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Jan Edwards

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Born

in Pallinghurst, Sussex, The United Kingdom

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http://janedwardsblog.wordpress.com/

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Crime, Contemporary, Horror/fantasy

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Many!

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Jan Edwards - winner of the Arnold Bennett Book Prize with Winter Downs - Bunch Courtney Investigation #1.

She also has the Winchester Slim Volume prize and British Fantasy KEW award. Plus a joint British Fantasy Award for best Small Press (Alchemy Press).

Her latest book. In Her Defence - Bunch Courtney Investigation #2 is available now in paper and kindle formats!

Her short fiction can be found in crime, horror and fantasy anthologies in UK, US and Europe.

Jan edits anthologies for The Alchemy Press and Fox Spirit Press, and has written for Dr Who spinoffs with Reel Time Pictures as well as a short story in the accompanying book.

More details available at : http://janedwardsblog.wordpress.com/

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,077 ratings · 242 reviews · 41 distinct works

	Winter Downs 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — 6 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 Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic by Jan Edwards (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (editor), Anne Nicholls (contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	In Cases of Murder (Bunch Courtney Investigation #4) 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Listed Dead 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders by Jan Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kari Sperring (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	In Her Defence 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Sussex Tales 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Deadly Plot 4.64 avg rating — 14 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
	Leinster Gardens and Other Subtleties 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	Wicked Women by Jan Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenny Barber (Goodreads Author) (Editor), A.R. Aston 4.50 avg rating — 10 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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Prune it! #courtyardgarden #gardening

My father was a gardener – managing the gardens around the Heinemann’s offices in Kingswood from 1960s to 2000s. I mention this because he taught me how to prune – his mantra always being ‘If you’re going to prune the thing then prune it – don’t just tickle the top!

And why is it relevant today? Peter was off down to the allotment to help unload a compost delivery and suggested as it was quite a mi

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Jan Edwards wants to read Flight of the Turner: A Deliciously Twisty Country House Mystery for Fans of Downton Abbey (Mel Greenway Investigates 2) by Samantha Lee Howe (Goodreads Author)	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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Jan Edwards did not finish The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp (Miss Sharp Investigates, #1) by Leonie Swann	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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Jan Edwards rated a book liked it Longbourn by Jo Baker (Goodreads Author)	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
This a fascinating read from an historical research viewpoint, But I it has to be 3 stars when those academic research colours are so firmly nailed to the mast by way of massive info dumps that as a work of fiction it was curiously flat in terms of p ...more
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Jan Edwards rated a book it was amazing The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow	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
I shan't bore you all with the plot as there can't be many who have not read Jane Austen's P&P - or seen one of the many large and small screen adaptations. This book views that story arc from Mary (the middle sister's) viewpoint. It thwarts expectati ...more
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Jan Edwards rated a book really liked it THE CHARLES PARIS MYSTERIES BOOKS 1–6: a witty cozy murder mystery box set (British Detective Mysteries Book 1) by Simon Brett	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 lot of fun as the plots twist and turn in some very unlikely ways - hard to read without hearing the inimitable Bill Nighy's radio portrayal. Given the books are set in the early 1970s - and some were written then, when the sexual politics would be ...more
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