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Lynda Wilcox

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in The United Kingdom

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Crime, Humor and Comedy

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September 2011

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Lynda Wilcox's first piece of published writing was a poem in the school magazine. In her twenties she wrote Pantomime scripts for Amateur Dramatic groups and was a founder member of The Facts of Life, a foursome who wrote and performed comedy sketches for radio. Now she concocts fantasy stories for older children (10-13) and writes funny whodunits for adults.
Lynda lives in a small town in England, in an untidy house with four ageing computers and her (equally ageing but very supportive) husband. She enjoys pottering in the garden where she grow brambles, bindweed and nettles along with roses and lilies. Oh! And slugs! Slugs that feed well on everything but the brambles and weeds.
Most of all, she loves to write — it gets her out of doing th ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 9,881 ratings · 419 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Poisoning in Piccadilly (Lady Eleanor, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 1,684 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
	Strictly Murder (Verity Long Mysteries #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,711 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
	A Burglary in Belgravia (Lady Eleanor, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 1,143 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
	A Traitor at Tower Bridge (Lady Eleanor, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 1,106 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
	A Drowning in Dulwich (Lady Eleanor, #4) 4.31 avg rating — 1,088 ratings	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 Murderous Affair in Mayfair (Lady Eleanor, #5) 4.34 avg rating — 965 ratings	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 Death at Dovecotes Court (Lady Eleanor, #6) 4.41 avg rating — 625 ratings	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
	Organized Murder (Verity Long Mysteries #2) 4.22 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2012	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
	Scouting For Murder (Verity Long Mysteries #3) 4.29 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2013	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
	Married to Murder (Verity Long Mysteries #4) 4.34 avg rating — 158 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

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“Growing old is inevitable - growing up is still optional”
― Lynda Wilcox

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“hate housework. It's in my genes, a trait inherited from my mother who claimed that a tidy house was the sign of an empty life.”
― Lynda Wilcox, Strictly Murder

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“character”
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