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A former journalist and magazine editor, Judy Penz Sheluk is the bestselling author of Finding Your Path to Publication and Self-publishing: The Ins & Outs of Going Indie, as well as two mystery series: the Glass Dolphin Mysteries and Marketville Mysteries, both of which have been published in multiple languages. Her short crime fiction appears in several collections, including the Superior Shores Anthologies, which she also edited.

Judy is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Crime Writers of Canada, where she served on the Board of Directors for five years, the final two as Chair. She lives in Northern Ontario.

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	Skeletons in the Attic (Marketville Mystery, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Past & Present (Marketville Mystery #2) 4.22 avg rating — 168 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marketville Mystery Series (Marketville Mystery #1-3) 4.34 avg rating — 122 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hanged Man's Noose (Glass Dolphin Mystery #1) 4.03 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Dolphin Mystery Series: Books 1 - 3 4.49 avg rating — 91 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best Laid Plans: 21 Stories of Mystery & Suspense (A Superior Shores Anthology Book 1) by Judy Penz Sheluk (Goodreads Author), Mary Dutta, Lisa Lieberman (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 92 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fool’s Journey (Marketville Mystery #3) 4.15 avg rating — 92 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hole in One (Glass Dolphin Mystery #2) 4.22 avg rating — 77 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonlight & Misadventure: 20 Stories of Mystery & Suspense by Judy Penz Sheluk (Goodreads Author) (Editor), K.L. Abrahamson (Contributor), Sharon Hart Addy (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 72 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before There Were Skeletons (Marketville Mystery #4) 4.30 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Marketville Mystery (4 books)
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Glass Dolphin Mystery (3 books)
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The Calamity Club

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Judy Sheluk made a comment in the group The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — Nominations open, August 2026 -- last names starting with M topic " Holly wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... The God of the Woods - Liz Moore" we read that one about a year ago ...more "
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Judy Sheluk did not finish We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Not being a Marvel fan (or having watched anything but Dragon's Den that Simu was on/in), I found myself bored with the story and just decided to pack it in. I'm sure if you're a fan of Simu's, this will be interesting and his narration is excellent. ...more
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Not being a Marvel fan (or having watched anything but Dragon's Den that Simu was on/in), I found myself bored with the story and just decided to pack it in. I'm sure if you're a fan of Simu's, this will be interesting and his narration is excellent. ...more
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Judy Sheluk rated a book really liked it The Summer Girl by Jenny Blackhurst (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Overall, this was a decent listen though how the author got away with calling the not-so-nice family (especially the two brothers) relatives / nephews of the Kennedys is beyond me. Unless it's a true story and I don't think it is. Narration was prett ...more
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Full disclosure: I've met the author AND I don't usually (ever) read romance so I have zero idea on whether tropes are followed or if the sex scenes, which are somewhat explicit, are the stuff that you usually find in romance novels. My only dabbling ...more
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A decent read though I'll admit I guessed every twist well before it happened, with the exception of the last. That said, it was worth the time invested from an always reliable author and it had me interested enough to read instead of watch TV before ...more
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“There are times when you have to commit a crime to prevent an even bigger one. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I can’t sleep at night.”
― Judy Penz Sheluk, World Enough and Crime

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“Why had she ever thought that a man who would cheat on one woman wouldn’t cheat on two?”
― Judy Penz Sheluk, Heartbreaks & Half-truths: 22 Stories of Mystery & Suspense

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“When it came to watching television, Ted was ambidextrous.”
― Judy Penz Sheluk, The Whole She-Bang 2

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“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
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