Blogs in January 1970

Heaven’s Prisoners 1st January 1970

A finely crafted central character, David Robicheaux is in his boat in the Gulf when a light aircraft crashes. He helps in the rescue, a little girl is alive. She has been trapped in a pocket of air. Four...

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The Hotel New Hampshire 1st January 1970

‘The first of my father’s illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels.’ So says John Berry, son of a hapless...

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The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire 1st January 1970

The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire is a sweeping historical novel of Mexico during the short, tragic, at times surreal, reign of Emperor Maximilian and his court.

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Harry Lipkin P.I. 1st January 1970

Harry Lipkin is a tough-talking, soft-chewing, rough-around-the-edges, slow-around-the-corners private investigator who carries a .38 along with a spare set of dentures. Harry specializes in the sort of cases that cops can’t be bothered with, but knows where to find...

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Winter Wonderland 1st January 1970

Imagine waking up in a snow globe. . . That’s how travel journalist Krista feels when she arrives in magical Quebec to report on Canada’s glittering Winter Carnival. Over ten sub-zero days Krista’s formerly frozen heart begins to melt...

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