Minette Walters

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born

September 26, 1949 in The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.minettewalters.co.uk/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Minette Walters (born 26 September 1949) is a British mystery writer. After studying at Trevelyan College, University of Durham, she began writing in 1987 with The Ice House, which was published in 1992. She followed this with The Sculptress (1993), which received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best Novel. She has been published in 35 countries and won many awards.

The Sculptress has been adapted for television in a BBC series starring Pauline Quirke. Her novels The Ice House, The Echo, The Dark Room, and The Scold's Bridle have also been adapted by the BBC.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 16,647 ratings · 872 reviews · 39 distinct works

	The Sculptress 3.90 avg rating — 2,332 ratings — published 1993 — 38 editions	My rating:
	The Ice House 3.79 avg rating — 2,268 ratings — published 1994 — 30 editions	My rating:
	The Scold's Bridle 3.82 avg rating — 1,899 ratings — published 1994 — 32 editions	My rating:
	The Dark Room 3.67 avg rating — 1,338 ratings — published 1995 — 34 editions	My rating:
	The Shape of Snakes 3.71 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 2000 — 33 editions	My rating:
	Acid Row 3.66 avg rating — 1,195 ratings — published 1999 — 24 editions	My rating:
	The Breaker 3.56 avg rating — 1,170 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions	My rating:
	The Echo 3.55 avg rating — 1,108 ratings — published 1997 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Fox Evil 3.43 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2002 — 29 editions	My rating:
	The Devil's Feather 3.60 avg rating — 935 ratings — published 2005 — 24 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Minette Walters

“It's [the word “sorry”] the most infuriating word in the English language. Just a cheap way to behave badly then shelve responsibility by putting the onus on the other person to be forgiving.”
― Minette Walters, The Chameleon's Shadow

14 people liked it

“Life is pure farce from beginning to end, with a little
black comedy thrown in for shade. If it was anything
else, mankind would have stuck his collective head in
the gas oyen years ago. No one could tolerate seventy
years of tragedy. When I die - probably of cancer -
Jane has prornised to put on my tombstone: "Here
lies Anne Cattrell who laughed her way through it.
The joke was on her but at least she knew it." (The Ice House)”
― Minette Walters

6 people liked it

“It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed...”
― Minette Walters

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