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Susan Van Kirk

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Mystery, Suspense, Memoir

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Susan Van Kirk's book, Death in a Ghostly Hue, has been nominated for a 2025 Anthony Award for Best Paranormal Mystery.

Susan Van Kirk was born in Galesburg, Illinois, and educated at Knox College (BA) and University of Illinois (M.Ed). She taught for thirty-four years at Monmouth High School in Monmouth, Illinois,(1968-2002), and an additional ten years at Monmouth College (2002-2012.)

She wrote a memoir of her teaching life in "The Education of a Teacher (Including Dirty Books and Pointed Looks)," published 2010.

Her Endurance Mysteries include "Three May Keep a Secret," "Marry in Haste," "The Locket: From the Casebook of TJ Sweeney," "Death Takes No Bribes," and "The Witch's Child, and "Fabric of Lies."" Harlequin Worldwide Mystery has re ...more

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	A Death at Tippitt Pond 3.79 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Three May Keep a Secret (Endurance Mysteries #1) 3.94 avg rating — 120 ratings — 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
	Marry in Haste (Endurance Mysteries #2) 4.24 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Death in a Pale Hue (Art Center Mysteries, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2022	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
	Cliffsnotes on Steinbeck's of Mice and Men 3.91 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1999 — 22 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 Takes No Bribes (Endurance Mysteries #3) 4.34 avg rating — 47 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
	Death in a Bygone Hue (Art Center Mysteries, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 40 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
	Cliffsnotes on Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter 3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2000 — 22 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 Witch's Child (Endurance Mysteries, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2021 — 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 Locket: from the Casebook of TJ Sweeney (Endurance Mysteries #4) 4.35 avg rating — 23 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

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Looking Back at 2025

Everyone is writing about looking forward to their writing projects for 2026. I’ve decided, since 2025 went by so quickly, that it might be fun to see what I actually did accomplish since I unretired and ran the local art gallery, leaving little time to write. I thought 2025 was a lost year for my writing, but actually it was filled with many activities and pieces of composition that I had for

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At Midnight Comes the Cry (The Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries Series, #10)

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Craft of Writing

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Susan Van Kirk made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Merge editions Multiple books topic " My book Fabric of Lies needs to be merged into one book on Goodreads. Only one cover has the reviews. The other two covers are unnecessary. Could you ...more "
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Susan Van Kirk made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — multiple posts for one book topic " My book, Fabric of Lies (Endurance Mystery #6) is listed three times. Can these listings be combined? One has 5 reviews (please keep), the other two l ...more "
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Susan Van Kirk liked RENEE WELSH's review of Fabric of Lies: An Endurance Mystery 6: "very good book. I didn't realize it was a series when I asked for it for Christmas. now I'll be getting the rest of them!"
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“Grace, where’s your watch? You never go anywhere without it,” Deb asked. Grace looked down at the white mark that circled her wrist. “That’s my celebration of retirement. I shouldn’t have to wear a watch anymore”
― Susan Van Kirk, Three May Keep a Secret

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Susan’s Quotes

“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
― Alan Bennett, The History Boys

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“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
― Anna Quindlen

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