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    Robine's Diary
    Robine's Diary
    Robine's Diary
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    Robine's Diary

    By Russ Crossley

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    A man's tortured past returns to haunt him. 

    A veteran of the Rwanda massacre, Hal Tomkins seeks solace on a remote island as a lighthouse keeper. Now he faces a deadly foe bent on murder. Is it revenge or to silence him?

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher53rd Street Publishing
    Release dateSep 27, 2017
    ISBN9781386519058
    Robine's Diary
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    Russ Crossley

    International selling author, Russ Crossley writes science fiction and fantasy, and mystery/suspense under the name R.G. Crossley. His latest science fiction satire set in the far future, Revenge of the Lushites, is a sequel to Attack of the Lushites released in 2011. The latest title in the series was released in the fall of 2013. Both titles are available in e-book and trade paperback. He has sold several short stories that have appeared in anthologies from various publishers including; WMG Publishing, Pocket Books, and St. Martins Press. He is a member of SF Canada and is past president of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of Romance Writers of America. He is also an alumni of the Oregon Coast Professional Fiction Writers Master Class taught by award winning author/editors, Kristine Katherine Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Feel free to contact him on Facebook, Twitter, or his website http:www.russcrossley.com.  He loves to hear from readers  

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      Robine's Diary - Russ Crossley

      Robine’s Diary

      Robine’s Diary

      Russ Crossley

      53rd Street Publishing

      Robine's Diary

      Russ Crossley

      Published by 53rd Street Publishing

      Copyright 2013 Russ Crossley

      All rights reserved

      Cover art copyright © Erchog/depositphotos

      Cover designed by R. Edgewood

      Cover design and layout copyright 2017 by 53rd Street Publishing

      53rd Street Publishing

      Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

      www.53rdstreetpublishing.com

      This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

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      Robine’s Diary

      About the Author

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      Robine’s Diary

      Hal Tomkins shivered as the damp sea breeze penetrated his thick navy pea coat sending chills through his flabby frame. He had once had a body reminiscent of a pro athlete, but that seemed like a lifetime ago, now he a sad ghost of his former self. It was on days like this he seemed older than any forty two year old should .

      His nose wrinkled under the assault of the thick smell of rotting seaweed and dead fish that entered his mouth and nose with each ragged breath. His breathing was erratic from the exertion his having to climb over the lava rock.

      The coal black jagged rocks littered the steep beach to the shoreline where he was headed. Each step he took his feet ached due to the early onset of arthritis that was ravaging his body. An acute lack of exercise had made his five foot, seven inch frame swell, and his once wiry, vibrant red hair was now shot through with streaks of premature gray.

      I’m only forty-two, but I feel like I’m eighty, he murmured to himself under his breath.

      His mouth was dry with a faintly metallic taste, the steel handle of his railway lantern held firmly

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