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Michelle Cox

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Michelle Cox has always been obsessed with stories of the past and has spent a lifetime collecting them. She is the award-winning author of historical fiction, including the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, The Fallen Woman’s Daughter, and The Merriweather Novels. Cox also pens the wildly popular, “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog chronicling the lives of Chicago’s forgotten residents.

She lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her husband, an assortment of children who continually leave and then come back, and one naughty Goldendoodle. Unbeknownst to most, she hoards board games she doesn’t have time to play and is, not surprisingly, in love with both Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart. Likewise, she is happily addicted to p ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 10,022 ratings · 1,637 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Fallen Woman's Daughter 4.03 avg rating — 3,380 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Girl Like You (Henrietta and Inspector Howard, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 1,974 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Ring of Truth 3.81 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	A Child Lost (Henrietta and Inspector Howard #5) 4.05 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Veil Removed (Henrietta and Inspector Howard #4) 3.96 avg rating — 828 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Promise Given (Henrietta and Inspector Howard #3) 3.91 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Spying Eye 4.34 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	A Haunting at Linley (The Henrietta and Inspector Howard series) 4.46 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Matched in Merriweather: Jane Austen in Wisconsin 4.16 avg rating — 126 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 Christmas at Highbury 4.33 avg rating — 76 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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She Crossed the Ocean to Find the Man She Loved

Erna Lindner was born on May 27, 1904 on a farm in Austria, which later became part of Czechoslovakia. Her parents, Alban Hager and Sylvia Kainz, worked “night and day” on the farm, and when Alban had to fight in the first World War, the running of the farm fell to Sylvia and her five children: Alban, Jr.; Theresa; Walter; Erna; and Martin. Erna says that it was “a very, very, very hard life,” e

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Michelle Cox wrote a new blog post She Crossed the Ocean to Find the Man She Loved Erna Lindner was born on May 27, 1904 on a farm in Austria, which later became part of Czechoslovakia. Her parents, Alban Hager and Sylvia Kainz, wor Read more of this blog post »
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Michelle Cox made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add awards! topic " Please add the following awards to A Haunting at Linley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... 1. 2023 CIBA Grand Prize winner in Mystery & Mayhem ht ...more "
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Michelle Cox made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add awards! topic " Please add the following awards to A Spying Eye: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... 1. 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award: Finalist https ...more "
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Michelle Cox made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add awards! topic " Please add the following awards for A VEIL REMOVED: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... 1. 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards): G ...more "
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Wisdom of the Willow is one of those wonderful books you love to come back to at the end of a long day. Nancy Chadwick expertly weaves the tales of four sisters struggling to find their place in life and with each other while navigating everything th ...more
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“There was a silence between them, then, as Clive mulled over his words, feeling that his father”
― Michelle Cox, A Ring of Truth

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“Tales from the Vienna Woods” by Strauss was being played,”
― Michelle Cox, A Ring of Truth

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“She found she missed Ma”
― Michelle Cox, The Fallen Woman's Daughter

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