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Stephen Greenleaf
Birth date: July 17, 1942
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EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 11 years ago
The first sentence of this book, describes me to a tee: “I’m not certain whether the affliction originates in genetic disinclination or environmentally induced aversion, but I’ve always been more a recluse than a celebrant.” Exactly. Marsh is hired by Bryce to help save Periwinkle Press. Bryce r...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 11 years ago
I was a bit reluctant to read this book by Stephen Greenleaf. I’ve been reading my way through his entire Marsh Tanner series (excellent) and this is a stand-alone. Often that means a letdown for the reader used to a particular set of characters. Not so in this case. I was hooked from the beginni...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 11 years ago
Marsh returns home to Chaldea, a town of about 6,000 in the Midwest where he grew up. Sale of the family farm is up for discussion among the four siblings. Gail, his sister is married to Tom who is retired with a crippling disease; Curt is the family black sheep; and Matt is just married to his thir...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 11 years ago
I'd swear sometimes reading Greenleaf that I was actually reading Ross MacDonald (a high compliment.) Paragraphs like: "She inclined her chin toward a chair that was camouflaged by a blue damask spread that lay over it like a shroud. I sat on it anyway and watched Mrs. Covington. Her skin was dapple...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 12 years ago
Tom Crandall is a certified hero. A medic who risked his life to save wounded soldiers during a firefight and at great risk pulled people from underneath a collapsed building following an earthquake, he spends his days on ambulance runs helping the dregs of San Francisco. His wife, Clarissa, is a ...
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