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The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death: A Novel | Charlie Huston
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With his teaching career derailed by tragedy and his slacker days numbered, Webster Fillmore Goodhue makes an unlikely move and joins Clean Team, charged with tidying up L.A.'s grisly crime scenes. For Web, it's a steady gig, and he soon finds himself sponging a Malibu suicide's brains from a bathroom mirror and flirting with the man's bereaved and beautiful daughter. Then things get weird: The dead man's daughter asks a favor. Every cell in Web's brain tells him to turn her down, but something makes him hit the Harbor Freeway at midnight to help her however he can. Soon enough it's Web who needs the help when gun-toting California cowboys start showing up on his doorstep. What's the deal? Is it something to do with what he cleaned up in that motel room in Carson? Or is it all about the brewing war between rival trauma cleaners? Web doesn't have a clue, but he'll need to get one if he's going to keep from getting his face kicked in. Again. And again. And again.
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madamereadsalot1
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gradcat This book sounds really interesting—stacking! 📚 Plus, I love the cover! ♥️ 5y
madamereadsalot1 @gradcat it is such a good book! I think Charlie Huston is highly underrated. At least in my circles he is! 5y
gradcat Never read him, but hoping to change that soon! Thanks for the tip!! ♥️ 5y
madamereadsalot1 @gradcat add this one to your tbr list too!! 5y
vivastory Echoing @gradcat This sounds great! 5y
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eris404
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I loved this audiobook. The reader, Paul Michael Garcia, is wonderful and this is just a great story. Chronically unemployed and self-described asshole Web takes a job with a crime scene cleaning company. There‘s a bit of gore and a bit of noir and a bit of the seedy side of Hollywood, all of which are great fun. But Web isn‘t just a lazy asshole and the slow reveal of who he is and how he got here is really the best part. #30booksin30days

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RealBooks4ever
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One of my favorite audiobooks! #Death #JuneBookBugs

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Elephantango
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Meh! I liked this more at the beginning than at the end. The main character is a self proclaimed a-hole, and his actions second that emotion. I can appreciate the story for what it was, but I think it was a little more masculine than I like these days. In my angst-filled twenties I would have liked it more.

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Elephantango
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Eeeewwww. Probably not the best thing to read when you sit down to eat some oatmeal. Read the page if you dare... 😧😧😧

cherinium Ahh, come on! Has motherhood made your stomach weak?! 7y
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Elephantango
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Nothing beats searching through your tea cupboard only to find some Mountain Sunrise hiding in the back! Sounds like a great way to start my day! Just like being hypnotized by PeeWee is a great way for Orson to start his day.

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