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Kate Darroch

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Kate Darroch is a multi-award winning Clean author whose debut novel "Death in Paris" reached Amazon's Top Ten in Kindle Store (#7). Kate writes Cozies, Second Chance love stories, Heists, Comedies, Historical fiction, and Thrillers.

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I love reading fun cozy mysteries about quirky characters as well as more thoughtful books - and visiting a travelogue of exciting faraway places - every place mentioned in any of my stories is somewhere I've lived, or visited often and know well.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 1,031 ratings · 609 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death in Paris (Màiri Maguire Mysteries #1) 4.02 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Luck of the Irish: A Cozy Mystery Anthology: 10 Tales by Cozy authors by Kate Darroch (Goodreads Author), Jessica Thompson (Goodreads Author), Kathleen Marple Kalb (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 81 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
	Thanksgiving in Welcombe Bay (Sweets By The Sea #1) 4.25 avg rating — 71 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 Case of the Missing Peke (Huntingdon Hart Investigates: The Casebook of an Occasional Detective #1) 3.65 avg rating — 80 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
	Christmastide in Glasgow (Màiri's Home for the Holidays #3) 4.28 avg rating — 39 ratings	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
	All Souls Night in Glasgow (Màiri's Home for the Holidays, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2023	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 Case of the Clever Cat (Huntingdon Hart Investigates: The Casebook of an Occasional Detective #3) 3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings	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 Case of The Manic Magpie (Huntingdon Hart Investigates: The Casebook of an Occasional Detective #2) 4.11 avg rating — 28 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
	Christmas in Glasgow (Màiri's Home for the Holidays #2) 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings	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
	Hunt's First Three Cases: Huntingdon Hart's Casebook (Huntingdon Hart Investigates: The Casebook of an Occasional Detective #1-3) 3.96 avg rating — 24 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

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