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The stranger & the pool

March 31, 2016 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

Apparently this book like, just came out. I borrowed it from my library after the Overdrive app recommended it. Hurt People is Cote Smith’s debut as a novelist, and I’m excited/terrified to see what he comes up with next. “(E)veryone ended up either directly in prison, as the prisoner or the guard, or became tied to a prison in a hazy way, some way no one talked about our could put a finger on, which made it even worse.” Set in 1988 in Leavenworth, Kansas (yeah, with all […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: badkittyuno, Cote Smith

badkittyuno's CBR8 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: badkittyuno, Cote Smith ·
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