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Seth Lynch

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Born

in Bath, The United Kingdom

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Crime, Ebooks, Mystery

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Leo Malet, Georges Simenon, Louis Aragon, Henry Miller, Patricia Highs ...more

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My first novel, Salazar, was recently put out by Nemesis Publishing from the Isle of Man. I'm currently working on a novel, also based in the 1930s, featuring Chief Inspector Belmont of the Paris Police.

I am a vegan and I live in the town of Corsham, England, with my partner and our two young daughters. Apart from writing and reading I love cycling and football. I've moved around a bit, Bristol, Carcassonne, London, Zurich, The Isle of Man, Bexhill-on-Sea, but I now have two kids at school so I'll have to settle with being settled for a few years.

I love crime fiction and in particular Georges Simenon. There's also a lot of fantastic new the crime fiction - it's a genre with incredibly vitality.

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Average rating: 4.23 · 88 ratings · 32 reviews · 30 distinct works

	A Citizen Of Nowhere (Salazar, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Dead American in Paris (Salazar, #2) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2017 — 4 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 Paris Ripper 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
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Paris Ripper

The publisher for my novel, The Paris Ripper, folded not long after it came out. However, the ripping chaps at Fahrenheit Press have resurrected the book. It's available for pre-order now, released on the 29th.
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Published on September 21, 2017 12:34 • Tags: noir, paris, paris-ripper

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Series by Seth Lynch

The Salazar Mysteries / The 3rd Republic Novels (4 books)
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Middlemarch

by George Eliot

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The Savage Detectives

by Roberto Bolaño

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The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

by Donald Maass

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