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Alice James

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Alice lives in a converted chapel in Oxfordshire, England, with three cats and many house plants. She works as a writer, specialising in finance and travel. She was previously a journalist and TV presenter for Bloomberg before becoming press and PR director of a $1 billion US hedge fund for 18 months. That turned out to be the worst period in history for hedge funds, so she retired wounded. Alice has a degree in Maths from Bristol University – and half of a diploma in silversmithing from UCE University because it turns out that making the ladies’ version of the One Ring is a lot harder than she thought.

Alice’s series of whodunits, The Lavington Windsor Mysteries, is studded with zombies, vampires, romance and croquet and you should definit ...more

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	Grave Secrets (The Lavington Windsor Mysteries #1) 3.80 avg rating — 592 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
	Grave Danger (The Lavington Windsor Mysteries, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 119 ratings — 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
	Grave Suspicions (The Lavington Windsor Mysteries #3) 4.23 avg rating — 80 ratings — 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
	Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers by Jendia Gammon (Goodreads Author) (Author and Editor), Gareth L. Powell (Goodreads Author) (Author and Editor), Eugen Bacon (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Indie Bites, Vol. 9: Castles & Curses by Adie Hart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lila Gwynn (Goodreads Author), Arden Powell (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2023	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
	Indie Bites, Vol. 7: Revenants & Renegades by Lucas de Kretser, Adie Hart (Goodreads Author) (Author and editor), Lila Gwynn (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 13 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
	Indie Bites, Vol. 5: Ghosts & Guilds by Josie Jaffrey (Goodreads Author) (Editor and author), Gemma Church, Alice James (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	Indie Bites YA Special Issue by Josie Jaffrey (Goodreads Author), Adie Hart (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Crunden (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 8 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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I remember my sister telling me that while I might have thought it was hard to get into uni, it's even harder to get onto a phd programme, and then much much harder to get a post doc, and then even tougher to get tenure... At every step, most people just give up and drop out of the running. The pool gets smaller and smaller but more and more competitive. Until finally, there a stage where things s Read more of this blog post »

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