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Milly Reynolds

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As you may have already guessed, Milly Reynolds is not my real name. Like my 'hero' Detective Inspector Mike Malone, I also hide my real identity.

I live in Lincolnshire and love the flat, endless landscapes and I want these to be seen in my books. Mike Malone has moved from the city to Lincolnshire - unlike me, I was born here and haven't moved.

In my full-time, job I teach in a secondary school. I teach 11-16 year-olds and as you might imagine, sometimes it is a real pleasure to come home and murder someone on paper. It certainly releases the tension after a stressful day in the classroom.

So why Mike Malone? I love all things detective and wanted to create my own series. However, I have decided not to go for the deep, dark thriller - how
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Average rating: 4.23 · 544 ratings · 23 reviews · 41 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Woolly Murders (The Mik...

3.53 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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The Hanged Cow (The Mike Ma...

4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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Happy Deathday to You (The ...

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Kissing the Devil (The Mike...

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Strawberries and Sheep (The...

4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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IOU (The Mike Malone Myster...

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Tails I Win, Heads You Lose...

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See How She Runs (The Mike ...

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Death For Art's Sake (The M...

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A Cake To Die For (The Mike...

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Another new author and this is a thriller with not exactly a hero, more, I suppose an antihero because should we really be rooting for serial killers. 75 year old Lottie Jones lives in a large house and suffers with a bit of arthritis. Her occupation ...more
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I was quite excited to pick this one up, after all a book that puts the reader in the role of the Great Detective sounds fun. Therefore I was expecting something interactive with puzzles to solve on the way - that kind of thing. But this is something ...more
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Longlisted for the Booker Prize and this could be the novel to take the prize this year because of the multi layers and the relevance to today. Yeva (or Eve) is a scientist in Ukraine studying snails, specifically Endlings which are the last of the s ...more
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This book is not an easy read at times and its subject matter is very hard hitting. The beginning, for me, was a slow burn but when it got into the heart of things - I was glad of the slow build up. We have 4 Black women, Nicola, Alexandra and Jeanet ...more
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I loved The Book of Doors and so grabbed the chance to read this one with both hands and I wasn’t disappointed. Unknowable objects are everyday items - like a pair of cufflinks - that possess magical powers. In a bookshop in London, Frank Simpson lea ...more
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