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Val Penny

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Val Penny is an American author living in SW Scotland. She has two adult daughters of whom she is justly proud and lives with her husband and two cats.
She has a Llb from Edinburgh University and her MSc from Napier University. She has had many jobs including hairdresser, waitress, banker, azalea farmer and lecturer.
However she has not yet achieved either of her childhood dreams of being a ballerina or owning a candy store. Until those dreams come true, she has turned her hand to writing poetry, short stories and novels. Her crime novels,The DI Hunter Wilson and Jane Renwick Thrillers are published by SpellBound Books.

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Average rating: 4.21 · 1,307 ratings · 345 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hunter's Chase (Edinburgh Crime Mysteries, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Hunter's Revenge (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #2) 4.28 avg rating — 265 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
	Hunter's Force (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #3) 4.06 avg rating — 152 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
	Hunter's Secret (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #5) 4.22 avg rating — 137 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
	Hunter's Blood (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #4) 4.08 avg rating — 122 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
	The First Cut (Jane Renwick #1) 4.46 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Hunter's Rules (The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries Book 6) 4.66 avg rating — 32 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
	Hunter's Christmas and Other Stories.: A gripping collection of short stories especially for crime fiction readers. 4.23 avg rating — 30 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
	Hunter's Force : DI Hunter Wilson Series: Book 3 4.55 avg rating — 22 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
	Let's Get Published by Val Penny 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2020	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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message 11: by Christine

Sep 19, 2015 05:12AM

Alright that's fine val

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message 10: by нєνєℓ

May 30, 2015 12:00PM

Hi Val,

Thanks a lot for the recommendation. Hope to read it soon. Have a great day over there.

Cheerio!

Hevel

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message 9: by Val

Oct 10, 2014 06:45AM

Christine wrote: "Do you have a facebook?"
No, Christine, I have not made it to face book yet! Twitter and LinkedIn, but not face book. Have a good weekend.

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message 8: by Christine

Oct 10, 2014 05:11AM

Do you have a facebook?

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message 7: by Christine

Oct 10, 2014 05:06AM

Thanks for recommending a book for me to read

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