Del Jones

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The Exchange - John Grisham

Set in 2005 (fifteen years after The Firm), the story revolves around Mitch McDeere and his life in Manhattan.

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In Too Deep - Lee Child

Jack Reacher is a fictional character who is a former military policeman and the main protagonist in a series of thriller novels by author Lee Child. He is known for his strength, intelligence, and sense of justice.

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Precipice - Robert Harris

The big deal about this book is that partners true. The Prime minister of the day, who was in his 60s, was dating a 26 year old and was sharing a lot of Goverment secrets with her, not because she was a spy or anything like that, but who was madly in love with her and always wanted her opinion on government matters, so he started to share with her.

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Capital in the Twenty First Century - Thomas Piketty

This is a tough listen. Requires concentration and a few stops and starts to understand and maybe follow up on the subject matter. Not a light-hearted subject, although very interesting if you take your time.

read, books, review, economics

The Killing Floor - Lee Child

The first novel in the Jack Reacher series by British author Lee Child, published in 1997. It's a popular thriller that introduced readers to Jack Reacher, a former military policeman who becomes a wandering drifter after leaving the U.S. Army

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The Passenger - Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz

Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz was a German-born British novelist renowned for his compelling narratives that explore themes of displacement, identity, and the upheaval of the Nazi era.

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The Trading Game - Gary Stevenson

An autobiography that charts the life of a young guy from the east end of London, who, from delivering newspapers as a kid for £12 a week, studies at the LSE, and has a mind for mathematics, rapidly climbs to be one of the world's top traders, making his first million by the age of 23.

books, review, read, nonfiction

A third short story - Many Careful Owners

I'm so lazy... but here we go, my third short story.

Books, writing, stories