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Cathy Cole

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Born

in Ireland

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Genre

Mystery, Suspense, Romance

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March 2015

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Cathy Cole is a novelist, prize-winning short story writer, and Pushcart nominated poet.

Cathy writes mainly in the mystery/psychological suspense genre. Her debut novel Where There’s Smoke was published in March 2017 by Fireborn Publishing. (Later, independently published.)

She has a two-book deal with Orion for her second and third novels, with the first, The Wedding, to be published in 2026.

Cathy is represented by Katie Fulford/ Bell Lomax Moreton @BLM_Agency.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 66 ratings · 25 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wedding: The twisty, unputdownable murder mystery you don’t want to miss! 3.77 avg rating — 43 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
	Where There's Smoke 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Crime After Crime by Debz Hobbs-Wyatt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Puleston (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cathy Cole (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Bramley Volume 2 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
	A Writer's Christmas by Salvatore Publishing, Cathy Cole (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Crime After Crime (2012-11-02) by Debz Hobbs-Wyatt (Goodreads Author), Kirsty Ferry (Goodreads Author), Paula R C Readman 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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