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Neil Bailey was born in Luton, England in 1961 and lives in Greenwich, London. After working over 30 years in the publishing industry for Time Inc, IPC Media, Northern & Shell and Mad magazine, Neil is now writing fiction full time.
His first novel, 'When She Was Bad' was released in June 2016 to five star reviews and much acclaim. It was shortlisted for the 2018 'Write Here, Right Now' prize from Simon & Schuster. The follow-up, 'Bad For Good', continued the adventures of Barclay and MacDonald and was published in May 2017. An omnibus collecting the two novels, 'Barclay & MacDonald', is also available.
2018 saw the publication of a ghost story, 'The Woman At Twenty-six', and in 2020 Dexter Kirby Press published his murder mystery, 'A Necess ...more

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	When She Was Bad (Barclay & MacDonald #1) 3.84 avg rating — 51 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
	The Woman At Twenty-six 3.21 avg rating — 33 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
	A Necessary Murder 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	Bad For Good (Barclay & MacDonald #2) 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Bad To The Bone (Barclay & MacDonald #3) 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 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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