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Rachel Howzell Hall

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RACHEL HOWZELL HALL l is the critically acclaimed author and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for And Now She’s Gone, which was also nominated for the Lefty-, Barry-, Shamus- and Anthony Awards and the Audible Originals bestseller How It Ends. A New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, Rachel is an Anthony-, International Thriller Writers- and Lefty Award nominee and the author of They All Fall Down, Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail of Echoes and City of Saviors in the Detective Elouise Norton series. Her next thriller, These Toxic Things, out in September 2021, recently received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, calling the novel ‘cleverly-plotted’ and ‘a refreshing take on the serial kille ...more

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	These Toxic Things 3.78 avg rating — 15,000 ratings — published 2021 — 8 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
	And Now She's Gone 3.47 avg rating — 4,640 ratings — published 2020 — 7 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
	We Lie Here 3.86 avg rating — 3,638 ratings — published 2022 — 7 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
	They All Fall Down 2.90 avg rating — 4,314 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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
	Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 2,104 ratings — published 2014 — 12 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
	See How They Run by Rachel Howzell Hall (Goodreads Author), Imani Parks (Narrator) 2.89 avg rating — 1,815 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	How It Ends 3.68 avg rating — 1,324 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Skies of Ash (Detective Elouise Norton, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 1,030 ratings — published 2015	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
	Trail of Echoes (Detective Elouise Norton, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 852 ratings — published 2016 — 8 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
	City of Saviors (Detective Elouise Norton, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 709 ratings — published 2017	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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“Some days are diamond. Some days are stone.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, The View from Here

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“May you be in heaven a full half hour before the Devil knows you're dead”
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“starve my distractions and feed my focus”
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February BoTM Nominations ~ A Locked in Mystery~1st Poll

Top 5 Move Onto Final Poll

One by One

by Ruth Ware

7 votes, 19.4%

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

7 votes, 19.4%

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty

7 votes, 19.4%

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

4 votes, 11.1%

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware

4 votes, 11.1%

The Hunting Party

by Lucy Foley

2 votes, 5.6%

Cover Her Face

by P.D. James

2 votes, 5.6%

An Unwanted Guest

by Shari Lapena

1 vote, 2.8%

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager

1 vote, 2.8%

They All Fall Down

by Rachel Howzell Hall

1 vote, 2.8%

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