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Bibliography: Carey, Mike. (2007).  The Devil You Know.  New York: Grand Central Publishing.  ISBN: 978-0446580304 (hc) 978-0446618700 (pb) Plot Summary: Felix “Fix” Castor is trying to quit–the exorcism trade that is.  He agrees to take one last case at the Bonnington Archive in London.  Seems like it should be straight forward enough, but he should have learned [...]

Bibliography: Lawson, Mike. (2006).  The Second Perimeter.  New York: Doubleday.  ISBN: 978-0385515320 (hc) 978-1400095162 (pb) Plot Summary:  The Secretary of the Navy asks John Mahoney, Speaker of the House, to have his fix it guy, Joe DeMarco, investigate his nephew’s claims that fraud is being committed at a naval base in Bremerton, WA.  With the help of [...]

Bibliography: Verdon, John. (2010). Think of a Number.  New York: Crown. ISBN: 978-0307588920 Plot Summary:  Dave Gurney, recently retired NYPD homicide detective, is having a hard time adjusting to leisurely life.  When old acquaintance Mark Mallery calls in a panic about puzzling messages that contain veiled threats hinting at a past crime, Dave promises to [...]

Bibliography: Winspear, Jacqueline. (2005). Pardonable Lies. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN: 978-0805078978 (hc) 978-0312426217 (pbk) Plot Summary:  Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs is asked to fulfill a death bed wish: settle once and for all whether a couple’s aviator son was killed as reported in the Great War.  Starting with psychics in London, the case takes her [...]

Bibliography: Cooney, Caroline. (2010). Three Black Swans. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 978-0385738675 Plot Summary:  Tasked to perpetuate a scientific fake for a class assignment, Missy calls best friend, cousin, and look alike Claire to come to her high school as a long lost twin.  In an interview for the school morning [...]