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Donna Huston Murray

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in Lansdale, PA, The United States

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Crime, Thriller, Cozy Mysteries

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Rex Stout, Gregory McDonald, Janet Evanovich

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Since real life doesn’t always end well, Donna Huston Murray makes sure her mysteries do. STRANGER DANGER, the third in her female sleuth, crime/thriller series was awarded the Global Book Awards’ Silver Medal for thrillers, and became a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards. The first two novels in the series each received Honorable Mention in genre fiction from Writer’s Digest..

The author’s Ginger Barnes cozy whodunits feature an amateur sleuth much like herself, a DIY headmaster's wife with a troubling interest in crime. The eighth, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, became a Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards. Donna has also been inducted into her high school’s Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame.

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	Final Arrangements (A Ginger Barnes Cozy Mystery, #2) 3.37 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	The Main Line Is Murder (A Ginger Barnes Cozy Mystery, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1995 — 10 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
	What Doesn't Kill You, the mystery (A Lauren Beck Crime Novel, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2012 — 10 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
	For Better or Worse, (A Ginger Barnes Cozy Mystery #8) 4.27 avg rating — 55 ratings — 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
	No Bones About It (A Ginger Barnes Mystery, #4) 3.56 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	School of Hard Knocks (A Ginger Barnes Main Line Mystery, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	Lie Like A Rug (A Ginger Barnes Cozy Mystery #7) 3.52 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Stranger Danger, An intense mystery thriller; (A Lauren Beck Crime Novel #3) 4.48 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
	Farewell Performance: A riveting amateur sleuth whodunit (A Ginger Barnes Cozy Mystery Book 6) 3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	A SCORE TO SETTLE: An Amateur Sleuth Whodunit 3.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1999 — 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

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A Ginger Barnes Mystery (8 books)
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