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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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Average rating: 4.07 · 9,837 ratings · 666 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Next Stop, Chancey (Chancey #1) 3.89 avg rating — 1,791 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) 3.99 avg rating — 1,435 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 — 1,386 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 — 987 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) 4.20 avg rating — 718 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 — 723 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 — 363 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
	A Chancey Detour (Chancey #6) 4.43 avg rating — 310 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 Shark Did It (Southern Beach Mysteries #4) by Kay Dew Shostak (Goodreads Author), Jessica Hatch (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 305 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 Shrimp Did It (Southern Beach Mysteries, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 311 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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A Caffeine Conundrum (The CafFUNated Mysteries #1)

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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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