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Paula Williams

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.paulawilliamswriter.com

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Genre

Crime, Contemporary, Romance

Member Since

September 2015

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Paula Williams has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil but she's been making up stories since she was old enough to speak, although her early attempts were more of the "It wasn't me, Mum, honest. It was him" genre.

Her first 'serious' effort was a pageant she wrote at the age of nine to celebrate St George's Day. Not only was she the writer, but producer, set designer and casting director, which was how she came to have the title role. She also bullied and blackmailed her three younger brothers into taking the supporting roles, something they still claim to be traumatised by.

Many years later, this pageant became the inspiration for her first publishable short story, Angels on Oil Drums, which she sold to the UK magazine Wo ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 373 ratings · 78 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Murder Served Cold (Much Winchmoor Mystery, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Rough And Deadly (Much Winchmoor Mystery, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 101 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
	Burying Bad News (Much Winchmoor Mysteries, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Place of Healing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 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
	Finding Annabel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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
	Mountain Shadows 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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
	Tom's Wish by Paula Williams (Goodreads Author), Carl Graham (Illustrations) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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A dog’s only fault … or is it?

Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.

This poignant saying, attributed to American novelist Agnes Sligh Turnbull, was written on a card sent to me by a dear friend when our much loved rescue Dalmatian, Duke, died.

Our beautiful boy!

He came to us when he was seven years old, from the wonderful people at British Dalmatian Welfare We knew that taking on an older dog would mean we

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July 2019 Cozy Mystery Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which Cozy Mystery would you like to read in July?

Murder Served Cold by Paula Williams

16 votes, 47.1%

Murder and Marinara by Rosie Genova

12 votes, 35.3%

Death in Provence by Serena Kent
Note: This book is not yet available in paperback in the US.

6 votes, 17.6%

34 total votes

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