets ensnare
Read moreBook #70 was Silent Prey, the fourth book in John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport series. The back of the book reads: Dr. Mike Bekker, a psychotic pathologist, is back on the streets, doing what he does best—murdering one helpless victim after another. Lucas Davenport knows he should have killed Bekker when he had the chance. Now he has a second opportunity—and the time to hesitate is
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