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Ox
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Ox
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Ox thinks differently than the rest of us. He has only the most rudimentary language skills, so everyone thinks he’s developmentally delayed. Everyone is wrong. He can solve almost any problem when he makes a mental diagram. When he meets a lawyer, he insists on helping her prove that her client is innocent of murder. To the distress of her boss and her investigator, she comes to rely on Ox’s insights, even when the trial is looming and his insights seem to be leading her far from the crime she’s investigating.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherThom Whalen
Release dateJul 16, 2022
ISBN9781777785741
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Thom Whalen

Thom Whalen studied experimental psychology at UCSD (B.A.), UBC (M.A.) and Dalhousie University (Ph.D.). After working for the Government of Canada conducting research on the human factors of computer networks for thirty years, he retired to begin a new career writing fiction.If you wish to send him email, contact information is available at http://thomwhalen.com/ He eagerly awaits comment on his stories.

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