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The "Unsung" or "Little Sung" Heroes

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If you're at all the sort of reader I am, you probably follow book groups and authors on social media.  I keep up with a lot of them on Facebook.  I'm not as savvy as I need to be to use many of the social media platforms, so I concentrate on one.  Maybe one day I'll sharpen my skillset and branch out.   While I was on Facebook one morning perusing my page for new books, I noticed there was a lot of talk about books that are rarely mentioned, but once read seem to be gems of the reading world.  They simply don't get the buzz some other authors do.  Immediately, two or three authors jumped to my mind!  I'm going to share three of them with you here. Kicking it off with Aaron Stander.  I can't remember how I came upon Aaron's work, but have truly loved the eleven mysteries he's written set in Michigan, featuring Sheriff Ray Elkins.  They appeal to me in two ways.  First and foremost, they are well-constructed mysteries with great, som...

Dee's Reading!

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I have always wanted to start my very own blog...so here we go! I love reading! All kind of books! I particularly enjoy thrillers, mysteries and police procedurals.  There are times when my love of this genre leads me to contemplate "how do I get away with murder".    I need to know where and how to hide the bodies!  Help me out here. Give me some ideas.😉 On a serious note, I do read very broadly and always have, from the time I borrowed my first Nancy Drew Mystery, at about age seven, to today when I continue to love a good mystery series.  For instance, the Tracy Crosswhite Series by Robert Dugoni is a stand-out for me. You can check out the first in Tracy's series, My Sister's Grave . Once you get a taste for Tracy, a Seattle P.D. detective, you will quickly wolf down her entire ten-book saga.   You'll be left with such a voracious appetite, you might want to jump right into Robert's newest series featuring Seattle lawyer, Keera Duggan, in Her Dead...