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Melanie Pickering

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Melanie Pickering writes urban gothic thrillers and dark cozy mysteries shaped by atmosphere, history, and the quiet strangeness of the everyday. A devoted cemetery wanderer, she draws inspiration from the places where memory clings to the landscape. She writes from her century‑old Brisbane home, where every creak, shadow, and flicker of light feels like a whisper from another time. It’s the perfect place to conjure stories steeped in mystery, longing, and the uncanny.

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Launch day is finally here—and I couldn’t be more excited to share the beginning of my new dark cozy mystery series, Deadly Possessions.

The first installment, Hounding the Truth, is out now and ready for readers who love twisted legacies, haunted antiques, and secrets that don’t stay buried.

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