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slaveluci -> RE: Books...any goods ones ? (2/18/2009 6:45:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
I'm partial to anything by James Lee Burke.
Me too. I love everything he writes but especially the Dave Robicheaux series and especially ""Purple Cane Road" and "Jolie Blon's Bounce." I can read and re-read those two and the end of "Crusader's Cross?" Brings tears to my eyes everytime.
I don't read alot of fiction but other than JLB I love Greg Iles, Richard Matheson, Joe R. Lansdale and Robert McCammon. James Swain, Linwood Barclay and Harlan Coben ain't too shabby either[;)].
I read tons of nonfiction and am currently reading a fascinating book called "The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption" by Barbara Bisantz Raymond. For about 30 years, she operated a children's home in Memphis, TN. She was neglecting and abusing the (oftentimes stolen) children and then selling them to the highest bidder. She would abduct babies/children or coerce their mothers into leaving them with her and then she'd kidnap them and sell them off in illegal adoptions. She sold more than 5,000 children and killed many through neglect. Corrupt politicians and friends in high places (with money) enabled her to do all this.
It's an engrossing book but very sad......................luci
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