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Sharon J. Bolton

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Lancashire, The United Kingdom

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Sharon's newest book The Split is now available in both hardback and paperback in the UK!

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Sharon J Bolton was born and brought up in Lancashire, the eldest of three daughters. As a child, she dreamed of becoming an actress and a dancer, studying ballet, tap and jazz from a young age and reading drama at Loughborough University.

She spent her early career in marketing and PR before returning to full-time education to study for a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at Warwick University, where she met her husband, Andrew. They moved to London and Sharon held a number of PR posts in the City. She left the City to work freelance, to start a family and to write.

She and Andrew now live in a village in t ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 169,921 ratings · 19,058 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Now You See Me (Lacey Flint, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 23,078 ratings — published 2011 — 58 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 Pact 3.93 avg rating — 21,841 ratings — published 2021 — 4 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 Split 3.82 avg rating — 14,910 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Dead Scared (Lacey Flint, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 12,474 ratings — published 2012 — 50 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
	Little Black Lies 3.97 avg rating — 12,753 ratings — published 2015 — 15 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
	Daisy in Chains 3.93 avg rating — 10,995 ratings — published 2016 — 38 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
	Like This, For Ever (Lacey Flint, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 10,168 ratings — published 2013 — 21 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
	Sacrifice 3.91 avg rating — 8,953 ratings — published 2008 — 5 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 Craftsman (The Craftsman, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 8,474 ratings — published 2018 — 4 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
	Dead Woman Walking 3.96 avg rating — 8,319 ratings — published 2017 — 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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“If you have to choose between terrible grief and terrible guilt, I think grief is easier, in the end.”
― Sharon Bolton, Little Black Lies

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“I was prepared to be lenient when it was my own safety at stake but if he hurts my dog, I will kill him.”
― Sharon Bolton, Little Black Lies

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“The people we love fall into two distinct camps, it seems to me. First, those whom we are obliged to care for, connected to us through ties of blood and, occasionally, other people’s marriages. Then there are those few souls who suit us so perfectly that we cannot help but love them. Those whose very presence seems to lift our spirits, soothe our ruffled feathers, tilt the disturbed world so that its axis is true again.”
― Sharon Bolton, Little Black Lies

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Voting for November 2022 - the title in BLOCK letters

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

7 votes, 29.2%

Little Black Lies by Sharon J. Bolton

5 votes, 20.8%

Deadly Start by Phillipa Nefri Clark

4 votes, 16.7%

The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker

3 votes, 12.5%

Down a Dark River by Karen Odden

1 vote, 4.2%

Your Every Move by Vanessa Garbin

1 vote, 4.2%

Without Blood by Martin Michaud

1 vote, 4.2%

The Taken by Casey Kelleher

1 vote, 4.2%

Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan

1 vote, 4.2%

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