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Patricia Meredith

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Patricia Meredith is an author of historical and cozy mysteries. When she’s not writing, she’s playing board games with her husband, creating imaginary worlds with her two children, or out in the garden reading a good book with a cup of tea. Patricia's first series, the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries, is the product of uncovering fascinating local history circa 1901, making it the first historical mystery series set in Spokane, Washington. Her second series about Anna Katharine Green is the first and only historical fiction featuring the Mother of Detective Fiction. Her mysteries are clean, cozy reads known for their quirky yet believable characters.

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Patricia Meredith I would go to A.A. Milne's Hundred Acre Wood and join Winnie-the-Pooh in a leisurely stroll through the forest, say hello to all our friends, and shar…moreI would go to A.A. Milne's Hundred Acre Wood and join Winnie-the-Pooh in a leisurely stroll through the forest, say hello to all our friends, and share a pot of honey.(less)
Patricia Meredith Fifteen years before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, Anna Katharine Green began writing The Leavenworth Case, inspiring the creat…moreFifteen years before Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, Anna Katharine Green began writing The Leavenworth Case, inspiring the creation of detectives like Sherlock, Poirot, and Wimsey, as well as almost every device and convention we now recognize as standard in detective mystery fiction.

When her father's client is found murdered, Anna takes up the call to prove innocent the young girl accused of the murder. The investigation inspires many of the events, characters, and descriptions that would later be published in her debut novel.

A love letter to mystery and writing itself, A Deed of Dreadful Note is an homage and reintroduction to an author who was the Agatha Christie of her time but a forgotten female today.

This book is a fictionalized account of how Anna Katharine Green’s first novel may have come to be…

A Deed of Dreadful Note, first in the Anna Katharine Green Mysteries, is the first and only historical fiction ever written featuring the Mother of Detective Fiction!

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Murder on the North Pole Express RELEASE DAY!

IT’S HERE!!!!! It’s release day for Murder on the North Pole Express, the second Sam Shovel Mystery!

For fans of:

—talking snowmen detectives 

—the Polar Express book

—claymation Christmas specials

—Agatha Christie

—reindeer

—Yule Lads

—Santas from around the world 

—Christmas carols

—Christmas cookies (and recipes!)

—Christmas movies

—It’s a Wonderful Life

When snowman Sam Shovel came to life this Christmas,

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What I particularly enjoyed about this Lemoncello adventure was the commentary on banned books. It was handled very well and kept very clean for middle grade readers, while also teaching a very valuable lesson. A very enjoyable, fun jaunt full of a g ...more
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My favorite of the Tommy and Tuppence mysteries. This is actually more like a connected collection of short stories. In each one, T&T hope to solve the murder using the abilities of well-known literary detectives. From the contemplative deductions of ...more
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