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Village of the Ghost Bears by Stan Jones

Village of the Ghost Bears

A Nathan Active Mystery

by Stan Jones
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  • Dec 1, 2009, 352 pages
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  • Jan 2011, 352 pages
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“No-Way? Wha—oh, I see. Once he got into One-Way Lake, there was no way out.”

“Uh-huh.” He nodded.

“Excellent. No-Way it is, then. You go bundle old No-Way up for transport, and I’ll take care of the breakfast dishes.”

She stacked the plates, coffeepot, and skillet, and started for the lakeshore. He didn’t move.

“What?” she said.

“It strikes me that the division of labor here is very much along traditional gender lines all of a sudden. Maybe I should do the dishes while you—”

“No way,” she said with a huge grin.

“Precisely,” he said with an equally huge grin.

Excerpted from Village of the Ghost Bears by Stan Jones. Copyright © 2009 by Stan Jones. Excerpted by permission of Soho Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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