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Kate Collins

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The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Romance

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Dave Barry, Jean Shepherd, Rex Stout, Jeanne Ray

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Indiana native and former teacher Kate Collins is the author of the New York Times best-selling Flower Shop Mysteries, featuring feisty florist Abby Knight and the zany crew at Bloomers. Her books have made the New York Times Best-seller's list, Barnes & Noble mass bestsellers lists, the Independent Booksellers lists, and are available in large print editions in the U.S. and the UK.

3 of The Flower Shop Mysteries are on the Hallmark Mystery Movie channel!

Kate's historical romance novels and her children's books, JANEY WEBSTER, EB*, *EXPERIENCED BABYSITTER, and JASON JERVISS AT YOUR SERVICE, are available now as ebooks in all formats. Great reads for ages 9-14.

Kate graduated from Purdue University with a master's degree in education, taught ...more

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	Mum's the Word (A Flower Shop Mystery, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 6,051 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Slay It with Flowers (A Flower Shop Mystery, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 3,138 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Dearly Depotted (A Flower Shop Mystery, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 2,836 ratings — published 2005 — 13 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
	Acts of Violets (A Flower Shop Mystery, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 2,211 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Snipped in the Bud (A Flower Shop Mystery, #4) 3.92 avg rating — 2,227 ratings — published 2006 — 9 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 Rose from the Dead (A Flower Shop Mystery, #6) 3.89 avg rating — 1,941 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Evil in Carnations (A Flower Shop Mystery, #8) 4.03 avg rating — 1,871 ratings — published 2009 — 10 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
	Shoots to Kill (A Flower Shop Mystery, #7) 4.02 avg rating — 1,842 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Dirty Rotten Tendrils (A Flower Shop Mystery, #10) 4.06 avg rating — 1,768 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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
	Night of the Living Dandelion (A Flower Shop Mystery, #11) 4.02 avg rating — 1,685 ratings — published 2011 — 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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A Flower Shop Mystery (20 books)
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A Goddess of Greene St. Mystery (4 books)
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A Compelling Tale This is a fascinating story about a lost hiker and the team who risk their lives looking for her. It’s about love and redemption. Worth a read.
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Kate Collins answered Sherrie's question: I did like the, what looks like the last book, in the Goddess of Green Street mystery series. A good combination of both Athena and Abby with a little of both Marco and Case. Will you be writing another one or is this the end of the Goddess of Green Street? I don’t have any current plans to continue the series. I am currently working on another mystery from the flower shop series. But I may go back to the goddess series in the future. It was a fun series to work on. Thank you for writing.
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“Lottie did everything the old fashioned way, including the bookkeeping, which was fine with me since I knew nothing about accounting software anyway. To me, spreadsheets was what I did on Saturday mornings after washing my bed linen.”
― Kate Collins, Snipped in the Bud

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“Monday was my favorite day of the week, the embarkation of a seven-day cruise where the ports of call were as yet unknown but the possibilities for adventure were unlimited.”
― Kate Collins, Yews with Caution

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“As Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
― Kate Collins, Missing Under The Mistletoe: A Flower Shop Mystery Christmas Novella

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2024 Series Read

I put all of the suggested series into the randomizer and chose the top six. I know I had said we would choose from five but the sixth one looked interesting. The series are in alphabetical order by author rather than the order from the randomizer.

The poll will close on December 23, 2023 at noon. That will give everyone a chance to start looking for books to read in January.

Bakeshop Mystery by Ellie Alexander

8 votes, 29.6%

Key West Food Critic by Lucy Burdette

7 votes, 25.9%

Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails by Lee Hollis

6 votes, 22.2%

Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle

5 votes, 18.5%

Flower Shop Mystery by Kate Collins

1 vote, 3.7%

Crochet Mystery by Betty Hechtman

0 votes, 0.0%

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