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Patricia Rockwell has spent most of her life teaching. From small liberal arts colleges to large regional research universities—and even a brief stint in a high school, her background in education is extensive. She has taught virtually everything related to Communication—from a fine arts speech-theatre orientation to more recently a social science research approach. Her Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees are from the University of Nebraska in Speech and her Ph.D. is from the University of Arizona in Communication. She was on the faculty at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for thirteen years, retiring in 2007.

Her publications are extensive, with over 20 peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals, several textbooks, and a research book ...more

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	Sounds of Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery, #1) by Patricia Rockwell (Goodreads Author), Scott Saunders (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Papoosed (Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Bingoed (Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	FM For Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Ghosted (Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth, #4) 3.99 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mysteries: Books1-3 4.44 avg rating — 55 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
	Firecrackered (Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth #5) 4.41 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Stump Speech Murder (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Valentined (Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Murder in the Round (Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery, #5) 3.43 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2012 — 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

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Cozy Cat Shorts: Twenty-five short stories from the authors at Cozy Cat Press"It's almost becoming a yearly tradition," said editor and publisher at Cozy Cat Press, Patricia Rockwell. "Our authors are a close-knit group and we like to band together to produce something really special at Christmas-time." The special event this year for the small, independent producer of "cozy" or light mysteries, i Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Patricia Rockwell

Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth (6 books)
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Patricia Rockwell (Goodreads Author)

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Pamela Barnes Acoustic Mystery (5 books)
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Patricia Rockwell (Goodreads Author)

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“A pipe burst in the kitchen. The plumbers are still there. What a mess. And it’s gonna cost an arm and six legs.” “Too bad you’re not a centipede.”
― Patricia Rockwell, Cozy Cat Shorts: Twenty-five short stories from the authors at Cozy Cat Press

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Friendly group open to fans of the mysteries published by Cozy Cat Press. Cozy Cat Press authors will stop by from time to time.

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message 4: by Patricia

Sep 26, 2012 08:14AM

One lucky person who joins the Cozy Cat Press mailing list TODAY ONLY, will win a copy of my new audiobook BINGOED (my first Essie Cobb senior sleuth cozy mystery). Just go to: www.cozycatpress.com.

BINGOED is now available as an audiobook on Audible.com: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?...

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message 3: by Darcia

Nov 23, 2010 07:38AM

Thanks for the add, Patricia!

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message 2: by Bradley

Nov 01, 2010 06:55AM

Thank you for adding me as a friend. =)

Dreamsbane of Tamalor by Bradley James Simpson

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message 1: by Beth

May 10, 2010 03:25PM

Hi Patricia,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author on Goodreads! I hope you will put my books, A Real Basket Case and To Hell in a Handbasket, on your to-read list. If you'd like to enter a contest for a free copy of To Hell in a Handbasket, sign up for my email newsletter at: http://bethgroundwater.com/ .
- Beth

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