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Paul Stephens

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Coleford, Forest of Dean, The United Kingdom

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Crime

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Paul Stephens I'm currently working on the sequel to The Bodies In The Beach, with the same core characters and same location (Weston-super-Mare). It's another murd…moreI'm currently working on the sequel to The Bodies In The Beach, with the same core characters and same location (Weston-super-Mare). It's another murder mystery (of course), with a theme that's quite high-profile in the real Weston-super-Mare. The books are designed as a series, so there are more to come! (less)

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JUST READ THE FIRST BOOK AND FOUND THE SECOND BUT NOTHING FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS???? THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ AND I'VE READ 100'S COME ON PAUL WHERE'S THE NEXT ONE??!?!?!?

Paul Stephens First of all, you're very kind (and generous) to describe my book as 'one of the best books I've ever read'- thank you very much!

Writing the second bo…moreFirst of all, you're very kind (and generous) to describe my book as 'one of the best books I've ever read'- thank you very much!

Writing the second book (Death in the Deauville) left me fairly exhausted, so I took a while off. I am working on a third Mary Miller story (I'm about 30,000 words in), but I also got sidetracked into another project, a comic novel about a cantakerous old female farmer who sees herself as a last bastion of tradition against the relentless onslaught of modernity. If you can imagine Cold Comfort Farm with air-conditioned tractor cabs, you've got the basic idea! That book's in progress too, also at 30K words.

The third Mary Miller book is set about 18 months after the end of the second one, and has all the usual main characters - Mary, Michael (whose circumstances have changed rather dramatically), the DI, Doc Singh, the ever-lovely Jolene Buller - solving what looks, at first, like a 'good old fashioned' murder at a local holiday site. Death in the Deauville ended somewhat bleakly, but I decided to go for a reset (hence the 18 months time setting gap) and back to a lighter approach. It will be a lot shorter than the first two books - 70-80K words rather than 120-130K - so will hopefully be a 'rattling' read.

I will finish both books (and I've got an idea for another) - hang on in there please, and thanks again for the kind words!(less)

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	The Bodies in the Beach (The DS Mary Miller Mysteries Book 1) 4.23 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Mastering Sudoku Week by Week: 52 Steps to Becoming a Sudoku Wizard 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2007 — 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 Sudoku Addict's Workbook: 150 Brand-New Puzzles with Gridlock-Busting Tips and Techniques it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Edith the Farmeress: A darkly comic tale of rural life it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Group Efforts: The diary of a Workgroup Manager 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