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Sandra Balzo

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/SandraBalzo

born

Milwaukee, WI, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.SandraBalzo.com

twitter username

SandraBalzo

genre

Mystery, Humor And Comedy, Thriller

influences

Sue Grafton, Janet Evanovich, Barbara Michaels, Jeremiah Healy

member since

November 2008

About this author

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Sandra Balzo is an award-winning author of crime fiction, including nine books in two mystery series--one set outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the other in the High Country of North Carolina. MURDER ON THE ORIENT ESPRESSO, the eighth Maggy Thorsen Wisconsin coffeehouse mystery, will be released in December.

Balzo's books have garnered starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist, while being recommended to readers of Janet Evanovich, Charlaine Harris, Joan Hess and Margaret Maron. A Wisconsin native, Sandy and her fiancé, fellow crimewriter Jeremiah Healy, split their time between South Florida and North Carolina.

In addition to Twitter and her website, Sandy also hangs out at https://www.facebook.com/SandraBalzoM... and http://pinterest.com/sa ...more

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Sandra Balzo's Books

Average rating: 3.60 · 1,122 ratings · 204 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	Uncommon Grounds (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #1) 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	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
	Grounds for Murder (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #2) 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	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
	Bean There, Done That (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #3) 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	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
	Brewed, Crude and Tattooed (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #4) 3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	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
	From the Grounds Up (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #5) 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	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 Cup of Jo (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #6) 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	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
	Running on Empty (Main Street Mystery #1) 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	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
	Triple Shot (Maggy Thorsen Mystery #7) 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	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
	Dead Ends (Main Street Mystery #2) 3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2012	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
	Heaven's Fire 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	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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Maggy Thorsen Mystery (7 books)
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Main Street Mystery (2 books)
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Sandra’s Writing

Heaven's Fire (Mystery & Thrillers)

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Description: When a federal investigator and a television producer are thrown together by a fireworks tragedy on Lake Michigan, the man unable to let go of his past and the woman afraid to trust her future must race to prevent another catastrophic explosion--this one at the county's Fourth of July celebration.

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Sandra Balzo is currently reading:

If Walls Could Talk (A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery #1)

by Juliet Blackwell

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1st to Die (Women's Murder Club, #1)

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A Drinking Life: A Memoir

by Pete Hamill

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