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Dorothy Cannell

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1943

Website

http://www.dorothycannell.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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(from Fantastic Fiction online)

Dorothy Cannell was born in London, England, and now lives in Belfast, Maine. Dorothy Cannell writes mysteries featuring Ellie Haskell, interior decorator and Ben Haskell, writer and chef, and Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, a pair of dotty sisters and owners of the Flowers Detection Agency.

(from Internet Book List)

Dorothy Cannell, a mother of four, grandmother of ten, and owner of a King Charles Spaniel, was born in England and moved to the United States when she was twenty. After living in Peoria, Illinois, for years, she and her husband recently moved to Belfast, Maine. Her first Ellie Haskell novel, The Thin Woman, was selected as one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century by the Independen ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 23,330 ratings · 1,926 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Thin Woman (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 7,094 ratings — published 1984 — 28 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 Widows Club (Ellie Haskell Mystery #2) 3.73 avg rating — 1,936 ratings — published 1988 — 25 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 to Murder Your Mother-In-Law (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #5) 3.86 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 1994 — 25 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
	Withering Heights (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #11) 3.70 avg rating — 1,179 ratings — published 2007 — 11 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
	Mum's the Word (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #3) 3.73 avg rating — 1,160 ratings — published 1990 — 19 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 Spring Cleaning Murders (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #7) 3.82 avg rating — 1,040 ratings — 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
	Murder at Mullings (A Florence Norris Mystery, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 1,035 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
	Femmes Fatal (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #4) 3.82 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 1992 — 23 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 to Murder the Man of Your Dreams (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #6) 3.84 avg rating — 832 ratings — published 1995 — 18 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 Trouble with Harriet (Ellie Haskell Mystery, #8) 3.74 avg rating — 804 ratings — published 1999 — 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

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Quotes by Dorothy Cannell (?)

“Oh, woe to the woman who sticks her nose in a book and forgets that real life is not always destined for Happily Ever After.”
― Dorothy Cannell, Withering Heights

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“once, didn’t ye? He weren’t so sure about”
― Dorothy Cannell, The Thin Woman

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“He was a dark and stormy knight. A latter-day rake with eyes the color of emeralds worth a queen's ransom. His smile promised voyages to the moon. And heaven alone knew how many females lay littered in his wake.

To a rousing burst of Rachmaninoff, he swept into my London flat one January evening and, with the hauteur of his greeting, captured my virgin heart forever and a day.

'Miss Ellie Simons? My car awaits. Shall we splurge on dinner or parking tickets?”
― Dorothy Cannell, Femmes Fatal

tags: humorous-mysteries

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