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Wendall Thomas

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Mystery, Humor and Comedy, Crime

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Wendall Thomas has worked as a film and television writer—including stints on PBS’s Wishbone and A&E Biography— teaches in the Graduate Film School at UCLA, and lectures internationally on screenwriting. Her most recent Cyd Redondo novel, Cheap Trills, just won the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery of 2023. Lost Luggage, was nominated for the Lefty and Macavity Awards for Best Debut Mystery, her second, Drowned Under was nominated for an Anthony and Lefty award for Best Paperback Original and Best Humorous Mystery of 2019, and the third, Fogged Off was nominated for the Best Humorous Lefty for 2021. Her short fiction appears in Ladies Night, Last Resort, Murder-A-Go-Go’s, Crime Under the Sun, and the upcoming Hollywood Kills. She also c ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 652 ratings · 183 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lost Luggage (Cyd Redondo #1) 3.73 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Drowned Under (Cyd Redondo #2) 3.80 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Fogged Off (Cyd Redondo #3) 4.45 avg rating — 62 ratings — 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
	Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4 4.39 avg rating — 49 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
	Ladies' Night (Sisters in Crime/LA Chapter Book 2015) by Naomi Hirahara (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kate Thornton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeri Westerson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles Presents LAst Resort by Matt Coyle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mary Marks (Editor), Patricia Smiley (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 10 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

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Wendall Thomas liked Jackie Faulkner's review of Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4: "Cheap Thrills Never disappointed by her stories, get so bright in you feel you're the main character. Book 3 is just as awesome as books 1 and 2 or should I say supburb."
Mar 01, 2024 07:23AM · see review
Wendall Thomas made a comment on Carol’s review of Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4 " Thank you so much for reading, and for this very kind review, Carol. "
Mar 01, 2024 07:23AM · see review
Wendall Thomas and 2 other people liked Carol's review of Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4: "Another delightful Cyd Redondo mystery set in Bali with lots of crazy characters, fun plot lines, and of course...Tupperware! Cyd is busy trying to keep her mom out of trouble while she deals with an endangered bird, the Bali starling. Bali has many " Read more of this review »
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Wendall Thomas made a comment on Leslie Karst’s review of Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4 " Thank you so much for this, Leslie! "
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Wendall Thomas and 1 other person liked Leslie Karst's review of Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4: "Wendall Thomas never fails to please with her Cyd Redondo series, and this newest of the bunch is another laugh-out-loud treat. From its starting send-up of Eat, Pray, Love, to Cyd’s mad dash to rescue her mother who’s been stranded in Bali, to more " Read more of this review »
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Wendall Thomas made a comment on Kathryn Atkins’s review of Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4 " Wow, Kathryn, thank you so much for this incredibly kind post. I am thrilled you liked it so much. Thank you for reading and posting! "
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Wendall Thomas liked Kathryn Atkins's review of Cheap Trills: A Cyd Redondo Mystery 4: "Be Sure to Set Aside Clear Time!! If you want to spend your whole day reading a fun book... Wendall Thomas's "Cheap Trills" is the way to do it. I'm a sucker for good humor and good writing. But I didn't think I'd be suckered into dropping all my othe" Read more of this review »
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