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Thirty books. A little shorter if I cut Olen Stenhauer's 'Yalta' series. A series I never read, but included based on my love for the 'Milo Weaver' books. Then again maybe slightly longer if I add a few more missing George Pelecanos.

I could depress myself by adding up suspected prices. A bunch are well over the $100 mark. But there is no end date to this assignment. I have certainly spent money on less important things.

This could take years. I hope it does.

[Editors Note: Updated 7/15/14 with recent purchases]
[Editors Note: Updated 10/5/14 with recent purchases]

James Lee Burke
Heavens Prisoner's
Black Cherry Blues
Morning for Flamingos
Pegasus Descending - 7/14/14

The Glass Rainbow  - 7/14/14
Feast Day of Fools
Creole Belle

Robert Crais
The Monkey's Rainbow
Lullaby Town
Indigo Slam - 7/14/14

Sean Doolittle
Dirt

Alan Furst
Night Soldiers
Dark Star
The World at Night
Red Gold
Spies of Balkan
Mission to Paris

Craig Johnson
Kindness Goes Unpunished
The Dark Horse

Laurie R. King
The Beekeepers Apprentice - 10/04/14
Justice Hall

George Pelecanos
A Firing Offense
Nick's Trip
Down By the River Where the Dead Men Go - 7/14/14

Olen Steinhauer
The Bridge of Sighs
The Confession
36 Yalta Blvd.
Liberation Movements
Victory Square
The Tourist
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