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Carol Light is an avid reader and writer of mysteries. She loves creating amateur sleuths and complicating their normal lives with a crime that requires their talents and wits to solve. Her Cluttered Crime series features amateur sleuth Crystal Ward, a professional organizer in Chicago who solves crimes with the often reluctant assistance of her husband, Rick. Carol is currently writing her new Southern Secrets mystery series. The first book, Deadly Inheritance, will be released by Tule Publishing in March 2025. Follow Carol at https://www.carollightauthor.com

Carol has traveled worldwide and lived in Australia for eight years, teaching high school English and learning to speak “Strine.” Florida is now he ...more

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	Room for Suspicion (Cluttered Crime Mysteries, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 343 ratings — 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
	No Room to Hide (Cluttered Crime Mysteries, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 56 ratings — 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
	Deadlier Than Fiction: A Strong Female Lead Mystery (Windy City Mysteries Book 2) 4.41 avg rating — 54 ratings — 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
	Killer Close to Home: Women Sleuth Books (Windy City Mysteries Book 3) 4.52 avg rating — 48 ratings — 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
	Deadly Inheritance (Southern Secrets Mysteries, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 27 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 Watch (Southern Secrets Mysteries, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 21 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
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	No Room to Hide: Cluttered Crime Mysteries, Book 4 by Carol Light (Goodreads Author), Whitney Dykhouse (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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