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Kay Dew Shostak

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“A new voice in Southern Fiction” is how a recent reviewer labels Kay Dew Shostak’s debut novel, "Next Stop, Chancey".

After being raised in a small-town in Tennessee, Kay lived around the country in a variety of settings. Taking a look at the familiar and loved from new perspectives led Kay to see, and then write about, the absurd, the beautiful, and the funny in her South.

After publishing several stories in compilation books and spending a few years in journalism, Kay wandered into writing fiction and found it hard to leave. She currently is working on the fourth book in the Chancey series and living in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her husband. ...more

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	Next Stop, Chancey (Chancey #1) 3.89 avg rating — 1,805 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
	The Manatee Did It (Southern Beach Mysteries, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 1,477 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Chancey Family Lies (Chancey #2) 3.88 avg rating — 1,389 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
	Derailed in Chancey (Chancey #3) 3.92 avg rating — 992 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
	The Sea Turtle Did It (Southern Beach Mysteries, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Chancey Jobs (Chancey #4) 3.98 avg rating — 726 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
	Kids are Chancey (Chancey #5) 4.28 avg rating — 364 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
	The Shark Did It (Southern Beach Mysteries #4) by Kay Dew Shostak (Goodreads Author), Jessica Hatch (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 318 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 Chancey Detour (Chancey #6) 4.43 avg rating — 312 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
	The Shrimp Did It (Southern Beach Mysteries, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2020 — 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

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Chancey (10 books)
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Southern Beach Mysteries (7 books)
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Jessica Hatch (editor)

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Florida (2 books)
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Jesus Calling, with Scripture References: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (A 365-Day Devotional) (Jesus Calling®)

by Sarah Young (Goodreads Author)

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Book Clubs Can Be Murder (Saffron Weald Mystery Series 3)

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Medieval Murders (Ray Elkins Thriller Series)

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“The Death on Demand series by Carolyn Hart is set on the South Carolina coast while the series by Diane Mott Davidson featuring Goldy Bear Catering is set high in the mountains of Colorado.”
― Kay Dew Shostak, The Sea Turtle Did It

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“It’s like everyone wants the bad stuff to be true because she’s so good.”
― Kay Dew Shostak, Next Stop, Chancey

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“My love of books and ability to get buried in them while real life piles up outside the door always keeps me passive and deluded.”
― Kay Dew Shostak, Next Stop, Chancey

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Kay’s Quotes

“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In!”
― Edwin Markham

tags: friend, heretic, love, poem, rebel, wit

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