{"id":2837,"date":"2012-02-28T20:11:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T01:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2012-03-06T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T20:35:04","slug":"a-clean-sweep-with-all-the-trimmings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2837","title":{"rendered":"A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0065R7NJS\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=randomreading-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B0065R7NJS\">A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings<\/a><\/em> (2011) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/gardner_james.php\">James Alan Gardner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0065R7NJS\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=randomreading-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0065R7NJS\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/clean-sweep.jpg?resize=73%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"clean-sweep\" width=\"73\" height=\"110\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2838\" \/><\/a>Cleaners help clean things up. Sometimes that includes messes when wiseguys with green blood and black wires come in and shoot up Madame Rosa&#8217;s place.<\/p>\n<p>Cute. But then I&#8217;ve always been a sucker for noir.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Tor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings (2011) James Alan Gardner Cleaners help clean things up. Sometimes that includes messes when wiseguys with green blood and black wires come in and shoot up Madame Rosa&#8217;s place. Cute. But then I&#8217;ve always been a sucker for noir. 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