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Jackie Layton

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February 15

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Jackie has written six cozy mysteries set in the Low Country of South Carolina. She lives in Pawleys Island with her husband.

Weeding Out Lies is the first book in her A Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mystery series. Clover Covered Corpse is the second book in this series.

Clutter Free is a series with a professional organizer who uses her skills to solve murder mysteries.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 599 ratings · 238 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bite the Dust (Low Country Dog Walker, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Dog-Gone Dead (Low Country Dog Walker, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 114 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
	Bag of Bones (Low Country Dog Walker, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 88 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
	Caught and Collared (Low Country Dog Walker, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 52 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 Killer Unleashed (Low Country Dog Walker, #5) 4.46 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
	A Suspicious Breed 4.42 avg rating — 31 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
	Weeding Out Lies 4.28 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Clover Covered Corpse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 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
	Clutter Free: An Organized Crime Cozy Mystery 4.05 avg rating — 19 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
	Soft, Light 100% Whole Wheat Bread: 5 ingredients, 4 versions 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Hi friends, On September 1, I was part of a Progressive Literary Tour hosted by Storehouse Literary Tours. https://www.storehousetours.com/ Linda Ludwik took twelve ladies on a tour of author homes from Surfside Beach to Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Each host was asked to share their home office, provide a light snack, and talk about their… Continue reading Progressive Literary Tour Read more of this blog post »

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Jackie’s Quotes

“The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is not--Do your duty, but--Do what is not your duty. It is not your duty to go the second mile, to turn the other cheek, but Jesus says if we are His disciples we shall always do these things. There will be no spirit of--"Oh, well, I cannot do any more, I have been so misrepresented and misunderstood". . . Never look for right in the other man, but never cease to be right yourself. We are always looking for justice; the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is--Never look for justice, but never cease to live it.”
― Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

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“I’ve read that one out of twenty-four people is a sociopath, and if you ask me, the other twenty-three of you should be worried.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

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“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

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“Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

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“But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going.”
― Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History