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Tessa Harris

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Louth, Lincolnshire, The United Kingdom

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From the author's website:After studying History at Oxford University, I began my journalistic career on a newspaper in my home town of Louth, in Lincolnshire. I progressed onto a London newspaper, where I became women's editor. From there I moved to become a feature writer on Best magazine. After two years I was made editor of a regional arts and listings publication. This was followed by another two years as deputy editor on Heritage magazine. Motherhood meant a spell as a freelance, contributing to several national magazines, such as Country Homes & Interiors, Perfect Home and Woman's Journal, as well as newspapers such as The Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian. During this time I also worked as a literary publicist and for a document ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 25,614 ratings · 2,996 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Anatomist's Apprentice (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #1) 3.36 avg rating — 9,213 ratings — published 2011 — 29 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 Paris Notebook 4.14 avg rating — 3,210 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Light We Left Behind 4.12 avg rating — 2,171 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Dead Shall Not Rest (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #2) 3.64 avg rating — 2,329 ratings — published 2012 — 20 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
	Beneath a Starless Sky 4.17 avg rating — 2,025 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Devil's Breath (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #3) 3.67 avg rating — 1,665 ratings — published 2013 — 16 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 Lazarus Curse (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #4) 3.77 avg rating — 1,253 ratings — published 2013 — 17 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
	Shadow of the Raven (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #5) 3.78 avg rating — 921 ratings — published 2015 — 12 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
	Secrets in the Stones (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #6) 3.92 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 2016 — 12 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 Sixth Victim (Constance Piper Mystery #1) 3.55 avg rating — 735 ratings — published 2017 — 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

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I'm a stickler for the author's mantra 'Never engage' with anyone who gives you a bad review, but when that review is libellous, I feel I have the right to defend myself. The offending review of my latest WW2 novel, The Light We Left Behind, accused me of 'possible plagiarism' on both Goodreads and Amazon. It has been reported several times on both sites, including by my publishers, but it still r Read more of this blog post »

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Constance Piper Mystery (3 books)
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“ so this is my collection of human body parts, Dr. Silkston," he said proudly, walking into the storeroom. "each organ is here fro a reason, a purpose. you see this one," he said, pointing to a cylinder containing what appeared to Thomas to be a section of a small intestine with a hole in it. "'Tis a duelist's jejunum. that is the bullet hole, right through the middle. and this, this is the Marquis of Rockingham's heart," he announced proudly. " he gave me a permission to have it a fore he died”
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“I am a wicked woman"
"how could you do anything wicked? tell me what it is that so distress you”
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“Tis no matter. just as long as you are here now”
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