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# Oline Cogdill spotlights James O. Born, who works for the Florida Dept of Law Enforcement and moonlights as a Detective Lit writer:

*Born expertly ferrets out the hidden spots of Florida, "the melting pot of the U.S. ... no one looked or sounded alike" -- from strip shopping centers of West Palm Beach to the open spaces of Belle Glade.*

His latest opus is FIELD OF FIRE.

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# Sherryl Connelly says that February is a great month for reading Noir and she reviews a few.

# Guilty Pleasures is a well-thought-of review of a book about reading Thrillers by Chris Bolton.

# Blake at LISNews tells us that the next space tourist wants to pack two stories in his space flight bag: Goethe's "Faust" and "The moon is a harsh mistress" by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein.

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