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Kathy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kathy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Kathy Shuker
Goodreads Author
Born
The United Kingdom
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Influences
Too many to mention individually!
Member Since
March 2014
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/kathyshuker
More books by Kathy Shuker…
The fourth instalment in the Dechansay Bright mystery series
It's been nearly two years since The Angel Downstairs was published. I'm shocked. Where has the time gone? In truth, along with the inevitable demands of everyday life, I've spent it writing the next book in the Dechansay Bright series. No AI (just saying...), but a load of research and then the usual drafting and redrafting, editing and re-editing that I always do. Hard work but fun.Book number 4
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Kathy’s Recent Updates
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Kathy Shuker
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Barbara Luiselli's review
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The House at Dart's End (Dechansay Bright Mysteries):
"Every time I start reading one of Kathy Shuker's books I am suddenly taken aback and I remember how well she writes… Her prose is clear, confident and effortless. The pages seem to be writing themselves. I’m a big fan, I have read all her books.
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Kathy Shuker
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Anisha wrote: "Book added!"
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Kathy Shuker
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Lorraine Devon Wilke's
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‘It’s Complicated’: Our Evolving, Exasperating Relationship with Book Reviews
"Ah, reviews. The Holy Grail of every merchant, company, production, businessperson, artist, entrepreneur, and, yes, author.
Photo by Deniz Demirci on UnsplashWe need them, we want them; we pursue them, convinced they’re not only heartening to t..."
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| " In the late 1960s and mid-1970s, so many of us suffered through the anxieties of a world tainted by the shadow of war and political hypocrisy. Some sixty or so years later, the questions the Vietnam War raised still echo. The following poem is..." Read more of this blog post » | |
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"This is a book that will stay with me long after I've finished it. From the start, I knew this story had religious undertones, and wondered if the protagonist, Theo, Greek for God, was an angel or a saint. The coffeehouse where he finds the portraits"
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Kathy Shuker
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My Friends
by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction, Readers' Favorite Audiobook |
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Kathy Shuker
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Taking a Brain Break on Fayetteville’s Trails
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“Letting go’ sounded like such an easy thing to do...but actually involved a lot of pain.”
― Deep Water, Thin Ice
― Deep Water, Thin Ice
“There was almost an air of penance about her, as if, by doing these dirty jobs which she found so distasteful, she was trying to repay some debt. And, to judge from the shadowy sadness which she carried around her like a mantle, it was about as effective as throwing in spadefuls of sand to dam a flowing river.”
― Deep Water, Thin Ice
― Deep Water, Thin Ice
“He had found that jealousy – or perhaps the fear of betrayal – was no respecter of age. Indeed, if anything, he thought getting older simply made it worse; he felt more vulnerable now.”
― Silent Faces, Painted Ghosts
― Silent Faces, Painted Ghosts
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| A Good Thriller: Pick It For Me - March Read! | 49 | 144 | Feb 28, 2015 02:13PM | |
| Devon Book Club: Happy New Year 2020 | 5 | 8 | Jan 02, 2020 02:17PM | |
| Goodreads Authors...: * Welcome Literary Fiction Authors and Readers!! | 680 | 3277 | May 01, 2026 03:54AM | |
| Goodreads Authors...: * Welcome General Fiction Authors and Readers! | 971 | 4201 | May 18, 2026 04:11AM | |
| Goodreads Authors...: * Welcome Mystery Authors and Readers! | 1019 | 3576 | May 21, 2026 03:55PM | |
| Goodreads Authors...: * Author List | 7866 | 21599 | 21 hours, 38 min ago | |
| Goodreads Authors...: * Introduce Yourself! | 22872 | 25721 | 5 hours, 1 min ago |
“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.”
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“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“If you knew in advance that something momentous and terrible would happen you’d make an effort to imprint it all in your mind, wouldn’t you, every detail. But of course you don’t know. And perhaps that’s just as well.”
― Silent Faces, Painted Ghosts
― Silent Faces, Painted Ghosts
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