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Heather Weidner

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Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Pearly Girls Mysteries, the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, The Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, and The Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries.

Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, Murder by the Glass, and First Come Love, Then Comes Murder, and she has non-fiction pieces in Promophobia and The Secret Ingredient: A Mystery Writers’ Cookbook.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime: National, Central Virginia, Chessie, Guppies, and Grand Canyon Writers, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers, and she blogs regul ...more

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	Vintage Trailers and Blackmailers (Jules Keene Glamping Mystery, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 93 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
	Sticks and Stones and a Bag of Bones (Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Christmas Lights and Cat Fights (A Jules Keene Glamping Mystery #3) 3.61 avg rating — 67 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
	Film Crews and Rendezvous (Jules Keene Glamping Mystery #2) 4.07 avg rating — 58 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
	Virginia is for Mysteries by Heather Weidner (Goodreads Author), Yvonne Saxon, Maggie King (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 62 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
	Secret Lives and Private Eyes (Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries #1) 4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings — 11 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
	Twinkle Twinkle Au Revoir (Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 48 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
	The Tulip Shirt Murders (Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries #2) 4.14 avg rating — 28 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
	50 Shades of Cabernet: A Mysterious Anthology by Heather Weidner (Goodreads Author), Kris Kisska, Lyn Brittan (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Glitter, Glam, and Contraband (Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries #3) 4.52 avg rating — 21 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

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What's the Attraction to Mysteries?

I read lots of different genres, but I always seem to focus on mysteries and thrillers. I am a product of 70s cartoons, and I fell in love with Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, The Funky Phantom, and so many other shows where the characters solved some kind of crime or puzzle. I wanted to be like the sleuths (and Bat Girl), so when I found the mystery section in the library, I was instantly s

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