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Shelly Reuben

Goodreads Author

Born

Chicago, The United States

Website

http://www.shellyreuben.com/

Genre

Mystery, Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

John Steinbeck; Agatha Christie; Arthur Conan Doyle

Member Since

December 2012

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Shelly Reuben's first novel, Julian Solo, was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award and by the Libertarian Futurist Society for a Prometheus. Her crime novel, Origin and Cause, was nominated by the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan for a Falcon; and her adult fable, The Man with the Glass Heart, was a Freedom Book Club selection. Her fiction has been published by Scribner, Harper, Harcourt, and is also available through Blackstone Audio Books.

Her new book, Dabbling in Crime, November 2016, is a collection of short fiction originally published in The Forensic Examiner and The Evening Sun.

Shelly Reuben is a licensed private detective, and the years that she spend investigating fire and arson inspired many of her stor ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 419 ratings · 143 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Dabbling in Crime - Death of a Violinist and other stories 4.86 avg rating — 65 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
	Tabula Rasa (Nightingale & Bly, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Weeping (Fritillary Quilter, #1) by Shelly Reuben (Goodreads Author), Anna Fields (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2004 — 9 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 Skirt Man (Nightingale & Bly, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Origin & Cause (Bramble & Nolan, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1994 — 9 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 Man with the Glass Heart 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Spent Matches (Bramble & Nolan, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1996 — 4 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
	My Mostly Happy Life: Autobiography of a Climbing Tree (1) by Shelly Reuben (Goodreads Author), Ruth McGraw (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 15 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
	The Boys of Sabbath Street 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Julian Solo 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1988 — 4 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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Nightingale & Bly (2 books)
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3.70 avg rating — 139 ratings

Fritillary Quilter (1 book)
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Anna Fields (Narrator)

3.78 avg rating — 78 ratings

Bramble & Nolan (2 books)
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3.89 avg rating — 64 ratings

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Shelly Reuben made a comment on Janilyn Kocher’s review of An Unlikely Spy " Couldn't agree more. Couldn't agree more. ...more "
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This is a sweet, sweet book. The author takes you by the hand (and heart) and leads you into the woods, for a gentle walk through the snow. And look for the red cardinal! He's along for the walk, too! ...more
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“I couldn’t stop staring.
“Sweetheart,” he said, “is my slip showing or something?”
― Shelly Reuben

tags: detective-fiction, humor

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“He smiled again. I kept staring. Then I said, “My name is Tillary Quilter.”
“You called. We have an appointment. I’m a trained investigator, so I figured that one out.”
― Shelly Reuben

tags: detective-fiction, humor

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