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Cathy Wiley

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://www.cathywiley.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

Julie Campbell, J.D. Robb, Agatha Christie ...more

Member Since

June 2010

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Cathy Wiley is the author of the Fatal Food Festival series, featuring a former celebrity chef who's trying to regain her career. There have been three short stories in this series published in the Destination Murders anthologies, and the first full-length novel, Claws of Death, will come out on July 29th.

She’s also written two other mystery novels set in Baltimore, Maryland, and has had almost a dozen short stories included in anthologies, one of which was a 2015 finalist for a Derringer Award.

She lives outside of Baltimore with one spoiled cat and an equally spoiled husband. For more information, visit www.cathywiley.com.
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Average rating: 4.0 · 920 ratings · 170 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dead to Writes (Cassandra Ellis #1) 3.82 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Claws of Death 4.29 avg rating — 70 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
	Two Wrongs Don't Make a Write (Cassandra Ellis #2) 3.84 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Mushroom Capped: Fatal Food Festival Mysteries Book 2 4.35 avg rating — 26 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
	Murder in the Graveyard: Destination Murders Book 5 by Cathy Wiley (Goodreads Author), Karen Cantwell (Goodreads Author), Meri Allen 4.15 avg rating — 20 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
	Pretty Lentil Liars (Fatal Food Festival Mysteries Book 3) 4.18 avg rating — 17 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
	Two Wrongs Don't Make a Write: A Cassandra Ellis Mystery (Cassandra Ellis Mysteries Book 2) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	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
	I'll Bee Home for Christmas (Fatal Food Festival Mysteries Book 4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 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
	Lime and Punishment (Fatal Food Festival Mysteries Book 5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 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
	Dead to Writes - A Cassandra Ellis Mystery (Cassandra Ellis Mysteries Book 1) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	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 Cathy Wiley

Cassandra Ellis (2 books)
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