Good Evening. Here Is the News for Ferrets...

Three of the last four books I read have included talking ferrets as characters. Is that just a very strange coincidence, or the first inklings of a sinister trend? Is there some sort of ferret conspiracy a brewing?

( Dogs Don't Lie — Clea Simon )

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( Graceland — Deborah Grabien )

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( Jaggers & Shad: ABC Is for Artificial Beings Crimes — Barry B. Longyear )

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( Rule 34 — Charles Stross (spoiler alert) )