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314 books | 59 friends

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Steve Sheppard

Goodreads Author

Born

in Guildford, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.stevesheppardauthor.com

Twitter

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Genre

Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Thriller

Influences

PG Wodehouse, Leslie Charteris, Tom Sharpe, Desmond Bagley, Hammond In ...more

Member Since

September 2019

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Steve had his first book, A Very Important Teapot, published (by Claret Press) in 2019. He was 66 at the time. One of his many regrets is that it didn't happen when he was 26 but he spent 40 years not realising that the two keys to writing a successful novel are (a) "making it up as you go along" and (b) becoming a celebrity first, as that makes it a doddle selling it once written.

He has now "made up" two more books, Bored to Death in the Baltics and (published April 2024) Poor Table Manners. Together they make up the Dawson & Lucy Series.

Now if you're thinking that these titles (and the covers) suggest that the books are not entirely serious, you'd be correct. With A Very Important Teapot, Steve discovered that he'd inadvertently invented ...more

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Steve Sheppard's Blog

Geronimo

It’s not every day you open your front door to find a giraffe in the porch.

Not actually in the porch, obviously. That would be absurd; a giraffe is, as you probably know, quite a tall animal, and certainly taller than my porch, which is, well, porch-sized.
To clarify then. The giraffe was standing outside the porch.

Leaving aside the conundrum of how it had actually managed to press the front door b Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 15, 2023 02:18

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Steve Sheppard’s books

Average rating: 4.46 · 151 ratings · 83 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Very Important Teapot 4.24 avg rating — 104 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
	Bored to Death in the Baltics 4.67 avg rating — 27 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
	Poor Table Manners: Book 3 in the Dawson and Lucy Series 4.81 avg rating — 21 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
	Lazytown it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 12 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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Steve Sheppard rated a book really liked it Inscription by Fiona Ballard (Goodreads Author)	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
Wide-ranging family saga spread over 60 plus years and taking place from France, through England to the Scottish Isles. Entertaining, energetic and ambitious with a cast of 25 major characters, all well described.
Jan 15, 2026 05:04AM · like · see review
Steve Sheppard rated a book it was amazing The Anna Puzzle: An enticing and gripping dual timeline story of love and espionage by Justine Gilbert	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
Inspired by Anna Karenina, Justine Gilbert’s third novel is not only a love story – two love stories in fact, separated by thirty years – but a spy thriller and a modern historical novel all rolled into one. The two interwoven stories are superbly cr ...more
Jan 06, 2026 02:37AM · like · see review
Steve Sheppard liked John Sheppard's review of Lazytown: "An amazing and intriguing account of life in a small village which will be recognised by village inhabitants everywhere. Well worth a read. "
Dec 29, 2025 11:53PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Lazytown by Steve Sheppard. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Lazytown by Steve Sheppard <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Steve Sheppard liked Phill Hastings-Jones's review of Lazytown: "This is a super fun read about a crime caper in an Oxfordshire village. Jokes come at your quickly but the story keeps adding layers as it progresses. I really enjoyed Steve's Dawson and Lucy books, and whilst this keeps the pace and humour, the plot" Read more of this review »
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Steve Sheppard liked Graham Brown's review of Lazytown: "Whilst we eagerly await the fourth instalment of the Dawson & Lucy espionage comic thrillers (See A Very Important Teapot and others), we have this quintessentially English madcap farce set in an Oxfordshire village where nothing should ever happen –" Read more of this review »
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Steve Sheppard rated a book it was amazing The Humble Pawn by Liz Van Santen	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
Cleverly realised, well written and original. I particularly liked the way the main story was bookended by flash-forwards at the start and end. Libby is an empathetic main character and either the author has undertaken a lot of detailed research or s ...more
Nov 26, 2025 02:54AM · like · see review
Steve Sheppard rated a book it was amazing Reptiles: A Feminist Crime Thriller (The Thames Reach) by Sylvia Vetta (Goodreads Author)	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
Sylvia Vetta throws everything she can think of into this comparatively short (166 pages) murder mystery thriller set in a quiet village on the southern fringes of Oxford. Reptiles is a sequel to Vetta’s Current of Death, set in the same place (Thame ...more
Nov 04, 2025 03:03AM · like · see review
Steve Sheppard rated a book it was amazing Bored to Death in the Baltics by Steve Sheppard (Goodreads Author)	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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