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R. K. Benton has been a storyteller all her life. Her experiences are reflected in characters who navigate friendship, love, and loss with resilience and curiosity. Her favorite things to write are heartfelt small-town mysteries with wit, warmth, and a hint of espionage.

In addition to novels, she has penned plays and live-audience interactive experiences (Noel Caribou Reluctantly Saves Christmas), composed scripts for video games, written operatic librettos and stories in every genre, ranging from darkly serious to delightfully chucklesome.

A former writer and Associate Editor for The Comical, she has also contributed many articles to The Native. She is a co-founder of Write Club, based in Leavenworth, Washington.

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Nicely written, and an intriguing setup are somewhat let down by plot holes and characters' actions that are too unrealistic, even for a manor-house-style mystery. I mostly enjoyed it, but would only recommend with reservations. ...more
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Lovely, entertaining book.
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Okay, fantastic writing, as per usual, but the action was quite drawn out which detracted from my enjoyment and leading me, at times, to read in spite of wanted to put the book back on the shelf. Glad I persevered, but a firmer hand on the editing ti ...more
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R.K. Benton made a comment on her review of Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3) " Her writing remains very good but the pacing was slow. Things are picking up at the 85% mark! "
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