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Escape to Faraway Lands With These 9 Evocative Reads

01 Snow Falling on Cedars

By David Guterson

Puget Sound, Washington

hile San Piedro is a fictional island in the real life San Juan Islands off Washington, the location of this haunting mystery is believed to be based on sleepy Bainbridge Island, which is more to

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