Killing Rain (John Rain Thrillers)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • a good series
  • John Rain Survives Another Day
  • John Rain is the coolest character out there, and Barry Eisler is the best thriller writer, period.
  • Top of the Line
  • Found a new fav!
Killing Rain (John Rain Thrillers)
Barry Eisler
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: B000GUJHC6

Book Description

No one but Japanese-American assassin John Rain can win the game of cross and double cross he encounters in this new novel of sexy international intrigue in the series.

Torn between his past as a soldier and his vocation as a killer, longing for attachment but forced to operate alone, and haunted by the fear that one day there must be a reckoning for the things he has done, John Rain moves like a dark ghost through Tokyo and the other urban landscapes in which his Asian features enable him to operate undetected. His ability to make death appear to have been of "natural causes" keeps his reluctant services in constant demand.

In Killing Rain, Rain has a new employer, the Mossad-which needs an operator who can remove "problems" in Asia-and a new partner: Dox, the ex-marine sniper and party animal first introduced in Rain Storm. He also has a new hope-that by using his fearsome talents in the service of something good, he might atone for all the lives he has already taken. But when Rain's freshly awakened conscience causes him to botch an assignment, turning what should have been a surgical hit into a massacre, he finds himself running both from the Mossad and from the CIA. Can he trust Delilah, the alluring Israeli agent whom he once fought and then loved, to save him now?

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars a good series.......2007-07-30

I wouldn't put Eisler up there with Robert B. Parker or Vince Flynn but it's good summertime reading.

5 out of 5 stars John Rain Survives Another Day.......2007-05-10

Once again John Rain manages to barely stay alive and live another day Killing Rain. Unlike previous John Rain novels, this story focuses less on Japan and more on other parts of Asia, namely Manila, Bangkok and Hong Kong. In this book, John Rain and his few friends manage to rid the world of two of its worse terrorists. Hired by the Israeli government as a contractor to do the job, Rain's (or Eisler's) ingenuity never fails to amaze me in how he prevents blowing his cover to get the job done. What I enjoy about Eisler's novels is that the main character, John Rain, is well developed from the beginning of the series and can be insightful into life as he struggles to do his job knowing he's taking lives, while at the same time questioning how he has managed to stay alive himself. The shallowness of the characters found in many other quick novels is missing here (except for maybe with Dox, Rain's sidekick). If you've enjoyed previous books from the series, you'll enjoy this one too.

5 out of 5 stars John Rain is the coolest character out there, and Barry Eisler is the best thriller writer, period........2007-03-12

I've been reading the John Rain series for about 2 years now, pacing myself so I don't gobble them up all at once. I just finished "Killing Rain" and it is as well-written and thrilling as its predecessors. I cannot express my gratitude enough for Barry Eisler's talents. The depths he plumbs to cover the characters, their backgrounds, and especially the locales of the stories are just absolutely amazing. Eisler paints such vivid pictures while simultaneously educating us (his knowledge of Tokyo is impressive). The books never bore--they are irresistible page-turners. My only tiny gripe is that the Rain's assassin "buddy" Dox, introduced in "Rain Storm", is a bit cartoonish at times. But he does provide comic relief occasionally.

If you haven't read any of the Rain books, please start with the first ("Rain Fall"). It's best to understand John Rain and his struggles from the beginning. Believe me, once you start you will be hooked. In my view, Barry Eisler is the creme-de-la-creme.

5 out of 5 stars Top of the Line.......2007-03-09

Barry Eisler just gets better and better. This book is riviting from begining to end. As in the other books the twists and turns tend to make the reader sorry for the poor assassin who must pay for his sins! A fun and interesting read. Learn about other countries as you are entertained.
Worth the price and effort.

4 out of 5 stars Found a new fav!.......2007-01-19

This paperback is my introduction to Eisler, and it is a very good place to start. I don't know how I missed this author but I plan on making up for lost time and soon.

A competent writer with great characters a good plot and interesting point of view. It maybe genre writing, but it is darn good genre writing and if you like good mysteries you won't be disappointed.
A Killing Rain (Louis Kincaid Mysteries)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A Killing Rain
  • absolutely superb!
  • Murder, Kidnapping, and Mayhem to say the least
  • When It Rains, It Pours
  • High Praise for "A Killing Rain"
A Killing Rain (Louis Kincaid Mysteries)
P.J. Parrish
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ASIN: 078601606X

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Killing Rain.......2006-11-11

The Louis Kincaid Mystery series got me hooked from the first one. I have collected them all (I think). Not "edge of your seat" like some in my collection, but among my favorites.

5 out of 5 stars absolutely superb!.......2006-10-05

This is the second Kincaid mystery I read, and I must admit to not having been able to stop reading. I began the book just before breakfast, read throughout breakfast, kept going all day as I ran errands using public transportation, then finished it just before arriving at home. My only quibble was with myself--why, oh why, hadn't I bought more Parrish novels to read after "Killing Rain"? Silly me. To take care of that problem, I purchased most of the rest of the series just a few days ago, and those books are waiting for me to devour them.

Back again to this book--Kincaid is a superbly drawn character. From the start of this book to its end, I found him enthralling. From his efforts to handle a date to the resolution of the book's main mystery, he made me want to get to know him as a human being. Parrish's writing is that good; Kincaid is someone I wish were human so that I could sit and talk with him. I'd like to know which moral lines he feels it's okay to cross, which experiences from his childhood make him so desperate to be a good friend/father/role model for the children he comes to love as an adult. I want to know why he doesn't just take his female cat in to get her "fixed."

Bottom line: I want to know Kincaid.

Added to that, there are other elements of this book that enthrall me. For one, the bad guys are just as interesting as the good ones. Now, that's not all that unusual, but I REALLY want to know more about these guys. I want to know about a killer who won't touch a child because of his own past experiences and how they've shaped him. I want to know about a killer whose soul is so damaged that he can't do much more than reshape his reality to fit it in the only box that allows him to keep breathing.

I guess I just want to KNOW, to find out more, and that always makes me want to keep reading an author's work

Kudos to Parrish!

4 out of 5 stars Murder, Kidnapping, and Mayhem to say the least.......2005-06-12

Murder, kidnapping and mayhem are the ingredients P.J. Parrish uses to draw the reader into this latest thriller. Though a bit grisly at times, this book is a definite page-turner. Private Detective Louis Kencaid fights an uphill battle as he stays one step behind a diabolical killer. Parrish fans and suspense enthusiast alike will enjoy this fast-paced thrill ride of intrigue and gore.

What began as a simple date for Detective Kencaid quickly escalates into something sinister when his date Susan's estranged husband shows up for dinner. The absentee dad, Austin Outlaw has returned to reclaim his son and wife. Susan is having none of Austin's lies and is reluctant to allow eleven year old Benjamin out for ice cream with his father. The mother's intuition proves to be valid when her son and husband vanish. Kencaid's search for the two leads him to Austin's Import office. There he finds the police who have discovered the bodies of Outlaw's business partner and their secretary.

Parrish does an excellent job in making the reader despise Austin Outlaw's appropriately named sleazy character. Outlaw's greed sets in motion events that lead to several murders and endangers the life of his only child. Assisted efforts to rescue Ben are made by Miami Police Detective Joe Frye, a woman who can handle her own with the bad guys, yet has no trouble at all showing her softer side to Kencaid. The two detectives match wits with a fiendish villain that holds the key to Austin's silence and knows the idenity of the killers who kidnapped Ben.

This book is filled with lots of twists and turns that keeps the reader wondering what will happen next. The only thing that bothered me about the book was the graphic descriptions on torture inflicted upon some of the victims and the grisly murder scene. Overall I loved the plot and the character development. Parrish brought out real emotions in me as I read this novel. If you like a little horror mixed in with your mystery you'll love this book.

Reviewed by Felecia R. Ellis of Memphis RAWSISTAZ

4 out of 5 stars When It Rains, It Pours.......2005-06-08

P.J. Parrish brings to life an intriguing tale of action and adventure in his novel, A Killing Rain. The story begins with private detective Louis Kincaid finally getting a date with attorney Susan Outlaw. What he does not know is that this meeting will lead him on a suspense-filled journey that involves Susan's missing son and her estranged husband. The story follows Kincaid as he searches for the pair and as he unearths brutal murders and a horrible, intricate scheme.

P.J. Parrish has written a novel that is truly a thriller. Although there were a couple of instances where the story lulled, overall it was a page-turner. While the action was enjoyable, I also reveled in the character development. As a mother, I could feel Susan's angst in having her child missing. I felt a strong loathing for the "bad guy" Austin, who served as a complete contrast to the protagonist, Louis Kincaid. My only regret is that this is my first time reading a P.J. Parrish novel featuring Louis Kincaid and I believe that I would have enjoyed the story more if I had more background knowledge on the main character. Nevertheless, this was a good read and I recommend it to those who enjoy reading works that take them on a thrill ride.

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5 out of 5 stars High Praise for "A Killing Rain".......2005-06-06

Kudos for P.J. Parrish's "A Killing Rain." I truly enjoyed this book. I do believe I've just found a new favorite detective in Louis Kincaid. "A Killing Rain" caught my attention from the very beginning. I truly found it hard to put down. A real page turner.
Arkham Asylum Living Hell # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (The Complete Limited Batman Series)
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    Arkham Asylum Living Hell # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (The Complete Limited Batman Series)
    Dan Slott
    Manufacturer: DC Comics
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Comic

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    Arkham Asylum the complete Six part Limited Series. Includes Book One: Whole in the Head, Book Two: Bits and Pieces, Book Three: A Stitch in Time; Cracked Up, Book Four: Tic Toc, Book Five: Patterns, and Book Six: Rhyme and Reason. DC Comics 2003.
    Killing Rain
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      Killing Rain
      Barry Eisler
      Manufacturer: Putnam Pub Group
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000J1A9HE
      A Killing Rain
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        A Killing Rain

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        Binding: Hardcover
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        A Killing Rain and Other Stories
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • A Killing Rain
        • Synopsis:
        • Explanation By The Author
        • Explanation By The Author
        A Killing Rain and Other Stories
        Reid Laurence
        Manufacturer: E-Booktime, LLC
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        ASIN: 1598240218

        Book Description

        Raymond Mort is a killer — make no mistake — but the lives he takes don't fulfill a murderers bloodlust quite as much as they work to keep him happy and occupied in the strange, make-believe world he's self-manufactured out of sheer madness. In doing so, Raymond tries to snuff out the pain of loneliness and desperation of a tormented early childhood, which remains a sad part of him for the duration of his life. A killer, yes, but in reading this shocking tale, you may feel more pity welling within you than vengeance.

        Other stories in the book prove to be rooted in the deep, dark well of human psyche and pathos, but at times — as in the last tale of a super-intelligent cat named `Carl' — the author switches moods and takes us to a place in which most adults have long since left behind them, but with one agonizing question left unanswered... Are we really who we think we are, or could there exist some other force — much greater then we — compelling us to do the things we do? Read on, and find out.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars A Killing Rain.......2007-08-28


        A collection of tales where author Reid Laurence takes the reader into the minds of characters who see the world differently than we do. Weird tales that put me in mind of the old comic Tales From the Crypt.

        In A Killing Rain, for instance, you'll meet Ray who has a strange appetite and an even stranger way of keep friends.

        Or in Decerebrated, how deeply involved in a murder case can Lieutenant Edgar Grave become involved? Will he identify a killer?

        Recommended reading for one of those dark and stormy nights when you are alone to get the full experience of these tales. You may not sleep without a light after reading them. Stories guaranteed to give you the willies.

        5 out of 5 stars Synopsis:.......2005-08-17

        Raymond Mort is a killer - make no mistake - but the lives he takes don't fulfill a murderers bloodlust quite as much as they work to keep him happy and occupied in the strange, make-believe world he's self-manufactured out of sheer madness. In doing so, Raymond tries to snuff out the pain of loneliness and desperation of a tormented early childhood, which remains a sad part of him for the duration of his life. A killer, yes, but in reading this shocking tale, you may feel more pity welling within you than vengeance.
        Other stories in the book prove to be rooted in the deep, dark well of human psyche and pathos, but at times - as in the last tale of a super-intelligent cat named 'Carl' - the author switches moods and takes us to a place in which most adults have long since left behind them, but with one agonizing question left unanswered... Are we really who we think we are, or could there exist some other force - much greater then we - compelling us to do the things we do? Read on, and find out.

        5 out of 5 stars Explanation By The Author.......2005-07-25

        As the author of the book, I wanted to write a little about just what the story means to me. The lead character is of course, not the kind of person you'd want to know - at least, not for very long. He is a combination of killers that I read about before I began the work and some of his murderous habits would be repellent to any normal person, but as I began to write the story out, several questions in my mind took hold... will Raymond (the killers first name), pay for his hideous crimes here, in this life? Will he pay in the next? Perhaps he falls through the cracks of justice - manmade or otherwise - and never pays at all, while some of the lives he touches through his deeds become wrecked - as I tried to show in a passage when Raymond meets the only surviving member of a once happy family whose burden it becomes to spend each day in living hell, a hell provided by Raymond, who meets this man coincidentally on an elevated train and thinks nothing of the result of his vile actions.
        This irony I faced myself with became part of the momentum for writing the story and although I've raised these questions I cannot, in all truth to myself and to the public at large, say that I can answer them as well. I hope that many of you have more luck with these resolutions than I have had and I invite you to read the work and to arrive at your own personal conclusions. You can visit my web site if you like at: www.reidlaurence.piczo.com. Thank you, Reid Laurence.

        5 out of 5 stars Explanation By The Author.......2005-07-25

        As the author of the book, I wanted to write a little about just what the story means to me. The lead character is of course, not the kind of person you'd want to know - at least, not for very long. He is a combination of killers that I read about before I began the work and some of his murderous habits would be repellent to any normal person, but as I began to write the story out, several questions in my mind took hold... will Raymond (the killers first name), pay for his hideous crimes here, in this life? Will he pay in the next? Perhaps he falls through the cracks of justice - manmade or otherwise - and never pays at all, while some of the lives he touches through his deeds become wrecked - as I tried to show in a passage when Raymond meets the only surviving member of a once happy family whose burden it becomes to spend each day in living hell, a hell provided by Raymond, who meets this man coincidentally on an elevated train and thinks nothing of the result of his vile actions.
        This irony I faced myself with became part of the momentum for writing the story and although I've raised these questions I cannot, in all truth to myself and to the public at large, say that I can answer them as well. I hope that many of you have more luck with these resolutions than I have had, and I invite you to read the work and to arrive at your own personal conclusions. You can visit my web site if you like at: www.reidlaurence.piczo.com. Thank you, Reid Laurence.
        Sch-a Killing Rain
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          Sch-a Killing Rain
          Thomas Pawlick
          Manufacturer: Random House, Inc.
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          After the killing.(destruction of the rain forest in Guatemala): An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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            After the killing.(destruction of the rain forest in Guatemala): An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
            Colin Woodard
            Manufacturer: Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc.
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            This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. on July 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1902 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

            From the supplier: An internal migration into northwestern Guatemala is destroying the country's rain forest. Mayan Indians disenfranchised during the Guatemalan civil war are cutting the forest in search of farm land. The situation could lead to a new civil war.

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            Title: After the killing.(destruction of the rain forest in Guatemala)
            Author: Colin Woodard
            Publication: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (Refereed)
            Date: July 1, 1997
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            A Killing Rain
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              A Killing Rain
              P. J. Parrish
              Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Mass Market Paperback
              ASIN: B000SSSXOY
              A Killing Rain (louis Kincaid Mysteries)
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                A Killing Rain (louis Kincaid Mysteries)
                P.J. PARRISH
                Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books
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                Binding: Paperback
                ASIN: B000ILHM1G

                Please Pass The Guilt
                Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                • Rex Stout does a wonderful job
                • Especially good for anyone who remembers the early '70s
                • The summer of 1969
                Please Pass The Guilt
                Rex Stout
                Manufacturer: Bantam
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                Customer Reviews:

                4 out of 5 stars Rex Stout does a wonderful job.......2007-02-21

                A wonderful followup book to others. Not the first read, but definitely a top 10 Nero book.

                4 out of 5 stars Especially good for anyone who remembers the early '70s.......2006-08-16

                My 6th Nero Wolfe book, and I have to back off a bit. I get confused when there are too many characters. I was able to keep track, but just barely, and I must say that the story is brilliant, as I've decided Stout's stories consistently are. Stout pulls in the news of the time, and I loved that because I'm an old gal who grew up in the '60s and '70s. All those radicals and precursors to today's terrorist make good fodder for mysteries. So, enjoy, but expect to have to keep track of who is who a little more than you might like to.

                4 out of 5 stars The summer of 1969.......2005-06-21

                "A week after the explosion of that bomb you were in distress, severe enough to take you to that clinic and then to me. Later, when I became professionally involved, the nature of your distress was of course of interest. There were various possibilities: You had yourself put the bomb in the drawer and the burden of guilt was too heavy for you. Or you hadn't, but you knew or suspected who had, and your conscience was galling you; your imagined bloody hands were insisting, *please pass the guilt*."
                - Nero Wolfe to suspect, herein

                As one of the final Wolfe novels written, PLEASE PASS THE GUILT is just as much a period piece as the Wolfe stories set during the Depression and World War II, and not just for the somewhat dated references to women's lib. When Doc Vollmer (Wolfe's neighbour, physician, and friend) refers a patient to Wolfe for his troubles, for example, Vollmer feels that it's necessary to explain the then-newfangled approach to psychiatric therapy known as "crisis intervention", because the patient in question has a trauma that seems to require the attention of a private investigator rather than a psychiatrist. An anonymous patient keeps imagining blood on his hands, but refuses to identify himself or give the medical staff of the Crisis Clinic any information other than the bare description of his symptoms.

                As a favour to the doc, Wolfe agrees to see the man, and after revealing that the office is wired for sound and for photographs when necessary, persuades him to identify himself: Kenneth Meer, chief assistant to Amory Browning, vice-president in charge of programming at CAN (a major TV network), whose office was destroyed by a bomb recently. There's some question as to the intended victim in the incident; while the bomb was rigged in a drawer of Browning's desk where he supposedly kept bourbon, Peter Odell (another VP and a competitor for the presidency of CAN) actually opened the drawer and died.

                Since the first few months of 1969 have brought in few well-paying cases, Archie exerts himself to persuade the grieving widow Madeline [sic] Odell that since she can't hope to buy her late husband the presidency of CAN anymore, she can at least avenge his death by hiring Wolfe to catch the murderer.

                But who was the intended victim? Mrs. Odell says that Peter was trying to spike Browning's bourbon with LSD before a crucial interview in selecting the retiring CAN president's successor; did anyone else know about the plot? Did Browning booby-trap his own desk? Mrs. Browning? Browning's secretary, Helen Lugos (who may be his mistress)? Meer, who may be interested in Helen and would definitely be interested in moving up at CAN? The technical expertise to set the bomb doesn't narrow the suspect list in this year of 1969; not only are various members of CAN's staff old enough to have seen military service, but the network recently produced a documentary on terrorism that could've served as a tutorial.

                The three musketeers - Saul, Fred, and Orrie - are soon tasked with learning who knew about the LSD as a starting point. And as for Archie...

                "'Am I just to sit here and take calls from the help?'
                'No. You are to seduce either Miss Lugos or Miss Venner. Which one?'
                I raised one brow. He can't do that. 'Why not both?'
                We discussed it."

                Drive-in totals:
                - One dead body.
                - Newspaper fu (i.e., Wolfe's tactic of placing inflammatory newspaper advertisements to get stalled investigations moving) and subsequent appointment with a terrorist in the office.
                - Interesting conversation between Archie and a female ex-talk-show-host about obscene language.
                - Some new experiences with Inspector Cramer, starting with his arrival in the middle of a briefing with Saul, Fred, and Orrie.
                - Reappearance of a supporting player from DEATH OF A DOXY.
                Please Pass the Guilt: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (Mystery Masters)
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • An enjoyable listen.
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                Please Pass the Guilt: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (Mystery Masters)
                Rex Stout
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                A bomb explodes in the desk drawer of a top TV executive. But was the death trap intended for him or for the man who opened the drawer? Each man had a host of enemies, so was it the ambitious business partner, the jealous wife, the office secretary, or the man with blood on his hands? Nero Wolfe finds himself up to his corpulent neck as he and Archie Goodwin sort their way through secrets, over-the-top ambition, and a long list of suspects to find the truth and the guilty party.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars An enjoyable listen........2007-08-08

                Nero Wolfe stories always present a good listen to the books of Rex Stout. Pritchard's voice is pleasant and displays the right amount of inflection to "get" the humor and interplay between the characters.

                5 out of 5 stars Excellent Penultimate.......2006-04-16

                Stout is trying hard here to bring Nero and company into the turbulent 60s. This trend started with "The Doorbell Rang" and its depiction of civil rights. Here, the hegemony and influence of television in the late 1960s is the focus.

                And what does it mean when a man hallucinates that he has blood on his hands?

                Does Wolfe solicit clients? Of course, that is so beneath his dignity and personal value system, but the answer in this story is yes, indeed. He snares the wife of a dead TV executive via a provocative letter (all right, Archie really sends it, but Wolfe does not take an open invitation to repudiate it). This case really shows Wolfe in late career as a figure of "the New York establishment," where his reputation is wide and deep and the simply fact of his involvement in a case has a strong "Hawthorne effect."

                It's a good read, and it sets the stage for the (sadly) few books left in the series before Stout's death. No collection is complete without it.
                Please Pass the Guilt: A Nero Wolfe Novel
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                  Please Pass the Guilt: A Nero Wolfe Novel
                  Rex Stout
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