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cbabe

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2. Finished the First Gentleman/Clinton and Patterson.

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 11:55 AM

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I liked the courtroom scenes. All else was uncomfortable. We know way too much about politicians and sa.

Reread a couple of Mike Lawson/Joe DeMarco books. His political thrillers are more lighthearted and well plotted. Engaging characters.

Kingpin and House Privilege.

(T J Newman is a heckuva thriller author)

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What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? [View all] hermetic Sunday OP

Happy gentle quiet Sunday. Ooh, enjoy "Falling"! txwhitedove Sunday #1

Finished the First Gentleman/Clinton and Patterson. cbabe Sunday #2

Lighthearted sounds appealing hermetic Sunday #5

More light hearted sort of compared to other thrillers cbabe Sunday #12

Just started Michael Connelly's, The Waiting. Polly Hennessey Sunday #3

That's a good one hermetic Sunday #7

Thank you for hosting this group 📚 mentalsolstice Sunday #4

Sounds like good potential hermetic Sunday #9

Finishing up a couple of books. PoindexterOglethorpe Sunday #6

A Hidden Place hermetic Sunday #11

I'm not as impressed as the Times was. PoindexterOglethorpe Sunday #13

Sped through, "Worst Case Scenario," by TJ Newman Bayard Sunday #8

As cbabe above said: hermetic Sunday #10

T J Newman is a her. Former bookseller and flight attendant. Best line cbabe Sunday #14

Then she must have spent her air time thinking up good plots Bayard Sunday #15

True. She said she wrote during down time on flights. cbabe Sunday #16

I like to read airline disaster novels when I fly. Jeebo Sunday #17

II just fiinished listening hermetic Sunday #19

I read Clive Cussler The Iron Storm by Jack du Brul. rsdsharp Sunday #18

The new one hermetic Sunday #20

The Magdalene Deception by Gary McEvoy (Book 1 of the Magdalene Chronicles) yellowdogintexas Monday #21