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James Anderson

Born

in Swindon, Wiltshire, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1936

Died

January 01, 2007

Genre

Mystery, Thriller

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James Anderson was educated at Reading University where he gained a History degree and although born in Swindon, Wiltshire, he lived for most of his life near Cardiff.

He worked as a salesman before becoming a copywriter and then a freelance journalist, contributing to many newspapers, house journals and specialist magazines. He later turned to writing novels, the first of which was 'Assassin' (1969).

As well as his general thrillers, he wrote three books featuring Inspector Wilkins beginning with 'The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy' in 1975. The series continued with 'the Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat' (1981) and ended with 'The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cuff Links' (2003).

He also wrote three novels based on the television series ' ...more

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	The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy (Burford Family, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,291 ratings — published 1975 — 27 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 Affair of the Mutilated Mink (Burford Family Mysteries, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 1,207 ratings — published 1981 — 19 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 Affair of the 39 Cufflinks (Burford Family Mysteries, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 1,107 ratings — published 2003 — 25 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
	Murder, She Wrote (Original Series): The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (Jessica Fletcher, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1985 — 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
	Murder, She Wrote (Original): Hooray for Homicide (Jessica Fletcher, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1985 — 5 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 Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy/The Affair of the Mutilated Mink/The Affair of the Thirthy-Nine Cufflinks: An Omnibus Edition 4.04 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Murder, She Wrote (Original): Lovers and Other Killers (Jessica Fletcher, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1986 — 5 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
	Murder She Wrote: 3 Novels by James Anderson 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1985 — 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
	Assault and matrimony 3.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1981 — 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 Affair of... Mysteries series: Books 1, 2, 3: The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy, The Affair of the Mutilated Mink, The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cufflinks 4.60 avg rating — 10 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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“Do I look like the flower type of guy?”
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“I'm not into caps with lots of diamonds on them, like KP.”
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“I remembered a definition of chivalry I'd heard once: a man protecting a woman against every man but himself.”
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