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Emily Brightwell

Born

in Richwood, West Virginia, The United States

October 11, 1948

Website

http://www.emilybrightwell.com

Genre

Mystery, Historical Fiction

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Cheryl Lanham was born on 11 October 1948 in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, USA. Her family moved to Southern California in 1959 and she grew up in Pasadena. After graduating from California State University, she decided to work her way around the world and took off for England. She didn’t get much further because she met Richard James Arguile, the Englishman who became her husband, got married on May 1976, and had two children, Matthew and Amanda. While working in international shipping, she decided to pursue her dream and become a writer – which, of course, is the best job ever. She has written romance novels as Sarah Temple, and Young Adult novels as Cheryl Lanham. As Emily Brightwell, she is the author of the “Mrs. Jeffries ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 57,510 ratings · 4,894 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries (Mrs. Jeffries, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 6,294 ratings — published 1993 — 23 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
	Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues (Mrs. Jeffries, #2) 3.83 avg rating — 2,639 ratings — published 1993 — 19 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 Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries (Mrs. Jeffries, #3) 3.87 avg rating — 2,265 ratings — published 1993 — 19 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
	Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock (Mrs. Jeffries, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 1,771 ratings — published 1994 — 17 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
	Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball (Mrs. Jeffries, #5) 3.97 avg rating — 1,707 ratings — published 1994 — 19 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
	Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own (Mrs. Jeffries, #30) 4.06 avg rating — 1,616 ratings — published 2012 — 15 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
	Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook (Mrs. Jeffries, #7) 3.98 avg rating — 1,502 ratings — published 1995 — 16 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
	Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail (Mrs. Jeffries, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,484 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight (Mrs. Jeffries, #20) 4.03 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 2005 — 16 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
	Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi (Mrs. Jeffries, #8) 4.05 avg rating — 1,365 ratings — published 1996 — 16 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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“She’d often observed that people generally lived up to whatever expectations they had of themselves. Building someone’s self-confidence did a lot more good in getting the best results out of people than making them feel as if they couldn’t do anything right.”
― Emily Brightwell, The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries

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“Bexley’s Pills,”
― Emily Brightwell, Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post

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“The one conclusion she had reached was that she was sure Nigel Nivens was innocent.”
― Emily Brightwell, Mrs. Jeffries Demands Justice

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The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton

17 votes, 28.3%

The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries by Emily Brightwell

13 votes, 21.7%

Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton

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Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson

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Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

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