Mike Shea

1. Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke

2. A Tinker’s Damn by Darryl Wimberley

3. An American Outrage by G.K. Wuori

4. The Special Prisoner by Jim Lehrer

5. Boone’s Lick by Larry McMurtry

6. Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben

7. Pagan Babies by Elmore Leonard

8. Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen

9. Fay by Larry Brown

10. Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts by Burkhard Bilger

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