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have had. The kind of future university grads have.
    â€œI’m not a good singer,” I said. “I never was. You just thought I was good because you’re my mom.”
    â€œHow about if you come to choir practice next week and try it, one time? The choir members aren’t all my age. Some are in their twenties and thirties. And Wendy and I are in the soprano section. You wouldn’t have to hang out with us, or even talk to us. You’d be an alto or a tenor with your raspy voice.”
    I picked up my phone from the coffee table and pretended it had vibrated. “I missed a call from Nathan. I should call him back. I’m working twelve to nine tomorrow, so I’m staying at his place tonight.”
    â€œSay you’ll at least think about the choir. I’ll pay the fee if you join.”
    She had that right.
    â€œI’ll think about it. I promise.”
    â€œGood. Could you pass me my wallet? It’s in my purse, on the floor. I want to give you money for the Thai food.”
    I fished out the wallet and waited while she picked through the receipts, ticket stubs and dollar bills she had stuffed into it.
    She said, “That’s weird. I thought I had more cash than this. Did you take some out of here already?”
    â€œHow could I have done that? I just handed you the wallet two seconds ago.”
    â€œI meant before I went to choir practice.”
    Was she losing her mind? “I wasn’t here before your practice, remember? I got home from work after you left. And ordered the Thai food. As you instructed.”
    She shook her head. “So you did. I’m sorry, I wasn’t thinking. Here.” She handed me a ten and a twenty. “I thought I had more cash on me. I must have spent it somewhere.”
    â€œI love how your first thought when money is missing is that I took it.”
    â€œI said I was sorry.” She smiled up at me. “I used to take money from my mother’s wallet all the time when I was a teenager— a five here, a few singles there. She never noticed.”
    â€œWell, I’m not a teenager. And I guess I’m more trustworthy than you were.”
    So far I was anyway.

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    â€œMy name is Rick Montoya. But you can call me the spider. Other people do.”
    When Rick Montoya returns to the city to try to clear his name, he discovers someone is living in his apartment. Before he can find out who it is, the apartment house goes up in flames. Was the firebombing meant for him? Who exactly was killed in the fire? And why? What was his landlady doing at home in the middle of the afternoon? The questions mount up, along with the suspects.

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    Missy Turner thinks of herself as the most ordinary woman in the world. She has a lot to be thankful for—a great kid, a loving husband, a job she enjoys and the security of living in the small town where she was born. Then one day everything gets turned upside down—she loses her job, catches her husband making out with the neighbor and is briefly taken hostage by a young man who robs the local café. With her world rapidly falling apart, Missy finds herself questioning the certainties she’s lived with her whole life.

Titles in the Series

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    And Everything Nice
    Kim Moritsugu
    The Barrio Kings
    William Kowalski
    The Fall Guy
    Barbara Fradkin
    Generation Us The Challenge of Global Warming
    Andrew Weaver
    Love You to Death
    Gail Bowen
    The Middle