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Billy McLaughlin

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Billy McLaughlin is a 38 year old writer from Glasgow who has published four novels in the crime genre.

The first is Invisible, a novelette about a woman who hides the true nature of her private life from a colleague that she's befriended. However, he delves in further under the belief that he can help her with horrible consequences.

The second of his books, and the first in the DI Morris series, tells the story of a young woman who has lost her way and ends up on the streets. As her life continues to break under the rubble, she finds herself at the heart of a murder where she's the obvious suspect.

In the Wake of Death picks up six months after the events of Lost Girl where DI Morris is caught up in a mystery of a more personal nature. When ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 671 ratings · 234 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Dead Of Winter 4.02 avg rating — 163 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
	In The Wake Of Death (The DI Phil Morris Mysteries Book 2) 4.03 avg rating — 118 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
	Lost Girl (The DI Phil Morris Mysteries Book 1) 4.28 avg rating — 108 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 Daughter 4.33 avg rating — 86 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
	Four (The DI Phil Morris Mysteries Book 4) 4.56 avg rating — 48 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
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	Krampus: A short story 4.18 avg rating — 17 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

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I've read a few comments recently about how people are being shortchanged by Kindle Unlimited because it doesn't have big names or many bestsellers on it's list. I don't think its amazon that is short changing people as much as it is the major publishing houses not embracing the change to how people are reading.

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Chloe - Lost Girl (Carl Sant Murder Mysteries, #1)

by Dan Laughey (Goodreads Author)

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The Shakespeare Conspiracy A Clayton Lovell Stone Adventure (Clayton Lovell Stone Adventures Book 1)

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