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hermetic

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20. The Ruin
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 03:09 PM
Jan 2019

sounds good. A gripping mystery set in Ireland that spans twenty years. "It’s a complicated, page-turning story that touches on corruption, clandestine cover-ups, and criminal conspiracy. A story that’s as moving as it is fast-paced.”

I may have already mentioned how much I love Penny's books.


Moore has written so many books. Noir just happens to be the most recent. I've read many of the older ones and Noir seems not quite as funny but since I am familiar with his style, it works for me. You maybe might want to start with some of his older books. Lamb is great. Coyote Blue. Sacre Bleu.

My favorite might be A Dirty Job. Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as Death. It's a dirty job. But, hey! Somebody's gotta do it. This one had me "Need a cheese!!"

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