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The Paradoxical Parent (A Nick Williams Mystery Book 13) Kindle Edition

by Frank W. Butterfield (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Monday, March 7, 1955

It's been a big year for Nick & Carter and they are finally back home in San Francisco, trying to take it easy after all their globe-trotting adventures.

But, there's no rest for the weary, not yet, as Nick learns about the last place his mother lived before she died and is off again, across the country, going from the warm waters of the South Pacific to his first real-life snowstorm in New England.

As he and Carter, helped by Frankie & Maria Vasco, meet some of the people who once knew Nick's mother and learn more about who she was and who she loved, they also encounter one of the most disturbing things to come from Nick's own past.

After a policeman is murdered and other innocent people are threatened, Nick realizes it's time to put a stop to a killer's madness, even if it means that he has to pull the trigger himself.

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  1. Book 13 of 39
    A Nick Williams Mystery
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    292 pages
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  4. Publication date
    July 31, 2017
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B074G4LXBH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 31, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 31, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.3 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 144 ratings

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Frank W. Butterfield, not an assumed name, loves old movies, wise-cracking smart guys with hearts of gold, and writing for fun.

Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.

Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.

After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof motel with superior water pressure that was built in 1947.

While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.

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  • silvia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019
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    I loved this book. I could so relate to what Nick was going through as he searched for answers to why his mom suddenly left when he was a young boy. My heart broke for him. My mother also suddenly left me and my two older siblings leaving my father to raise us as a single parent. Oh boy, the tissues were used throughout this book like crazy. But as with all this author’s books in this series so far, the depth of the plot included much more than just this one theme. There are surprises galore. I’m talking one after the other and mixed in among others, if that makes any sense, lol. There are so many OMG moments. And well, I knew Nick had a hot temper, well guess what? So does Carter. I mean hot, give it to me baby sizzling HAWT! Another 5* book.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Nick Comes Through
    Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2021
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    He clears his father and assists a friend in easing her end of life comfort. But he remains Notorious Nick.
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  • John Johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars The series just gets better and better...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017
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    Absolutely my favorite installment of the series yet! Nick, Carter, and their friends and family have really developed into a world I want to keep visiting. The 1950s setting and cameos by real world people and events ground their triumphs and struggles. Start reading; you won't regret it!
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  • C
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the re read
    Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2019
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    I have recently finished re reading this book, and by far this is one of the best books written by Frank Butterfield! The story takes you through all the highs and lows of Nick, Carter and the “Gang”. A lot is revealed in this book that will play important roles in books to follow. With The Nick Willams Mystery books it’s important to read them in order, layers of the story progress thru the books making them so enjoyable.
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  • Yafa Crane Luria
    5.0 out of 5 stars This one is my favorite so far
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2017
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    This one is the best of all so far. I love all the characters so much, including the new ones. Frank Butterfield has created people that gather goodness around them. People with humor, brains, and hearts of gold.
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  • Greg Parker
    5.0 out of 5 stars I just really love this series and it's characters (main and supporting)
    Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017
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    I just really love this series and it's characters (main and supporting). It amazes me how quickly he can get a new book out and it doesn't seem rushed.
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  • Timothy James Knab
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2017
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    Butterfield is filling in the Nick Williams mysteries quite well but is still stuck in the fifties.
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  • Lannie
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Story
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018
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    It is the first time I've ever read this Author. I enjoyed the storyline, and the characters.A good mystery indeed.
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  • Klaus Kreitz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
    Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2018
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    interesting plot; good story-telling; wonderful characters.
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