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Judy Nedry

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in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, The United States

October 21

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Mystery, Suspense, Fiction

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Judy Nedry is a journalist cum mystery novelist who wrote about Pacific Northwest wines and wineries for national and international magazines before turning her attention to her first love, mysteries. She parlays her experience of the wine industry and of small rural communities, into the Emma Golden Mystery Series which debuted in 2009. "An Unholy Alliance" is set in the vineyard-covered hills southwest of Portland, Oregon. The second in the series, "The Difficult Sister," is set on the remote southern Oregon coast. It was followed by book 3 in the series, "The Man Who Wasn't There," in 2015.

Her most recent novel is a stand-alone gothic thriller strongly influenced by Daphne DuMaurier's "Jamaica Inn" and by Stephen King's "The Shining". " ...more

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	Blackthorn: A gothic thriller 3.57 avg rating — 49 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
	The Difficult Sister (Emma Golden Mysteries, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Man Who Wasn't There: An Emma Golden Mystery 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	An Unholy Alliance: Emma Golden Mysteries Book 1 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	An Unholy Alliance (Emma Golden Mystery Series Book 1) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009	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
	Blackthorn 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2019	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 Difficult Sister, A Novel of Suspense it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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