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fadedrose

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23. I like Amos Walker a lot

Wed Jan 18, 2012, 12:45 AM

Jan 2012

But I can't go from story to story without a break to digest what I read.

As soon as I finish the several books on my table, I want to get a full length novel - something to look forward to when I sit down to read, you know, after a few of the characters are introduced, etc.

But I've been reading some very short books (Hamish MacBeth)and Amos is a nice change of pace between them...

If you were to choose for me from any of the books on this list, what would you pick? I like detective as well as western, but I don't know where to start.

The cop that Amos is friends with in many of the short stories (that he went to school with) - is he in any of the novels?

But you know what, I never used the library much, and it is such a luxury to read the newest books and go back and read the oldest books without cost. It's not your gramma's library anymore - all kinds of services and the people are so anxious to please...

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