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Tannis Laidlaw

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in Winnipeg, Canada

March 27

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Mystery, Suspense, Crime

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As mystery author Steve Higgs says, ‘Let’s start this off with an invitation to get some free books.” Well, at least one freebie, in Tannis Laidlaw’s case. Click this link: https://BookHip.com/QFNTSV for a free copy of Death at Grenstead House, a prequel novella to her series, The Madeleine Brooks Mystery series.
Born in Winnipeg in Canada, she and her husband visit the family cottage at the lake every summer, but she usually lives in Auckland in New Zealand - that's right - two summers every year.
She has a history of writing academic papers mostly psychology in medicine, plus a few poems but mostly, now, crime novels. She's married with grown-up kids and two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Tannis loves to travel, read and, of course, ...more

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Tannis Laidlaw’s books

Average rating: 4.33 · 2,262 ratings · 198 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death at Cherry Tree Manor (Madeleine Brooks Mysteries #1) 4.21 avg rating — 769 ratings	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 at Valley View Cottage (Madeleine Brooks Mystery #2) 4.29 avg rating — 345 ratings	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 in Lachmore Wood (Madeleine Brooks Mysteries #3) 4.46 avg rating — 263 ratings	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 at the Olde Woodley Grange (Madeleine Brooks Mysteries #4) 4.45 avg rating — 220 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 in Cold Waters (Madeleine Brooks Mystery, #0.75) 4.41 avg rating — 142 ratings	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 at Grenstead House 4.18 avg rating — 74 ratings	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 at Beekeepers Hollow: An English Village Cozy Mystery (Madeleine Brooks Mysteries Book 5) 4.55 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	A Swimmer is Dead: Darkwater Lake Mysteries #1 4.47 avg rating — 30 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
	Marcia's Dead: A gripping psychological, domestic suspense murder mystery set in a beach house in beautiful New Zealand 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings	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 at the Weir: An English Village Cosy Mystery 6 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings	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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Madeleine Brooks Mystery (7 books)
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Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

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Death at Valley View Cottage (Madeleine Brooks Mystery #2)

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Tannis’s Quotes

“The uncertainty, the fear of the unknown was driving him, almost to the point of desperation. He felt as if he was going down a dark stairway, missing a step, hurtling into the unknown and having no idea where he would land.”
― Ken Puddicombe, Racing With The Rain

tags: fear-of-unknown, racing-with-the-rain, uncertainty

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