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USA Today best-selling author Marty Wingate writes The First Edition Library series (Berkley) set in Bath, England, about the curator of a collection of books from the Golden Age of Mystery. Book one, The Bodies in the Library, concerns murder among an Agatha Christie fan-fiction writing group, and in book two, Murder Is a Must (October 2020), an exhibition manager is found dead at the bottom of a spiral staircase. Marty also writes historical fiction: Glamour Girls (Alcove Press, January 2021) follows Spitfire pilot Rosalie Wright through both the physical and emotional dangers of the Second World War. Marty writes two further mystery series: the Potting Shed books (Alibi) feature Pru Parke, a middle-aged American gardener transplanted fro ...more

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	The Bodies in the Library (First Edition Library Mystery, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 2,766 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Rhyme of the Magpie (Birds of a Feather Mystery #1) 4.05 avg rating — 1,956 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Garden Plot (Potting Shed Mystery, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 1,986 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Skeleton Garden: (Potting Shed Mystery, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 1,461 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Red Book of Primrose House (Potting Shed Mystery, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 1,464 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Potting Shed Mystery, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 1,344 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Empty Nest (Birds of a Feather Mystery #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,103 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Bluebonnet Betrayal (Potting Shed Mystery #5) 4.26 avg rating — 1,090 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
	Murder Is a Must (First Edition Library Mystery, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Every Trick in the Rook (Birds of a Feather Mystery #3) 4.37 avg rating — 863 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

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Marty Wingate answered Eve's question: Hi there! I can only find your Potting Shed series in audio book format (other than the 1st two books). I would love to be able to read the whole series. Do you have any suggestions on how to find either ebooks or print versions? Thank you! Hi Eve, Thanks so much for your question! I'm delighted to say that the entire Potting Shed series is being re-released. Beginning with THE GARDEN PLOT on (Aug. 29), one title a week will be out on Amazon in both ebook and print (audio is still aroun See Full Answer
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Marty Wingate liked G.P. Gottlieb's review of The Orphans of Mersea House: "It’s 1957, and the effects of WWII are still being felt when Olive gets hired to be housekeeper, cook, and administrator of the soon-to-be lodging house her friend Margery just inherited on the Suffolk coast. Lodgers move in, each harboring secrets, " Read more of this review »
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A fun diversion This is an engaging historical mystery that make you feel ant to run to the nearest gelateria- but be sure to finish the story first!
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“The detective story was a tale of subtlety and deviousness and characters and cups of tea, and—in the end—order out of chaos.”
― Marty Wingate, The Bodies in the Library

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“isn’t it very odd how our minds can make things up? We think we see one thing, but really we’ve seen something entirely different.” She”
― Marty Wingate, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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“One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told, eight for a wish, nine for a kiss, ten for a bird that’s best to miss.”
― Marty Wingate, The Rhyme of the Magpie

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December 2019 Cozy Mystery Poll

We ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win.

Which Cozy Mystery would you like to read in December?

The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate

9 votes, 45.0%

A Killer Read by Erika Chase

4 votes, 20.0%

Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

4 votes, 20.0%

Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier

3 votes, 15.0%

20 total votes

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“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor.”
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