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Lisa M. Lilly

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In addition to the Q.C. Davis Mysteries, a traditional detective series that includes The Worried Man, The Charming Man, The Fractured Man, The Troubled Man, The Hidden Man, and the novella No Good Plays, Lisa M. Lilly also is the author of the four-book Awakening supernatural thriller series.

Like her character Quille C. Davis, Lilly lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Under L.M. Lilly, she is the founder of WritingAsASecondCareer.com. She also hosts the podcast Buffy and the Art of Story.

Lilly also writes horror, including When Darkness Falls, a gothic horror novel set in Chicago’s South Loop, and the short-story collection The Tower Formerly Known as Sears and Two Other Tales of Urban Horror, the title story of which was made into the
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Lisa M. Lilly Great to hear The Unbelievers arrived and you're looking forward to it! I'm always happy to be friends with other readers and authors on Goodreads, an…moreGreat to hear The Unbelievers arrived and you're looking forward to it! I'm always happy to be friends with other readers and authors on Goodreads, and I'd be honored to be your friend here. I hope you enjoy the book. I'm working on final edits to The Conflagration, Book 3 of 4 in the series, this morning and just reviewed a draft of the cover, which I'm very excited about.(less)
Lisa M. Lilly Hi, Marta, thanks for saying hello. It's wonderful to hear from you, and I'm sorry to be so long in answering. I need to check my author dashboard mor…moreHi, Marta, thanks for saying hello. It's wonderful to hear from you, and I'm sorry to be so long in answering. I need to check my author dashboard more often! I remember talking with you at the station while waiting for the train to Chicago and again on the train. That was a fun trip. The sequel to The Awakening (The Unbelievers) is what I was writing on my laptop at the time and now at last it's done. I hope you enjoy it. If you have not already gotten it, you may want to enter the Goodreads giveaway at https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh... There are five copies available.
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FAQs About The Q.C. Davis Mysteries

At last, answers to some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Q.C. Davis Mystery series:

Do I have to read the Q.C. Davis books in order, or can I pick up any title and dive right in?

You can read the books in any order. No later book spoils the mystery in any earlier one. Some readers like reading in order so they can follow the recurring characters’ lives as they unfold. (The

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“I don’t want to become like him. Become one of those people who believe it’s okay to do anything to anyone if it achieves the ‘right’ end.”
Lisa M. Lilly, The Conflagration

“Sometimes the families people choose work better than those they were born into.”
Lisa M. Lilly, The Awakening

“While girls and women are raised to fear strangers – to worry about being raped, murdered, or assaulted in the street or in parking garages, which are real dangers – statistically, the most dangerous men are those they know and, particularly, those they live with. So Willow Springs started as a community for battered women, with only women.”
Lisa M. Lilly

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
Helen Keller, The Open Door

“Time is the longest distance between two places.”
Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Sometimes the families people choose work better than those they were born into.”
Lisa M. Lilly, The Awakening

“While girls and women are raised to fear strangers – to worry about being raped, murdered, or assaulted in the street or in parking garages, which are real dangers – statistically, the most dangerous men are those they know and, particularly, those they live with. So Willow Springs started as a community for battered women, with only women.”
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