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Jenn McKinlay


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Jenn is the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of several mystery and romance series. She is also the winner of the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award for romantic comedy and the Fresh Fiction award for best cozy mystery. A TEDx speaker, she is always happy to talk books, writing, reading, and the creative process to anyone who cares to listen. She lives in sunny Arizona in a house that is overrun with books, pets, and her husband’s guitars.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 268,070 ratings · 31,288 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors
Summer Reading
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Love at First Book
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Paris is Always a Good Idea
3.72 avg rating — 16,728 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions
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Wait For It
3.64 avg rating — 14,203 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions
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Books Can Be Deceiving (Lib...
3.84 avg rating — 12,760 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions
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Sprinkle with Murder (Cupca...
3.86 avg rating — 11,662 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions
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Due or Die (Library Lover's...
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Buttercream Bump Off (Cupca...
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Series by Jenn McKinlay

Books Can Be Deceiving Due or Die Book, Line, and Sinker Read It and Weep On Borrowed Time A Likely Story Better Late Than Never
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Sprinkle with Murder Buttercream Bump Off Death by the Dozen Red Velvet Revenge Going, Going, Ganache Sugar and Iced Dark Chocolate Demise
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Summer Reading Love at First Book
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Cloche and Dagger Death of a Mad Hatter At the Drop of a Hat Copy Cap Murder Assault and Beret Buried to the Brim Fatal Fascinator
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Royal Valentine The Attraction Distraction It Happened One Christmas Eve Booked: A Collection of Rom...
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“This was the downside to cell phones. It was nowhere near as as satisfying to press end as it was to slam a phone into its holder.”
― Jenn McKinlay, Buttercream Bump Off
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“You know, I found a gray hair the other day. I almost broke the sound barrier rushing to the pharmacy to get some dye. Beth snorted. Oh please! You're a blonde-no one can see gray hair up there. Now, you get one down under, and then you can panic.”
― Jenn McKinlay, Books Can Be Deceiving
tags: humor
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“Nancy pursed her lips. "Men are stupid." "Agreed!”
― Jenn McKinlay, Due or Die
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Polls

What is your favorite cozy mystery series?

 
  16 votes, 17.4%

 
  11 votes, 12.0%

Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness)
 
  11 votes, 12.0%

 
  10 votes, 10.9%

Miranda James, Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks)
 
  7 votes, 7.6%

 
  6 votes, 6.5%

Laura Bradford. Hearse and Buggy (Amish Mystery)
 
  5 votes, 5.4%

 
  5 votes, 5.4%

Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey)
 
  5 votes, 5.4%

Ngaio Marsh, A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn)
 
  4 votes, 4.3%

Carolyn Hart, Death On Demand (Death on Demand)
 
  4 votes, 4.3%

Earlene Fowler, Fool's Puzzle (Bennie Harper)
 
  2 votes, 2.2%

Lea Wait, Twisted Threads (Mainely Needlepoint)
 
  2 votes, 2.2%

Spencer Quinn, Dog on It (Chet and Bernie)
 
  2 votes, 2.2%

Kathi Daley, Romeow and Juliet (Whales and Tails)
 
  1 vote, 1.1%

 
  1 vote, 1.1%

Barbara Ross, Clammed Up (Maine Clambake)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

92 total votes
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