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Andrea Jacka

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Andrea lives in Orewa, New Zealand. When not working or writing she can be found either inching through the novels of Charles Dickens with reasonable success; learning to stand-up paddle board with fair to middling success; or attempting to control her addiction to peanut M&Ms with little to no success.
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Average rating: 4.0 · 46 ratings · 28 reviews · 3 distinct works

	One for Another (Hennessey Reed Mystery Series #1) 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Dying Grass Moon (Hennessey Reed Mystery Series, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 14 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
	Hennessey Reed (Hennessey Reed Mystery Series, #3) 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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At the moment I'm writing a Hennessey novella that, in its rough state, is sitting around 16 500 words. My plan is to use it as a promotional tool. It still needs a bit of tweaking and polishing but my thoughts have turned to the cover. Of course, the importance of an arresting cover cannot be underestimated, but with typical Libran Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 23, 2021 13:45 • Tags: andrea-jacka, dying-grass-moon, hennessey-reed, historical-fiction, one-for-another, western-mystery

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Where Dead Men Meet

by Mark Mills

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Freya Stark: Passionate Nomad

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“Maybe that scrawny animal she passes as a dog was attacked by a chicken and she intends to request you arrest the chicken's owner. Or the chicken.”
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“What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.”
― Chief Seattle

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“It does not require many words to speak the truth.”
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“Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.”
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