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Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

Buckeye

A Novel

by Patrick Ryan
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  • Sep 2, 2025, 464 pages
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She turned the corner onto Durbin Street and was gone.

Buckeye copyright © 2025 by Patrick Ryan. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. All rights reserved. Cannot be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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