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Charlie Garratt

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The United Kingdom

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Crime, Mystery, Suspense

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January 2015

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Charlie Garratt is a crime and historical novelist. He has published seven books.

They include the Inspector James Given series, the Meg Valentine Mysteries series and a family saga, A Handkerchief for Maria, a novel based on research in to his own family.

Three of his short stories are included in a collection, Wild Atlantic Words, fifteen tales drawing from life along the west coast of Ireland. One of his short stories won the Read LK competition in 2013.

His most recent book is The Thief-Taker’s Apprentice, a mystery set in 18th century Shropshire.

Charlie is also author and co-author of a number of books and guides on community participation.

Take a look at his website at charliegarratt.com or sign up for his newsletter, Struggling for Words ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 603 ratings · 141 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Shadowed Livery (Inspector James Given, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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 Pretty Folly (Inspector James Given, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Where Every Man (Inspector James Given, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Patient Man (Inspector James Given, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Malignant Death (Inspector James Given, #5) 4.28 avg rating — 36 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
	A Handkerchief for Maria 4.20 avg rating — 5 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 Thief-Taker's Apprentice: Crime fiction at its best. A gripping 18th century murder mystery. (The Meg Valentine Mysteries Book 1) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
	Inspector James Given Investigations: Books 1-3 3.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Tenant Participation in Housing Associations: Report of Two Workshops 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Applying Community Development in Housing Associations: A Practical Guide 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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It’s time I introduced myself

Good day, sir or madam. I’m Meg Valentine. Nothing to you, I know, but important enough to my neighbours in our little Shropshire community.

I’m an under-gardener at Cliffe House, Bridgnorth, or at least that’s all I wanted to do until I crossed paths with Edwin Hare, a local thief-taker.

What’s a thief-taker? Well perhaps I should explain before I go on. In 1749, in England, the only way to catch a

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Charlie Garratt liked Frank Murphy's review of The Thief-Taker's Apprentice: Crime fiction at its best. A gripping 18th century murder mystery. (The Meg Valentine Mysteries Book 1): "A marvelous quick read that immersed me in the life of small town citizens of late 18th century England, especially in how justice and crime was dealt with in a time absent a organized police force. All the elements of an entertaining who-done-it are" Read more of this review »
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“His clothes were poor quality, though his shirt collar was clean and well pressed. The single exception to this was his shoes. My mother once told me to always buy good shoes and a good bed, because if you’re not in one you’re in the other.”
― Charlie Garratt, A Shadowed Livery

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“Birmingham’s sweatshops supply caps to factory workers in Lancashire and plus-fours to gentleman anglers on the River Tweed, hats to titled ladies and waistcoats to farm labourers. An odd kind of equality in an unequal world.”
― Charlie Garratt, A Shadowed Livery

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“I suppose we always have Mr Jervis as well. After all, the envelope was found in his cupboard and he has no satisfactory explanation about how it got there. I know those Victorian melodramas always have the butler doing the dirty deed, but it would be nice and tidy if this time he actually had!”
― Charlie Garratt, A Shadowed Livery

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