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A mathematician reads the newspaper, how to lie with statistics, damned lies and statistics and now risk. The woman whod helped eddy win the job, grace chu, contracts out as a forensic accountant for an international security firm. Risk agent series 4 primary works 4 total works grace chu, an americaneducated chinese forensic accountant, and john knox, an american iraqi war veteran, with an importexport business, working together as freelance undercover operatives around the world. Ridley pearson, author a chat about crime, police, and writing thrillers. His novels have been published in twodozen languages and have been adapted for network television and the broadway stage. Over the years, his work has been published in two dozen languages, and has been adapted by network television and for the broadway stage. He has also written two dozen crime novels, including probable cause. Ridley pearson books list of books by ridley pearson.
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