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Zane Yates

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in Sydney, Australia

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Mystery, Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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Zane Yates, was born 1963, in Sydney Australia, and now resides on the spectacular Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, with his very tolerant wife, his many amazing kids.

Named after Zane Grey, the famous author of westerns in the early 1900's, it was ordained that he should write. Dabbling in poetry in his teens, and writing short stories from an over active imagination, he only started to develop his writing skills in his mid-forties.

Apart from the world of writing, Zane, like his characters, has a passion for family, friends, food and anything automotive.

MIAMI P.I., the first in his Miami Detective Series, has been given rave reviews and is currently 4.5 Stars. The second book MIAMI D.O.A. was released late 2014. 2016 saw the third b ...more

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	MIAMI P.I. (A Roy Findley Detective Story, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	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
	MIAMI DOWNUNDER C.S.I. (Roy Findley Detective Series #3) 3.40 avg rating — 5 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
	MIAMI DOWNUNDER P.I. (Roy Findley Detective Series #1) 3.75 avg rating — 4 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
	MIAMI DOWNUNDER D.O.A. (Roy Finley Detective Series #2) 3.67 avg rating — 3 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
	MIAMI D.O.A. (Roy Findley Miami Detective Series #2) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	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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	Miami P.I.: Roy Findley Miami Detective Series #1 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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
	MIAMI P.I. and D.O.A. Box Set (Roy Findley Miami Detective Series #1 and #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	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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Everyone loves Bubblegum

Having coffee the other day with an author friend who had just read my book MIAMI P.I. She commented that it was such an easy relaxing read and she loved the style.

I told her I read a lot of books, but I don't have time for epic novels anymore, I read a hell of a lot of J.R. Rain, Eve Paludan, John Locke, you know, bubblegum books. She looked at me like I was mad and asked,

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Under the Breaking Sky: The Complete Apocalyptic Horror Series

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The Survivors: Books 1-12

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The Katana Series, #1-5

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