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Carol lives on a property outside the small country town of Childers in Queensland, Australia. Married with three grownup children, she is now retired from working in a primary school. Most of her life Carol has played bass guitar in a four-piece band with her husband. They have now formed a duo after the band folded. Carol loves to travel, both abroad and in Australia, which she is now discovering more of in her caravan.
Carol began writing in the 1980’s. At the time, there were no known heroines so she was inspired to create Detective Billie McCoy, a member of an elite undercover squad intent on bringing her enemies to justice. It wasn’t until years later Carol decided to publish. She has written eleven books in total . . . so far. The se ...more

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	Slave Trader - In the Name of Freedom 4.89 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
	Slave Trader (Detective Billie McCoy Series Book 1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Cold Bars (Detective Billie McCoy Series Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	Judas Kiss it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Shadax (Detective Billie McCoy Series Book 9) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Black Mamba (Detective Billie McCoy Series Book 4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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	Cold Bars (Detective Billie McCoy Series, #3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Providence Road 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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 Fig Tree 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2026	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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Jan 26, 2014 01:53AM

Beth wrote: "Thanks for being my friend. I feel a connection because my grandaughter lives in Camberra. I'm fairly knew to GB with my novel abut Kansas City - Jazz Town. -b-"

Hi Beth, it's lovely to meet you. Canberra is a nice city. I live about 1000 miles north but I have visited there. Good luck with your novel :)

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message 2: by Beth

Jan 24, 2014 07:09AM

Thanks for being my friend. I feel a connection because my grandaughter lives in Camberra. I'm fairly knew to GB with my novel abut Kansas City - Jazz Town. -b-

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message 1: by C.J.

Jun 07, 2013 04:40PM

C.J. Heck

Hello Carol,

It's such a pleasure having you as a friend. Thank you and best wishes!

My warmest regards,
CJ

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