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"Play of Shadows" introduces a monster and a worthy adversary

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By Barbara Nickless, Kevin Simpson Verified
| The Colorado Sun Verified
The Minotaur July 2018 From my place near the door, the bookstore was an oasis of light and humanity amid the booming snarl of a thunderstorm. An oasis, at least, for most attendees, present company excepted. I stood at the back, gazing over the heads of forty-six people in folding chairs, their attention riveted to the woman playing a mythical Greek princess on the makeshift stage. “Take this,” Princess Ariadne said to an imaginary Theseus, holding out her hand.
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7 Ways Writing Heals Us-Even After Terrible Trauma Original

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By Barbara Nickless
| Writer's Digest Verified
On an icy February day, as the wind beat at the house and a gray sky lowered, threatening more snow, my phone rang. It was two o’clock on a Monday afternoon. I sat at the kitchen table, tugging at a reluctant plot thread in my latest novel. The phone was a jangling interruption; my thoughts scattered like marbles on a frozen lake. When I picked up the phone my husband told me, “Someone from Kiewit just called. Kyle didn’t show up for work today.” Kyle. Our son.
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7 Spy Novels That Take You Around the World

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By Barbara Nickless
Wherever there are people, there are spies. Large cities—where individuals gather by the hundreds of thousands—are hot spots for clandestine work. In the backrooms of elegant restaurants and along seedy back alleys, from seemingly impenetrable embassies to crowded bazaars, our most famous metropolises host covert operatives who collect intelligence, snoop on their fellow practitioners, and infiltrate the governments of enemies and allies alike.
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