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pscot

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1. The Last Policeman by Ben Winters

Reply to Goblinmonger (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 11:56 AM

Mar 2014

Earth is about to be destroyed by a 6.5 kilometer asteroid, but crime never sleeps. There are 3 in this series so far, which would seem to weaken the basic premise, but hey. It's fiction, right? It's pretty well written, if one doesn't object to 1st person narratives.

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What are you reading the week of March 23, 2014? [View all] Goblinmonger Mar 2014 OP

The Last Policeman by Ben Winters pscot Mar 2014 #1

Just downloaded #2, antiquie Mar 2014 #2

Well you and antiquie got me to download 1 and 2 TexasProgresive Mar 2014 #5

The Last Place on Earth, by Roland Huntford. It's an old book I've had on the shelf for years. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #3

Still reading ancient classic scifi TexasProgresive Mar 2014 #4

So, Gobie, what are you reading this week? TexasProgresive Mar 2014 #6

Comeback by Richard Stark SheilaT Mar 2014 #7

Orange is the New Black - TBF Mar 2014 #8

In Persuasion Nation. SheilaT Mar 2014 #9

"Five Days at Memorial" by Sheri Fink *Sorry, guess this should go under Nonfiction* Little_Wing Mar 2014 #10

_Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories_ getting old in mke Mar 2014 #11

"The Invention of Wings" llmart Mar 2014 #12