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Ilsa

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36. I finished a Crime novel called Capital Kill by Marc Rainer. Don't bother with this RW trash.

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 10:24 AM

Apr 2018

I read a lot of lightweight fiction to help me cope with problems at home and help me sleep at night. I use a lot of free downloads to Kindle via BookBub.

The protagonist, Trask, is a two dimensional character who never faces a real challenge to his beliefs or character. You see no internal struggle. Geez, even Harry Potter had philosophical issues to deal with along with typical growing pains.

There was an underlying thread of rightwing-ism throughout the book, and several insults thrown at liberals, especially defense lawyers, judges, and the Washington Post.

The author uses a nom de plume. He is really a former federal prosecutor, Charles Ambrose, Jr., and he smeared the Obama Justice Dept. He's written a series based on this character, Trask, who has a similar biography as Ambrose.

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