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in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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Author Christina (C.A.) Larmer was born in remote Papua New Guinea where close encounters with witchdoctors and cannibal progeny (no, really), gave her a morbid taste for mystery that has culminated in more than a dozen crime novels, including four in the Amazon-bestselling Agatha Christie Book Club series, two Posthumous Mysteries, seven Ghostwriter Mysteries, a thriller/suspense, and a stand-alone novel called An Island Lost, which is set in deepest Papua—where else?

When she's not politely bumping people off (they are mostly 'cozies', folks), Christina can be found in the hinterland behind Byron Bay (Aus) where she runs an indie publishing biz, teaches, freelances, and hangs out with her muso hubby, two sons and one very cheeky Blue heele ...more

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	The Agatha Christie Book Club (Agatha Christie Book Club #1) 3.62 avg rating — 3,433 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
	Danger on the SS Orient (Murder Mystery Book Club #2) 3.82 avg rating — 1,405 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
	Killer Twist (Ghostwriter Mystery #1) 3.72 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	When There Were 9 (Murder Mystery Book Club 4) 4.18 avg rating — 611 ratings — 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
	Death Under The Stars (Murder Mystery Book Club #3) 4.10 avg rating — 618 ratings — 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
	Blind Men Don't Dial Zero (Sleuths of Last Resort #1) 4.25 avg rating — 225 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 Widow on the Honeymoon Cruise (Murder Mystery Book Club #5) 4.13 avg rating — 220 ratings — 4 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
	Dying Words (A Ghostwriter Mystery #4) 4.07 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Plot to Die For (Ghostwriter Mystery #2) 4.01 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Last Writes (Ghostwriter Mystery #3) 4.19 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2012 — 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

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The Murder Mystery Book Club (7 books)
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Ghostwriter Mystery (7 books)
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Sleuths of Last Resort (3 books)
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4.36 avg rating — 331 ratings

A Posthumous Mystery (2 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 151 ratings

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“ghastly girl. Might as well move in. I don’t know why Wade stands for it, frankly. But, well, he has other fish to fry...” He took another mouthful of salad. “Oh?”
― C.A. Larmer, A Plot to Die For

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“Merry had finally realised on that long drive back from Jindabyne—with help from a wise elder—what it was that was eating at her youngest, causing him to implode. Archie was hungry! Starving, in fact, for his mother and her cooking, and the life they used to share. “Parents often step back when kids become adolescents,” Earle had told her. “You ask me, that’s a big mistake. Fourteen-year-olds need as much love and attention as four-year-olds, maybe even more.”
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“we need to stick to the facts. That’s what Hercule Poirot would do.”
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