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Colin Garrow

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Colin Garrow grew up in a former mining town in Northumberland. He has worked in a plethora of professions including taxi driver, antiques dealer, drama facilitator, theatre director and fish processor, and has occasionally masqueraded as a pirate.

He has published more than thirty books, and his short stories have appeared in several literary mags, most recently in Witcraft, and Flash Fiction North. Colin lives in a humble cottage in Northeast Scotland where he writes novels, stories, poems and the occasional song.

He plays several musical instruments and makes rather nice vegan cakes.

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Average rating: 4.28 · 364 ratings · 263 reviews · 51 distinct works

	Death on a Dirty Afternoon 4.02 avg rating — 52 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
	Something Wicker This Way Comes (The Watson Letters #1) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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
	Body Parts (Blood on the Tyne #1) 4.32 avg rating — 22 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
	The Demon of Devilgate Drive (Skeleton Cove #1) 4.76 avg rating — 17 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
	Girlfriend, Interrupted 4.06 avg rating — 18 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
	Terminal Black (Relic Black #1) 4.67 avg rating — 15 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 Architect's Apprentice 3.94 avg rating — 17 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
	Black Witch Moon 4.20 avg rating — 15 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
	The Hounds of Hellerby Hall (Christie McKinnon Adventures #1) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	A Long Cool Glass of Murder (The Terry Bell Mysteries #2) 4.45 avg rating — 11 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

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‘Contempt of Court’ by Jake Needham

My Review (5 stars out of 5) Having left his job as a Virginia divorce lawyer, Charlie Trust now drives a cherry red 1969 Mustang and spends his time watching the ocean from a borrowed house on Carbon Beach. But the owner of the house interrupts Charlie’s peace when he suggests the former lawyer might…

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Terry Bell Mysteries (4 books)
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The Watson Letters (6 books)
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Skeleton Cove (2 books)
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Blood on the Tyne (2 books)
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Christie McKinnon Adventures (2 books)
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The Terror

by Dan Simmons

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I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)

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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories

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Colin Garrow wrote a new blog post ‘A Mind of My Own’ by Kathy Burke My Review (5 stars out of 5) (Audiobook) From her childhood in Islington, where she was often left to fend for herself, to success in theatre and film Read more of this blog post »
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In her basement office within the Baker Street Building Society, Harriet (Harry) White responds to letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes. Spotting something in The Times that challenges her fictional hero to prove his worth, propels Harry on a mission ...more
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A suspicious death in a former mining village, sets Detective Chief Inspector Ryan on a complex trail of decades-old betrayal as links to the past reveal that someone wants long-held secrets to stay hidden. At Northumbria CID, rumours of a rat in the ...more
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This is book 1 in the Poole Legacy, with book 2 due out in 2026, and Bright Light, an already-published short story prequel also available. Beginning in Spennymoor in the North of England during the first half of the 20th century, we follow Jeremiah ...more
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An American artist, jazz buff and sci-fi writer lives with his Italian muse in Quebec’s Bohemian enclave of De Lorimier. When his business partner is killed by a bomb, he finds himself in the spotlight as a suspect in the investigation. But hints of ...more
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Holmes and Watson embark on a new case on behalf of a friend of their landlady, Mrs Hudson, when a young girl goes missing. Together with the ever-present Inspector Lestrade, they soon find themselves embroiled in a case of abduction and murder. Ther ...more
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Author Coby McTavish, also known as Mister Jones, hopes to reinvigorate his life by moving into historic Elm Brook Manor. But the house harbours secrets from the past, including the restless spirit of a murdered woman. Digging into the house’s histor ...more
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