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Sheila Radley

Born

in Northamptonshire, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1928

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Sheila Mary Robinson was born and brought up in rural Northamptonshire, one of the fortunate means-tested generation whose further education was free. She went from her village school via high school to London University, where she read history.

She served for nine years as an education officer in the Women’s Royal Air Force, then worked variously as a teacher, a clerk in a shoe factory, a civil servant and in advertising. In the 1960s she opted out of conventional work and joined her partner in running a Norfolk village store and post office, where she began writing fiction in her spare time. Her first books, written as Hester Rowan, were three romantic novels; she then took to crime, and wrote 10 crime novels as Sheila Radley. ...more

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Average rating: 3.35 · 510 ratings · 84 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death in the Morning (Inspector Quantrill, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1978 — 15 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 Chief Inspector's Daughter (Inspector Quantrill, #2) 3.29 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1980 — 18 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 Talent for Destruction (Inspector Quantrill, #3) 3.27 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1982	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
	Fate Worse Than Death (Inspector Quantrill, #5) 3.51 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1985 — 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
	Who Saw Him Die? (Inspector Quantrill, #6) 3.49 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1988 — 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 Quiet Road to Death (Inspector Quantrill, #4) 3.31 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1983 — 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
	This Way Out (Inspector Quantrill, #7) 3.12 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1989 — 17 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
	Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Inspector Quantrill, #8) 2.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Fair Game (Inspector Quantrill, #9) 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	New Blood From Old Bones (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) 3.14 avg rating — 7 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

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Which English Mystery would you like to read with us during May? Please vote here by 21st April, and remember to look in the group afterwards, to see if your choice won! Good luck!

Death and the Maiden (Inspector Quantrill 1) by Sheila Radley

27 votes, 37.5%

Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser

18 votes, 25.0%

Servant of Death by Sarah Hawkswood

14 votes, 19.4%

Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody

13 votes, 18.1%

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