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AKA Merry Bloch Jones.

Merry Jones is a Book Excellence Award Finalist in Suspense (What You Don't Know), and a Best Book Award winner from American Book Festival (Child's Play.) She has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. "If I don't write," she says, "over time, I get agitated and irritable, as if energy is building up inside and I have to let it out."

Accordingly, over the years, she has written a wide range of material, in a variety of styles and for diverse media. She began her career by spending about fifteen years writing and producing video and multi-media for corporate clients, but, when her second child was born in 1989, she decided to pursue her passion and began to write books.

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	The Nanny Murders (A Zoe Hayes Mystery #1) 3.51 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	The River Killings (A Zoe Hayes Mystery #2) 3.58 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Trouble With Charlie (Elle Harrison Thriller, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2013 — 10 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
	Child's Play (Elle Harrison Thriller, #3) 3.61 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Deadly Neighbors (A Zoe Hayes Mystery #3) 3.45 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	The Borrowed and Blue Murders (A Zoe Hayes Mystery #4) 3.63 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Summer Session (Harper Jennings #1) 3.54 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Behind the Walls (Harper Jennings #2) 3.66 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2012 — 9 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
	Elective Procedures (Elle Harrison Thriller, #2) 3.41 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Winter Break (Harper Jennings #3) 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013 — 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

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Plan? Who me?

Readers often ask me about planning. Do I know the ending before I begin? How much of the story evolves during the writing; how much is decided in advance?

In a way, these are the same questions we humans have about free will. Do we really make our own decisions? Is there spontaneity? Or is our fate subject to some divine design, our actions predetermined?

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A Zoe Hayes Mystery (4 books)
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Cheryl wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request, Merry. I can't wait to read your book "The Nanny Murders"!"

Cheryl wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request, Merry. I can't wait to read your book "The Nanny Murders"!"

Thanks, Cheryl! Hope you like it--Let me know? All best.

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