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Maddy's Secret: The Search For Einstein's Lost Work by Michael Charles Messineo

What if you were named as heir to a Will that you knew nothing about and members of your family were being kidnapped and tortured for information they didn't have? What if you went to the police only to find out the Russian Mafia and your own govern

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Still Perfect by Jay Horne

Between life and death lies obsession. Some nurses hold more than just medicine in their hands.

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James A Newman

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Newman began writing fiction when he came out of rehab. He was addicted to pulp fiction. There was no cure. Before that he played guitar and sang in neu-gazer bands in London. Newman moved to Bangkok in the year 2001 and began writing fiction. He lived in ten dollar hotel rooms and survived on chemical whiskey and raw luck. Newman has published over fifty short stories in various publications all

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A major influence of Newman's at the moment is Bruen and if you think Newman's stuff is telegraphic and clipped check that crazy Irishman out... Otheres admired over the years? William Burroughs (immense breaking down of barriers), Charles Bukowski (for the novel and short stories), James M. Cain (economy of language), Celine, Raymond Chandler, J.P. Donleavy (Ever read the Gingerman?), Dashiell Hammett (Invented the modern day crime novel), Hunter S. Thompson (legend), Alexander Trocchi (gifted and underrated – ruined by drugs), Patrick Hamilton (gifted and underrated – destroyed by alcohol), Lawrence Block, Knut Hamson, many, many more…

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London, UK