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"The latest Carpenter & Quincannon mystery: "Attractive characters, a finely tuned plot, and fascinating snippets of California history. Who could ask for more?"-PublishersWeekly on The Stolen Gold Affair Quincannon's pursuit of two con men who have absconded to Hawaii with a considerable sum of his employer's assets dovetails nicely with Sabina's vision of a second honeymoon. But neither is wont to stay out of trouble, and Sabina inadvertently becomes...
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2013
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The legendary Deep Thoughts and New Yorker humorist Jack Handey is back with his very first novel-a hilarious, absurd, far-flung adventure tale.
The Stench of Honolulu.
Are you a fan of books in which famous tourist destinations are repurposed as unlivable hellholes for no particular reason? Read on!
Jack Handey's exotic tale is full of laugh-out-loud twists and unforgettable characters whose names escape me right now. A reliably unreliable narrator...
3) Come Sunday
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Abbe Deighton is a woman who has lost her bearings. Once a child of the African plains, she is now settled in Hawaii, married to a minister, and waging her battles in a hallway of monotony. But in an instant, Abbe's battlefield is transformed when her three-year-old daughter is killed.
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p2004
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A group of four specialists from military and intelligence backgrounds have been given free rein and unlimited funds to strike like lightning on global terror. They have a tough job ahead of them. A shipment of radioactive waste headed across the former Soviet Union has gone missing. It could easily be used to make a "dirty bomb" which could render an American city uninhabitable for centuries. With time running out the team must identify and liquidate...