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Cynthia Kuhn

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Genre

Fiction, Mystery

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March 2012

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Cynthia Kuhn writes the Starlit Bookshop Mysteries and Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries. Her work has also appeared in Mystery Most Edible, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Literary Mama, Copper Nickel, Prick of the Spindle, Mama PhD, and other publications.

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Cynthia Kuhn’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 2,636 ratings · 693 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	How to Book a Murder (Starlit Bookshop Mystery #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,130 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Semester of Our Discontent (Lila Maclean Academic Mystery #1) 3.69 avg rating — 616 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Art of Vanishing (Lila Maclean Academic Mystery #2) 3.98 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	In the Event of Murder (Starlit Bookshop #2) 3.88 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2024 — 8 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 Spirit in Question (Lila Maclean Academic Mystery #3) 4.19 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The Subject of Malice (Lila Maclean Academic Mystery #4) 4.29 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Study of Secrets (Lila Maclean Academic Mystery #5) 4.35 avg rating — 106 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
	Reading Chuck Palahniuk: American Monsters and Literary Mayhem by Cynthia Kuhn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lance Rubin (Editor), Peter D. Mathews (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2009 — 12 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
	Styling Texts: Dress and Fashion in Literature by Cynthia Kuhn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cindy L. Carlson (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Self-Fashioning in Margaret Atwood's Fiction: Dress, Culture, and Identity 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005	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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Series by Cynthia Kuhn

Starlit Bookshop Mystery (3 books)
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Cynthia Kuhn (Goodreads Author)

3.78 avg rating — 1,344 ratings

Lila Maclean Academic Mystery (5 books)
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Cynthia Kuhn (Goodreads Author)

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Cynthia’s Quotes

“We walk on air, Watson.
There is only the moon, embalmed in phosphorus.
There is only a crow in a tree. Make notes.”
― Sylvia Plath, "The Detective"

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