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Sarah Wisseman

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Newton, MA

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Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction

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Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey, Mary Stewart, Arthur Co ...more

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November 2008

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Sarah Wisseman (a.k.a. Sally Underhill) grew up in Evanston, Illinois and Weston Massachusetts. She remembers being surrounded by books all her life, especially moldy old Penguin paperbacks (Rex Stout, Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Josephine Tey) that were fought over by her parents. Her mother was a weaver and avid reader, and her father, Thomas Underhill, was a lawyer who wrote mysteries and crossword puzzles. Her son, Nick, has adopted the pen name of his deceased grandfather ("Tom Underhill") and writes historical fantasy in northern Michigan.

Sarah hadn’t a clue that she wanted to be an archaeologist until she traveled to Israel right after her freshman year in college. There she ate felafel, fell in love with Jerusalem, camped illegall ...more

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	The Dead Sea Codex 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2005 — 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
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	Catacomb 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The House of the Sphinx really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Then Fall, Caesar... 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 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
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	The Morrow Plot 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	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
	Let There Be Light 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	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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"Local author Sarah Wisseman has written the first book of a new mystery series set in Champaign County in 1923, during Prohibition in the United States...Wisseman has an easy writing style and writes vibrant and well-rounded characters..."

Margo L.Dill, The News Gazette, Champaign IL, March 18, 2012

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