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Judy Penz Sheluk

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A former journalist and magazine editor, Judy Penz Sheluk is the bestselling author of Finding Your Path to Publication and Self-publishing: The Ins & Outs of Going Indie, as well as two mystery series: the Glass Dolphin Mysteries and Marketville Mysteries, both of which have been published in multiple languages. Her short crime fiction appears in several collections, including the Superior Shores Anthologies, which she also edited.

Judy is a member of the Independent Book Publishers Association, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Crime Writers of Canada, where she served on the Board of Directors for five years, the final two as Chair. She lives in Northern Ontario.

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	Skeletons in the Attic (Marketville Mystery, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 2016 — 20 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
	Past & Present (Marketville Mystery #2) 4.22 avg rating — 168 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
	The Marketville Mystery Series (Marketville Mystery #1-3) 4.34 avg rating — 122 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
	The Hanged Man's Noose (Glass Dolphin Mystery #1) 4.03 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2015 — 14 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 Glass Dolphin Mystery Series: Books 1 - 3 4.49 avg rating — 91 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 Best Laid Plans: 21 Stories of Mystery & Suspense (A Superior Shores Anthology Book 1) by Judy Penz Sheluk (Goodreads Author), Mary Dutta, Lisa Lieberman (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 92 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
	A Fool’s Journey (Marketville Mystery #3) 4.15 avg rating — 92 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 Hole in One (Glass Dolphin Mystery #2) 4.22 avg rating — 77 ratings — 12 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
	Moonlight & Misadventure: 20 Stories of Mystery & Suspense by Judy Penz Sheluk (Goodreads Author) (Editor), K.L. Abrahamson (Contributor), Sharon Hart Addy (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 72 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
	Before There Were Skeletons (Marketville Mystery #4) 4.31 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2023 — 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

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I found this book to be a tough slog. A lot of cliches (tears welled up, cold as ice, etc). and some very oddball descriptions: his balls went into his body (I guess that means he was scared). Her face went the colour of old snow (old snow is dirty, ...more
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“There are times when you have to commit a crime to prevent an even bigger one. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I can’t sleep at night.”
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“Why had she ever thought that a man who would cheat on one woman wouldn’t cheat on two?”
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