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Shawn Reilly Simmons

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Shawn Reilly Simmons is the author of The Red Carpet Catering Mysteries featuring Penelope Sutherland, an on-set movie caterer, and of several short stories appearing in various anthologies including "The Prodigy" which appears in the CWA Anthology Mystery Tour, and "Burnt Orange" in Passport to Murder, the 2017 Bouchercon Anthology.

Her short story "The Last Word" which appears in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story published in 2019.

Shawn was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and began her professional career in New York City as a sales executive after graduating from the University of Maryland with a BA in English. Since then Shawn has worked as a book store manager, fiction e ...more

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	Murder on the Red Carpet (Red Carpet Catering Mysteries, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Murder on Location (Red Carpet Catering Mysteries, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Murder on a Designer Diet (A Red Carpet Catering Mystery, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 109 ratings — 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
	Murder is the Main Course (A Red Carpet Catering Mystery #4) 4.29 avg rating — 66 ratings — 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
	Murder on the Rocks (A Red Carpet Catering Mystery #5) 4.10 avg rating — 63 ratings — 7 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
	Murder With All The Trimmings (Red Carpet Catering Mysteries #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 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
	Murder On The Chopping Block (Red Carpet Catering Mystery #7) 4.19 avg rating — 27 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
	Malice Domestic 16: Mystery Most Diabolical by Shawn Reilly Simmons (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Bracken (Goodreads Author), Barb Goffman 4.09 avg rating — 22 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
	Mystery Most International by Shawn Reilly Simmons (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Verena Rose (editor), Rita Owen (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Red Carpet Catering Culinary Cozy Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-7 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

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Who to Believe

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The Girls Who Grew Big

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Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

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