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Author: Tom Franklin It’s sad but true that nearly all the books I read don’t live up to their hype, so it’s such a pleasant surprise when one not only lives up to, but exceeds, expectations. In addition, it’s usually not a good sign when a novel says “BOOK CLUB READING GUIDE INCLUDED” on the cover, but even with all that against it, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter turned out to be the most enjoyable psychological mystery (if that’s a genre) I’ve read in some time. Larry Ott, aka “Scary Larry,” is a socially ostracized and underemployed mechanic in the small [...]