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Irene is a retired historian living in Perth, Western Australia. She grew up and went to school in New South Wales, by the mighty Murray. Several generations of her father's family were involved with paddle steamers on the river, so this is the setting she chose for her first cozy mystery series.
Irene is a readaholic, tennis fan, croquet player (old age and treachery beats youth and enthusiasm every time), and has a reasonably green thumb, which means not too much dies in her garden, unlike in her cozy mysteries. T
Her favourite authors-gone-by are Anthony Trollope, Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh and Agatha Christie, but she doesn't restrict her reading to just mysteries.
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	Saddled with Death (Emma Berry, Murray River #1) 3.67 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2017 — 18 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 Gem of a Problem (Emma Berry, Murray River #2) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2016 — 19 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 Body in the Woodpile (Emma Berry, Murray River #3) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 15 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
	Emma Berry Mysteries Books 1-4 (Emma Berry, Murray River, #1-4) 4.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Death in Disguise: An historical cozy mystery (Emma Berry Mysteries Book 5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	A New Use for Old Underwear 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017 — 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 at the Mill (Emma Berry, Murray River #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020 — 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
	Emma Berry Mysteries: Box Set 2-4 (Emma Berry, Murray River #2-4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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Christmas is fast approaching and here in Perth, today, the temperature is hot and sunny at 34C (93F for you northerners). Tomorrow it will be cooler, down to 26C (78F), so they say, which is fortunate as I'm playing in the last match of a croquet pennant tournament in the evening and my team is looking good, undefeated to date. Wish us luck that we remain so.

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Tracy Flick Can't Win

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