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Book Review: Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
Emily Peyton is one of the first female attorneys in 1880s Kansas. After her father is injured in an accident, Emily takes on managing the practice in the face of prejudice and hostility. Many feel the law is no place for a woman....
Book Review: Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
Sometimes the journey is only the beginning. Michael Archer might not have been able to save Ben Carstairs, but he vowed to carry out Ben’s dying wish: to be reconciled with his father...
Book Review: Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
In the 1870s American West, Michael Archer, wracked by guilt over having killed once again, embarks on a mission to clear the name of a man wrongly executed for murder...
Book Review: Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly

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