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Martha Reed is an independently published multi-award-winning mystery and crime fiction author.

Her Crescent City NOLA Mystery (#1), LOVE POWER was a 2021 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Best Attending Author Award winner as well as a Silver Falchion Finalist in the Best Mystery category. UP JUMPED THE DEVIL (#2) and THE SEVEN GATES OF GUINEE (#3) continue the NOLA adventure.

Her John and Sarah Jarad Nantucket Mystery series, THE CHOKING GAME (#1), THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE (#2) and NO REST FOR THE WICKED (#3) garnered an Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Award for Mid-Atlantic Best Regional Fiction.

Her short story, THE HONOR THIEF was selected for "This Time For Sure," the 2021 Anthony-award winning Bouchercon anthology edited by Hank Phillip
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Martha Reed Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, because they respected each other intellectually, obviously loved each other, and challenged each other with their…moreLord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, because they respected each other intellectually, obviously loved each other, and challenged each other with their difference detective processes. I loved the whole series.(less)
Martha Reed I love tracking genealogy, and I know almost nothing about my maternal grandfather. He was from Maine/New England, which would be great fun to explore…moreI love tracking genealogy, and I know almost nothing about my maternal grandfather. He was from Maine/New England, which would be great fun to explore. My mother left notes on the location of some family burial sites, so I know where to start. I can't imagine what I'd turn up!(less)
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“A woman had joined the two men sitting at table three. She was a blonde, one of those fatal blondes, six foot tall or near enough, with hair the color of clover honey.”
Martha Reed, The Choking Game

“Ignore people who say you can't do it, even if this person is yourself.”
Martha Reed, The Choking Game

“It didn't matter how old you got, the finality of death never changed, and neither did the ideals of loyalty and duty and honor, things this punk had never understood.”
Martha Reed, Lucky Charms: 12 Crime Tales

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