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Laura Jensen Walker

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Award-winning author Laura Jensen Walker has written several books, including the Lefty nominated historical fiction, DEATH OF A FLYING NIGHTINGALE. Dubbed "riveting and affecting" by NYT bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal, this book spotlights a group of real-life overlooked women heroes--the Flying Nightingales--from WWII. An Air Force veteran formerly stationed in the UK, Laura had the great honor of interviewing the last living Flying Nightingale, before she passed.

Bibliophile Laura fell in love with mysteries after reading Trixie Belden in the fourth grade, Her cozy mystery debut, MURDER MOST SWEET (2020) was nominated for an Agatha Award, and her next cozy, THE ALPHABET SLEUTHS, releases in Feb. 2026. Publishers Weekly says about t ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 6,266 ratings · 1,059 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Miss Invisible 3.76 avg rating — 933 ratings — published 2007 — 9 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
	Daring Chloe (Getaway Girls, #1) 3.32 avg rating — 952 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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
	Reconstructing Natalie 4.04 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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 Most Sweet (A Bookish Baker Mystery #1) 3.84 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2020 — 9 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
	Dreaming in Black & White (Phoebe Grant, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 606 ratings — published 2005 — 7 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
	Dreaming in Technicolor (Phoebe Grant, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Deadly Delights (A Bookish Baker Mystery #2) 3.91 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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
	Hope, Faith, and a Corpse (A Faith Chapel Mystery #1) 3.98 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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
	Turning the Paige (Getaway Girls, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2009 — 7 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
	Becca by the Book (Getaway Girls, #3) 3.44 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2009 — 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

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Getaway Girls (3 books)
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A Bookish Baker Mystery (2 books)
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Phoebe Grant (2 books)
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A Faith Chapel Mystery (1 book)
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Alphabet Girls Mystery (1 book)
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Laura Walker rated a book liked it My Beloved (Mitford Years, #15) by Jan Karon	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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Laura Walker liked Hella's review of Deadly Delights (A Bookish Baker Mystery #2): "If you like your mysteries with charm, humor, and a body face-first in dessert, this delivers. The author balances whimsy and suspense without tipping into nonsense, which is harder than it looks. The baking-show vibe is vivid, and Lake Potawatomi fe" Read more of this review »
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Laura Walker liked Beth Gerson's review of The Alphabet Sleuths (Alphabet Girls #1): "I thought this was cute, light, and fluffy, and generally well-written. It is the combo of Osman and Raybourn and Golden Girls as advertised, and things end satisfyingly, like you want them to. The mystery is set up well, the relationships between ch" Read more of this review »
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Laura Walker liked Glenda's review of The Alphabet Sleuths (Alphabet Girls #1): "Thank you to NetGally and the author Lauren Jensen Walker for allowing me to read this arc. One of my favorite sub genres in a Cozy Murder mystery is “older” sleuths. I can’t wait for more books in this series. The story and writing just flows. . Fas" Read more of this review »
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“How do you explain to a nonreader that books aren't just things but treasured friends? Companions?”
― Laura Jensen Walker, Daring Chloe

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“But now I saw the real problem with chasing after a man. It wasn't a matter of being unseemly or socially unacceptable or not playing the game right. It was just this: if I chase him, I'll never really know if he cares enough to chase me.”
― Laura Jensen Walker, Dreaming in Technicolor

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“Be in the World, Not of the World—Kind of like Lucky Charms cereal: there are lots of pretty marshmallows in with the cereal, but they’re not the same. So live with the cereal, but remember: you’re a pretty marshmallow.”
― Laura Jensen Walker, Becca by the Book

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