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Elizabeth Spann Craig

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Elizabeth is the bestselling cozy mystery author of the Southern Quilting mysteries, the Myrtle Clover Cozy Mysteries, the Village Library Mysteries, and Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin Random House, Midnight Ink, and independently. Find out more about her books and sign up for her newsletter on her website: http://elizabethspanncraig.com . Find her books on Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list... ...more

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	A Body in the Backyard (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 2,249 ratings — published 2012 — 7 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
	Checked Out (The Village Library Mysteries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,786 ratings — published 2019	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 Dyeing Shame (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #3) 3.66 avg rating — 1,833 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Progressive Dinner Deadly (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 1,637 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Pretty is as Pretty Dies (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 1,362 ratings — published 2009	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
	Quilt or Innocence (A Southern Quilting Mystery, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,071 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
	Overdue (The Village Library Mysteries, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	A Body at Book Club (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 659 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Borrowed Time (The Village Library Mysteries, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Death at a Drop-In (Myrtle Clover Mysteries, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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 Art of the Unlikeable Victim

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethspanncraig.com

I’ve written a lot of murder victims over the years, and most of them weren’t particularly nice people. In a cozy mystery, an unlikeable victim means plenty of suspects, which gives the amateur sleuth a full pool to work with. The tricky part is keeping readers invested in solving the crime when they didn’t much like the person who die

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Myrtle Clover Mysteries (29 books)
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The Village Library Mysteries (16 books)
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Southern Quilting Mysteries (20 books)
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A Sunset Ridge Mystery (5 books)
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

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Elizabeth Craig made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add my books to my series topic " Hi there, Could you please add this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... to this series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/2595... ? It's #15 in ...more "
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Elizabeth Craig made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add my books to my series topic " Hi there! Thanks in advance for your help. I have a couple of books that need adding to a long-running series. The first is: "Murder Sees All": https:/ ...more "
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“Literature, sharing a wonderful story, is what brings the world together.”
― Elizabeth Spann Craig, Progressive Dinner Deadly

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“Noo-Noo would turn into a tummy with feet if she ate as much as she'd like to eat. Knot What it Seams.”
― Elizabeth Craig

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“just remember that Dorothy Parker quote. ‘If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to,’” said”
― Elizabeth Spann Craig, Pretty is as Pretty Dies

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