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Edgar, Dilys, and Barry Award-nominated Susan Elia MacNeal is the author of the Maggie Hope Mystery series from Bantam/Random House. The first is Mr. Churchill's Secretary, nominated for the Mystery Writers of America's 2013 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and also the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association's 2013 Dilys Award for "the mystery title of the year that booksellers have most enjoyed hand-selling." Mr. Churchill's Secretary was also declared one of Suspense Magazine's Best Debut of 2012 and Deadly Pleasures's Best Paperback Original of 2012 and nominated for the 2013 Barry Award.

The sequel, Princess Elizabeth's Spy, was a New York Times bestseller and chosen by Oprah.com as "Mystery of the Week" and one of "7 Compulsively...more




Thrilled to announce that MR. CHURCHILL'S SECRETARY has been nominated for a Barry Award, given by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine.

The award is named in honor of the late mystery reviewer Barry Gardiner.From the Deadly Pleasures web site:

In 1997, the editorial staff of Deadly Pleasures decided that since one of the magazine's stated goals was to search out and report on the best works being p... read more »
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Mr. Churchill's Secretary
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 2,307 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
Princess Elizabeth's Spy
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His Majesty's Hope
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Susan MacNeal Deborah, thank you so much!


Deborah Ledford Thank you for the friend add, Susan. Congratulations on your Edgar Nomination for First Best Novel.

Deborah J. Ledford


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