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A PhD candidate who can quote Shakespeare, Baudelaire, and Louis Leakey with ease, the brainy but naive librarian we know as “Cam Baker” must go on the run, trusting Witness Protection to keep her alive as she jumps from one alias to another, always just a step ahead of her…

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1 author picked It's Not Even Past as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This novel in stories of a woman on the run pulled me right in. I cheered every time the woman made a friend or solved a murder and ached for her every time she had to abandon one new life for the next one to stay safe. I loved how the bookish librarian grew into a woman of action with the strength to protect herself and make hard choices.

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