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Sandra Bretting

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Christian, Historical Fiction, Mystery

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Author Sandra Bretting made the switch from writing traditional mysteries to writing inspirational historical fiction in 2024. Her first historical novel, called Unfit to Serve, revolves around the chaos caused by the U.S. military when it adopts a brand-new test from France called the IQ test during World War 1. Based on real events, the novel features a courageous school teacher who fights to help the immigrants who can't read the test and fail it by the thousands.

During a career that spans two decades, Bretting also wrote the Missy Dubois Mystery Series, which earned distinction as an Amazon national bestseller.

She graduated from the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and previously wrote for the Los Angeles Times and Houston ...more

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	Murder at Morningside (Missy DuBois Mystery #1) 3.59 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Something Foul at Sweetwater (Missy DuBois Mystery #2) 3.80 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Someone's Mad at the Hatter (A Missy DuBois Mystery #3) 4.02 avg rating — 143 ratings — 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
	Death Comes to Dogwood Manor 4.20 avg rating — 113 ratings — 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
	All Hats on Deck (Missy DuBois Mystery #5) 4.28 avg rating — 68 ratings — 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
	What the Hatmaker Heard (Missy DuBois Mystery #6) 4.40 avg rating — 57 ratings — 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
	The Safecracker's Secret 4.55 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Unfit to Serve 4.54 avg rating — 28 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
	Unholy Lies 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Shameless Persistence: Lessons from a Modern Miracle 4.86 avg rating — 7 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

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Sandra Bretting and 29 other people liked Amyelyse's review of Scarlett: "If you have read Gone With The Wind you may be tempted to pick this up and "see what happens"...what happens is the author had about 16 ideas for Harlequin romances she never got around to fleshing out so she used them all for this...it's a mish mash" Read more of this review »
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I couldn't finish this one. At 800 pages, I stopped halfway through, because at that point I didn't care whether or not Scarlet ever got Rhett back. So many scenes could've been deleted to make this book better. Also, Scarlett gets my vote for the wo ...more
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Sandra Bretting has read 1- Scarlet the Sequel to Margret Mitchell's By Alexandra Ripley 2- Comeback By Dick Francis 3- The Deceiver By Frederick Forsyth by Reader's Digest Association	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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This book was amazing…until it wasn’t. After everything the characters had been through, and such wonderful writing, I was disappointed by how confusing and strange I found the end to be. Given the first 3/4s of the book were great, though, I’ll stic ...more
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This book is beautifully written, but the main topic is just so disturbing, I couldn’t give it a “5.” Seems to me no normal person would actually do THAT; no matter how dramatic or tragic his/her circumstances. There was also a scene that seemed pure ...more
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Sandra Bretting and 165 other people liked Laura Everly's review of The Correspondent: "Sorry but this was a huge NO for me. It would be a one or zero stars but I was invested enough to finish it, and that was the only positive. Sybil wasn’t “prickly” as some say. She was an awful creature. She was arrogant, entitled, emotionally and ps" Read more of this review »
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My tell-tale sign that I'm not enjoying a book is when I want it to end. NOW. Unfortunately, that's what happened to me with The Correspondent. For most of the book, I found the protagonist--Sybil--to be selfish and pompous. (It didn't help that the ...more
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By the time I got to the second section of the book, I’d lost my desire to follow the characters in the first. The author waited too long to tie the two narratives together, IMHO. Didn’t finish.
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I didn’t expect to like this one as much as I did. Although I knew nothing about the subject- polar explorations to Antartica in the 1800s- the author made the subject come alive with his meticulous research and very readable prose. He made a nonfict ...more
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What a disappointment…I started reading this book because Castle of Water is one of my all-time favorite works of fiction. Much as I wanted otherwise, this nonfiction book by Hucklebridge didn’t hold my interest beyond the first 40 pages. Maybe the s ...more
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