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Melanie Jackson

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Melanie, an award-winning author of more than fifty novels, stories and poems lives with her writer husband in the California Gold Country with their cat (also a writer who has a page on myspace) and their dog (who is hoping to get a page on facebook as soon as she masters typing). Melanie likes gardening but hates the deer who also like her garden, and she volunteers at a local animal shelter.

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The Delicate Art of The Review

Gentle reader, let us take a moment and talk about reviews. Reviews can be a wonderful help to books that might otherwise be overlooked because they aren't on the best-sellers list, and speaking as both a writer and a reader, I am grateful when someone takes the time to share their thoughts about a book. And if it is my book you are enthused about, I throw roses at your feet for the kindness. I kn Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.79 · 8,965 ratings · 770 reviews · 168 distinct works • Similar authors

	Moving Violation (A Chloe Boston Mystery, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Due North (Butterscotch Jones Mystery #1) 3.87 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2011 — 9 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 Pumpkin Thief (A Chloe Boston Mystery, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	Death in a Turkey Town (Chloe Boston Mystery #3) 3.75 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Selkie (Sea Fey, #2) 3.41 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2003 — 13 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
	Murder on Parade (A Chloe Boston Mystery #4) 3.77 avg rating — 218 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
	The Secret Staircase 3.80 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Portrait of a Gossip (A Miss Henry Mystery #1) 4.02 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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
	Cupid's Revenge (Chloe Boston Mystery #5) 3.78 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Death of a Dumb Bunny (Chloe Boston Mystery #7) 3.83 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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Chloe Boston Mysteries (23 books)
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Miss Henry Mystery (13 books)
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Wildside (6 books)
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Halloween Mourning: A Cozy Mystery with a Ghostly Twist (Haunted Everly After Mysteries Book 17)

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Cat Scratch Murder (Crystal Beach #1)

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Magical Melee (Stonewick Magical Midlife Witch Academy Book 1)

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“Everyone should have at least one magnificent obsession. It's a life jacket when the ship goes down”
― Melanie Jackson, Divine Fire

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“Good God, is the man a heathen?’

‘Worse, a capitalist with pretensions of culture.”
― Melanie Jackson, Impression of Bones

tags: bad-taste, capitalist, culture, heathen, parvenu, robber-barons

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“A squirrel dashed by, leaping from the apple tree to one of the white oaks a good eight feet away. He looked like a little old man in a tatty fur coat running after a bus.”
― Melanie Jackson

tags: portrait-of-a-gossip

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“In every author, let us distinguish the man from his work.”
― Voltaire

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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“She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
"Winter is dead.”
― A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young

tags: daffodils, spring, sunlight, winter

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“They also held that the way to salvation was to give way to lust and temptation in all things. And no greater percentage of them turned up here than of any other religion. Amusing, isn't it?”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists

tags: hell, lucifer

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“They used to call the devil the father of lies. But for someone whose sin is meant to be pride, you'd think that lying would leave something of a sour taste. So my theory is that when the devil wants to get something out of you, he doesn't lie at all. He tells you the exact, literal truth. And he lets you find your own way to hell.”
― Mike Carey

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