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Rachel McCollin

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Thriller, Science Fiction, Nonfiction

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I'm a voracious reader and read in a variety of genres including thrillers, mystery, literary, sci-fi, historical and urban fantasy.

I'm also a writer - please check out my author page under my pen name, Rachel McLean.
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	WordPress Theme Development - Beginner's Guide by Rachel McCollin (Goodreads Author), Tessa Blakeley Silver 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	WordPress: Pushing the Limits 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
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	The Novel Planning Workbook: Plan Your Book - From Blank Page to Outlined Novel (Writers Workbook Series) 3.50 avg rating — 2 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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The Space Between Us (The Enceladons, #1)

by Doug Johnstone

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Blood and Money (McBride & Tanner #1)

by Rachel McLean (Goodreads Author)

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Just Causes: the spellbinding first mystery for a 17th century investigator (The Alice Chronicles Book 1)

by Georgia Piggott

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