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Erica Quest

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Erica Quest


Born
England, The United Kingdom
Genre
Romance, Mystery, Fiction


Nancy Jean Buckingham was born on 10 August 1924 in Bristol, England, UK. In 1949, she married John Sawyer, born on 4 October 1919 in London, England, UK. They formed one of the most popular writting-team marriage. The first books published under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham since 1967, are classical gothic novels. In 1970s, they started to used the pseudonyms: Christina Abbey and Erica Quest. In 1980, they sold her first novels to Silhouette, and they mixed their names to create the penname Nancy John. They also published one novel as Hilary London. The last novels that they published are a popular police series as Erica Quest, protagonized by the Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox. Their last novel was released in 1992.

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Average rating: 3.16 · 62 ratings · 9 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
Cold Coffin
3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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Design For Murder
2.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions
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The Silver castle
2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions
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The October Cabaret
2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions
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Model Murder
2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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Deadly Deceit
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992 — 2 editions
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The Story of Gloucestshire
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Il castello d'argento
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Series by Erica Quest

Cold Coffin
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