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Midnight at Bright Ideas Bookstore finished

Really good plot, but I found the ending to be too much exposition and not enough action. I'll read another, though, as much of this was extremely good.  Spoilers follow

Hammer Man is Raj's father, Patel.
Joey is Raj's (unknown to him) half-brother\
Joey's father is Mr. O'Toole
Patel murdered Mr. O'Toole and family after learning of pregnancy of his wife.  (He stopped having sex with her during the time of her affair because she'd cut her hair short--she couldn't pass Joey off as their child."
Mrs. Patel learns of Joey's death--shoots and kills her husband.
Lydia is somewhat reconciled with her father but breaks with her boyfriend, David.  Headed toward Raj as new beau.

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