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Catherine Lea

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Catherine lives with a rescue dog who's the love of her life. In past lives, she has sold international satellite capacity, worked in IT recruitment, and run her own communications store.

When Catherine isn't writing, she's dog-wrangling, wrestling with technology, or going crazy trying to maintain control of the yard.

THE CANDIDATE'S DAUGHTER is her first published work, followed by the sequel in the Elizabeth McClaine series, CHILD OF THE STATE, and A STOLEN WOMAN.

Her latest book in the DI NYREE BRADSHAW SERIES, set in the beautiful Far North of New Zealand, is THE DEEPER THE DEAD: A DI Nyree Bradshaw Crime Thriller, out now.

She also writes gritty thrillers under the pen name C.J. Lea.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 4,065 ratings · 417 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Candidate's Daughter (Elizabeth McClaine, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 1,729 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Child of the State (An Elizabeth McClaine Thriller, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 763 ratings — published 2016 — 8 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
	Last Seen Leaving 3.86 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	A Stolen Woman (Elizabeth McClaine Thriller #3) 4.01 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Water's Dead 4.04 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Better Left Dead 4.14 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Thrill List by Catherine Lea (Goodreads Author), Russell Blake (Goodreads Author), Diane Capri (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2016	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 Elizabeth McClaine Boxed Set 4.38 avg rating — 16 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 Deeper the Dead: A DI Nyree Bradshaw Crime Thriller 4.67 avg rating — 12 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
	Better Left Dead: DI Nyree Bradshaw, Book 2 by Catherine Lea (Goodreads Author), Sara Lynam (Narrator) 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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Where There's a Will (Will Peters #1)

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Buried Deep (Detective Megan Thomas, #1)

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Catherine Lea rated a book it was amazing Julia Eichardt. A Life of Grit and Grace by Lauren Roche (Goodreads Author)	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 a fantastic book. How lovely to read of the history of some of the pioneering women in New Zealand. Roche has done a wonderful job of transporting us to Queenstown, walking us through the streets and life of New Zealand at this time. Thoroughly ...more
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Catherine Lea rated a book it was amazing Glass Barbie by Michael Botur (Goodreads Author)	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
Glass Barbie is exactly the type of book Mike Botur writes so well. There's danger, stupidity, cunning, all a road trip you can't unread. Mike openly says he's ridden in police cars, mixed with druggies and lives on the edgier side of life, and that ...more
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Catherine Lea rated a book it was amazing Everything to Hide by K.V. Martins (Goodreads Author)	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
I found this book in my local Paper Plus and bought it because I loved the cover. That was no mistake. I've loved Agatha Christie for years (well, who doesn't?) and this proved to be an excellent addition to any Christie reader's shelf. Set in 1933, ...more
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What a fabulous book by a Kiwi writer. An historical tale full of dreadful and heartbreaking characters set against the harsh living conditions in early New Zealand. I highly recommend.
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“the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, the wisdom to know the difference.” Amy”
― Catherine Lea, Child of the State

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“Once upon a time she had had the world at her feet. Now it seemed that whole world had turned its back on her and left her floundering in those Darklands.”
― Catherine Lea, The Candidate's Daughter

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