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Denver author Peter Heller is this year's winner of the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District's annual Frank Waters Award. He'll be the keynote speaker at the annual Friends of the Pikes Peak ...

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I have read advance copies of two crime novels coming out next month. Each writer is at the peak of their craft. These books could not be more different.

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