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Janice Frost

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Janice was born and grew up in West Lothian, Scotland. Her love of writing began when she was given a notebook by a primary school teacher and told to write ‘Just Imagine,’ on the cover. She enjoyed writing stories in the notebook so much that she decided she'd like to be an author. Due to life, work and children, It took a little longer than she imagined.

After a ten-year stint of working in London, Janice moved to Lincolnshire where she still lives. She now writes full-time. In her free time she enjoys walking, and reading in coffee shops.

Janice is the author of six books in the bestselling Merry & Neal series, four books in the Warwick & Bell series, and one standalone mystery, The Woman on the Cliff.

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	Dead Secret (DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 3,530 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
	The Complete Merry & Neal Mysteries (DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal #1-6) 4.55 avg rating — 3,103 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
	Their Fatal Secrets (DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal, #4) 4.28 avg rating — 2,535 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Her Husband's Secret (DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 2,307 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Dark Secret (DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal #2) 4.15 avg rating — 2,136 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Dirty Secrets (DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal, #5) 4.17 avg rating — 2,041 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Murder Among Friends (Warwick & Bell #1) 4.08 avg rating — 2,054 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Murderous Secrets (DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal, #6) 4.47 avg rating — 1,470 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
	The Woman on the Cliff 4.13 avg rating — 1,403 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Murder Across the Lines (Warwick & Bell #2) 4.23 avg rating — 1,334 ratings — published 2021 — 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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Order of books in Ava Merry, Jim Neal series

One reviewer pointed out that s/he'd read Dark Secret and Dead Secret in the wrong order. I love to discover a new series and follow the books in the right order, so in case anyone's wondering Dead Secret is the first book in the series and Dark Secret is the second.

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Death Writ Large (The Clarendon Lexicographers, #2)

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“urge to jump up straight away. He lay unmoving and alert, listening out for the slightest sound. The cottage was old and there were often noises —creaks and bangs and scratchings —that he knew were not ghosts but just the normal sounds an old house makes. The waiting was torture. Finally, at ten past midnight Zak kicked his duvet aside and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He was already fully clothed. He retrieved a bag from under his bed, a small backpack that he’d packed earlier for his night-time excursion. It contained a torch, a pair of gloves and his mobile phone.”
― Janice Frost, Her Husband's Secret

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“When they arrived back at Debbie’s flat, Nancy searched the kitchen cupboards and the fridge for something”
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“...and though the merriment was rather boisterous, still it came from the heart and not from the lips; and this is the right sort of merriment, after all.”
― Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

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