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Sandra Balzo

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Milwaukee, WI, The United States

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Mystery, Humor and Comedy, Crime

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Sandra Balzo is an award-winning author of crime fiction, including fourteen books in two mystery series--one set outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the other in the High Country of North Carolina. MURDER a la Mocha, the eleventh Maggy Thorsen Wisconsin coffeehouse mystery, will be released in January, and the series has been optioned for development as a TV series/film.

Balzo's books have garnered starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, while being recommended to readers of Janet Evanovich, Charlaine Harris, Joan Hess and Margaret Maron.

In addition to Twitter and her website, Sandy also hangs out at https://www.facebook.com/SandraBalzoM... and http://pinterest.com/sandrabalzo/ ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 5,632 ratings · 832 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	Uncommon Grounds (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #1) 3.66 avg rating — 1,134 ratings — published 2004 — 10 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
	Grounds for Murder (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #2) 3.71 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 2007 — 8 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
	Bean There, Done That (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #3) 3.81 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 2008 — 5 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 on the Orient Espresso (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #8) 3.51 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Brewed, Crude and Tattooed (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #4) 3.63 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 2009 — 9 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
	From the Grounds Up (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #5) 3.82 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	A Cup of Jo (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #6) 3.72 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	Triple Shot (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #7) 3.73 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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
	Running on Empty (Main Street Mystery #1) 3.57 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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
	To the Last Drop: A Coffee House Cozy Mystery (Maggy Thorsen Mystery, #9) 3.73 avg rating — 208 ratings — 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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Murder to the Metal (Somebody's Bound to Wind Up Dead Mysteries Book 2)

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A Short Time to Die

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The Last Detective (Elvis Cole, #9)

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“How the hell did I get myself involved with this broad? It’s like I’m Lassie, she’s Timmy, and every day is a new well.”
― Sandra Balzo, Triple Shot

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“Goody. That must be why they were looking for a 22-caliber anything when they came by with their search warrant this morning.'

'They didn't!'

'They did.'

'When?'

'Oddly enough, right before I upped my meds.”
― Sandra Balzo, Triple Shot

tags: bipolar-disorder, police, sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcastic-humor, search, search-warrant

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“The switch”
― Sandra Balzo, Bean There, Done That

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