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SR Garrae grew up in Scotland and then worked in international finance in London until her retirement. She lives in the UK with her family, who are somewhat bemused by but supportive of her complete change of career.

She always loved books, but didn't start to write original fiction until after she retired. She now balances writing with travel, reluctant but very necessary gym visits, and designing her own book covers.

She writes modern, romantic cop stories because those are the stories she had always turned to as a go-to read, and always loved them. ...more

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	Death in Focus (Casey and Carval, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 56 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
	Death in Camera (Casey & Carval, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 28 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
	Death in Sight (Casey and Carval, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 25 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
	Death in Frenzy (Casey and Carval #4) 4.57 avg rating — 21 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
	Death in Lights (Casey and Carval, #5) 4.80 avg rating — 10 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
	Death in Enmity (Casey and Carval #6) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	Death in Training (Casey and Carval #7) 4.60 avg rating — 5 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

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It’s been a long time…trying

So I haven’t blogged for a long time. Partly, it’s laziness. Partly, I had nothing to say. Partly, there’s been a lot going on in my life that took up all my non-writing time – and in the last year or so, a lot of writing time too. However, here I am again. Maybe I’ll be more disciplined about blogging. I can try.
Try. Yes. Famously, Yoda said “Do or not do. There is no try.” (Star Wars. Even I kn Read more of this blog post »

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