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Bruce Leonard

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An Amazon reviewer wrote the following about Quilt City Murders, the first Hadley Carroll Mystery, named Best Mystery of 2022 by the National Indie Excellence Awards:

“I love a good mystery, and this is definitely one. The characters are believable. The dialogue is clever. The setting is perfectly described. The world of quilting is flawlessly portrayed from quilters' quirky ways to brilliant descriptions of fiber art. The plot is well woven and keeps the reader guessing. The author’s use of English Language was very entertaining for a Grammar Nerd like me. It left me wanting more.”

An appreciative fan of the Hadley Carroll Mystery series wrote:

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	Quilt City Murders 3.85 avg rating — 838 ratings — 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
	Quilt City: Panic in Paducah 4.29 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 2022 — 4 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
	Quilt City Murders: A Hadley Carroll Mystery (Hadley Carroll Mysteries Book 1) 4.08 avg rating — 429 ratings — 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
	Quilt City: Measure Once, Cut Twice: A Hadley Carroll Mystery, Book 3 4.41 avg rating — 246 ratings — 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
	Quilt City: Proving a Negative (Hadley Carroll Mystery, #4) 4.53 avg rating — 216 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
	Quilt City: Safety Second: A Hadley Carroll Mystery (Hadley Carroll Mysteries Book 5) 4.47 avg rating — 107 ratings — 4 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
	Hard Exit: (Jack Drake Private-Eye Mysteries, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 33 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
	Quilt City: Payment Declined: A Hadley Carroll Mystery (Hadley Carroll Mysteries Book 6) 4.16 avg rating — 32 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
	Quilt City Cookbook: A Companion to the Hadley Carroll Mysteries 4.32 avg rating — 28 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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How many words per day and per week are enough to make novelists feel that they're being productive?

How many words per day and per week can we write and still be sure that any of our sentences, let alone all of them, are effective, moving, or beautiful?

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