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Victoria Hamilton

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Born

Canada

Website

http://www.victoriahamiltonmysteries.com/

Genre

Mystery

Influences

Sue Grafton, Jane Austen, Sara Paretsky

Member Since

September 2010

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Victoria Hamilton is the bestselling author of several mystery series including the national bestselling Vintage Kitchen Mysteries and Merry Muffin Mysteries. She does, indeed, collect vintage kitchenware and bake muffins. She drinks tea and coffee on writing days, and wine other times. It doesn’t do to confuse days. A solitary being, she can be coaxed out of her writing cave for brownies and cat videos.

She started her writing life as Donna Lea Simpson, bestselling author of Regency Romances, paranormal historicals and historical mysteries, and still has a soft spot for the Regency period.

In fact her latest writing adventure is the new Regency-set historical mystery series - to be published by Midnight Ink - beginning in February 2019 with ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 24,536 ratings · 2,811 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Deadly Grind (Vintage Kitchen Mystery, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 3,012 ratings — published 2012 — 18 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
	Bran New Death (Merry Muffin Mystery, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,360 ratings — published 2013 — 13 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
	Bowled Over (Vintage Kitchen Mystery #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,726 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
	Muffin But Murder (Merry Muffin Mystery #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,671 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Freezer I'll Shoot (Vintage Kitchen Mystery, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 1,422 ratings — published 2013 — 14 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 of an English Muffin (Merry Muffin Mystery, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 2015 — 14 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
	No Mallets Intended (Vintage Kitchen Mystery, #4) 3.91 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	White Colander Crime (Vintage Kitchen Mystery, #5) 3.86 avg rating — 1,073 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Much Ado About Muffin (Merry Muffin Mystery, #4) 3.88 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder (A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder #1) 3.34 avg rating — 1,059 ratings — published 2019 — 13 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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A Calculated Whisk - VKM #10 - Great Escapes Blog Tour

Hello, dear readers! It's September, and on the 21st A Calculated Whisk, Vintage Kitchen Mystery #10 (I cannot believe it is #10!!) is released into the wild. To celebrate, I am having a book blog tour designed by the awesome Lori at Great Escapes Book Blog Tours.

Follow along and comment at each stop, follow the rules, and you will be entered for the grand prize, which will be a $50 USD Amaz

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Vintage Kitchen Mystery (12 books)
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Victoria Hamilton answered Little Red Robynhood's question: Hi Victoria, I’m really enjoying your Lady Anne series! Will there be more books in the future? Would love to see them go on solving murder mysteries together. YES! In fact I am starting to plan/write the next one, book #6, Lady Anne and the Witch of Wintermede. Looking forward to it. Thanks for the question!
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Victoria Hamilton answered Karen's question: Will there be a Gentlewoman's #3? I hope so! Love your characters. Hi Karen... I really wish I could say yes, but alas, the books take too long and too much angst to write. I absolutely LOVE that you love the characters - I do too - but the two books were not commercially successful. I thought the books were some of See Full Answer
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“that “chemtrails” were a deliberate conspiracy of the Illuminati”
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“There will be good days and bad days, and someday a final day.”
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“In times of trouble one did not exhort a friend to cheer up, one provided love and comfort.”
― Victoria Hamilton, Lady Anne and the Menacing Mystic

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“A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

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message 6: by Kris

May 18, 2012 04:04PM

Thanks for adding this mystery & paranormal author, Victoria. We've liked some of the same books, so I'm looking forward to reading your reviews.

Kris

Kris Neri
Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery

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message 5: by Zoë

Apr 29, 2012 01:46AM

Hi Victoria. Thank you so much for Friending me. I'm still a GR newbie so please bear with me while I figure out how it all works :)

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message 4: by Stacy

Jan 28, 2011 05:06PM

Hi Victoria, thanks for adding me as a friend!

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message 3: by Harlequin Books

Jan 28, 2011 11:09AM

Hi Victoria, I'm pleased to meet you and look forward to discussing books with you. If you ever have any questions about any of the titles on my shelves or about eHarlequin.com and all it has to offer, please ask. I'll be happy to answer. I’ll also have Harlequin news updates on my profile on a regular basis so be sure to stop by to keep up on everything Harlequin!

Kim S., Harlequin Books Goodreads Ambassador

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message 2: by Graham

Nov 13, 2010 04:57AM

Hey! Thanks for the friend request.

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message 1: by Beth

Sep 25, 2010 03:47PM

Hi Victoria,
Thanks for befriending this mystery author on Goodreads! I hope you will put my books, A Real Basket Case and To Hell in a Handbasket, on your to-read list. Also, if you'd like to enter a contest for free mystery books, sign up for my email newsletter at: http://bethgroundwater.com/ .
- Beth

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