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Milly Reynolds

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As you may have already guessed, Milly Reynolds is not my real name. Like my 'hero' Detective Inspector Mike Malone, I also hide my real identity.

I live in Lincolnshire and love the flat, endless landscapes and I want these to be seen in my books. Mike Malone has moved from the city to Lincolnshire - unlike me, I was born here and haven't moved.

In my full-time, job I teach in a secondary school. I teach 11-16 year-olds and as you might imagine, sometimes it is a real pleasure to come home and murder someone on paper. It certainly releases the tension after a stressful day in the classroom.

So why Mike Malone? I love all things detective and wanted to create my own series. However, I have decided not to go for the deep, dark thriller - how ...more

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	The Woolly Murders (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 1) 3.53 avg rating — 74 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
	The Hanged Cow (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 3) 4.14 avg rating — 35 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
	Happy Deathday to You (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 2) 3.91 avg rating — 33 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
	Kissing the Devil (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 4) 4.56 avg rating — 27 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
	Strawberries and Sheep (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 9) 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	IOU (The Mike Malone Mysteries #6) 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Tails I Win, Heads You Lose! (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 5) 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	See How She Runs (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 10) 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Death For Art's Sake (The Mike Malone Mysteries #8) 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Plotting The Play (The Mike Malone Mysteries Book 12) 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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The Soul Catchers: The Japanese magical realism modern classic, perfect for fans of Before The Coffee Gets Cold

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Having read and loved What You Are Looking For Is In The Library and The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park, I had high hopes for this book. While it is very sweet, I didn’t get the emotional hit that I was hoping for. With the previous two books there are ...more
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Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Girlie is a 30+ Filipino-American who works at a social media moderation centre where she is promoted to moderate virtual-reality theme parks where she enters the world and moderated real-time - policing ...more
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Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. This is a multi-voiced novel, set in Belfast, that tells the story of the aftermath of a sexual assault. We have Frankie, the wife of a wealthy man, who grew up in care. We have Miriam who has recently lo ...more
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Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and this is a story of one man’s life, a life spent in exile. Starting at his death, Sufien tells us of his life. In 1948, aged 5, he and his family were exiled from Palestine - a place he will never retur ...more
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