{"id":1645,"date":"1994-10-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"1994-10-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/spencerville\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:23:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:23:51","slug":"spencerville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/spencerville\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencerville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470{\npadding-bottom:10px;\nfont-size:50px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:50px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mvqztbz5-89095d8dd805f436b6be6be881cd5470 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Spencerville<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-44p97d-9aa854937422823d8926f7c01c11c1c4 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mvqzdgcr-35a3d0965de89bc9172e71dfb084c8b8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1646 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1646 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/spencerville-464x705.png\" alt='' title='spencerville'  height=\"705\" width=\"464\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/spencerville-464x705.png 464w, https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/spencerville-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/spencerville.png 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2bsku1-6ee072fff5d0039dca070881322e318f av_two_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mvqzd3f1-e94786e2be8380d26aeace1bcde7eb2e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"book-header\">\n<p class=\"book-date\">Published on October 12, 1994<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"book-details\">\n<div class=\"book-description\">\n<p><em>Debuted on The New York Times Best Sellers list!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The cold war is over, and Keith Landry, one of the nation&#8217;s top intelligence officers, is forced into early and unwanted retirement. Restless, Landry returns to Spencerville, the small Midwestern town where he grew up. The place has changed in the quarter century since Landry stepped off his front porch into the world, but two important people from his past are still there: Annie Prentis, his first love, and Cliff Baxter, the high school bully who became the police chief of Spencerville and Annie&#8217;s possessive husband. 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