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Helen Smith is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, The Crime Writers Association and English PEN. She traveled the world when her daughter was small, doing all sorts of strange jobs to support them both – from cleaning motels to working as a magician's assistant – before returning to live in London where she wrote her first novel. She's the author of Alison Wonderland, Being Light, The Miracle Inspector and the Emily Castles mystery series as well as children's books, poetry and plays.

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	Alison Wonderland 2.46 avg rating — 1,586 ratings — published 1999 — 14 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
	Three Sisters (Emily Castles Mysteries #1) 2.99 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Invitation to Die 3.18 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Beyond Belief 3.61 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Miracle Inspector 3.20 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Showstoppers (Emily Castles Mysteries #2) 3.52 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Real Elves 3.64 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2014	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 Memory Man 3.12 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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	Being Light 2.99 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2000 — 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

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New Release: Stage Fright (Emily Castles Mysteries)

Stage Fright A British Mystery (Emily Castles Mysteries Book 6) by Helen Smith

New Release: Stage Fright: A British Mystery

When amateur sleuth Emily Castles joins a community theatre project in Edinburgh, she begins to suspect that she has been recruited by a cult. When a fellow performer goes missing, she must risk her life to investigate…

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Published on October 03, 2018 08:12 • Tags: british-mysteries, english-mystery, humorous-mystery, mystery, new-release, traditional-mystery

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“Men are like cigarettes. I only want one when I'm drunk.”
― Helen Smith, Being Light

tags: alison-wonderland, being-light, helen-smith

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“I never realized before that taking care of someone makes you love them more than when they take care of you.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

tags: alison-wonderland, children, london, love

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“She has carefully audited her life and found she has no requirement for a husband.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

tags: alison-wonderland, detective-fiction, marriage, marriage-humor

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“Men are like cigarettes. I only want one when I'm drunk.”
― Helen Smith, Being Light

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“People who work in offices are crazy, they create an environment they hate, write rules they want to break, cast each other in roles they despise. It’s like they’re sixth formers in an end of term drama acting out the agony of everything they fear most in their life but they forget to end the play.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

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“He is intelligent enough to get a job that would earn him good money, but too clever to want one.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

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“I never realized before that taking care of someone makes you love them more than when they take care of you.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

tags: alison-wonderland, children, london, love

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“She has carefully audited her life and found she has no requirement for a husband.”
― Helen Smith, Alison Wonderland

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message 18: by Helen

May 24, 2014 01:44PM

Thanks, Joann.

Enjoy your weekend.

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message 17: by Joann

May 24, 2014 01:29PM

Hi Helen - thank you for the friend request. Please feel free to add me to you mailing list. Have a great day!

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message 16: by Helen

May 11, 2014 06:21AM

Georgia wrote: "Hi Helen,

Of course I remember reviewing your book The Miracle Inspector, haha. At some point I really must get around to reading Beyond Belief.

Have a wonderful day,

Georgia"

You have a wonderful day, too, Georgia. Thanks for the review. I hope you enjoy Beyond Belief when you get to it. They're very different books - BB is much cheerier, despite the body count.

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message 15: by Georgia

May 11, 2014 06:18AM

Hi Helen,

Of course I remember reviewing your book The Miracle Inspector, haha. At some point I really must get around to reading Beyond Belief.

Have a wonderful day,

Georgia

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message 14: by Helen

Apr 16, 2014 12:11AM

Thanks, Holly!

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message 13: by Holly

Apr 15, 2014 06:58PM

Hi Helen, thanks for connecting with me here on Goodreads! :-)

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message 12: by Helen

Jan 03, 2014 02:29PM

Hi Beth! Great to meet you here.

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message 11: by Beth

Jan 03, 2014 02:21PM

Hi Helen,
Thanks for sending a Goodreads friend request to this fellow crime writer!

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message 10: by Jessa

Apr 08, 2012 07:25AM

Thanks for the friend request Helen! =]
All the best,
Jessa C.

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message 9: by Christina

Apr 07, 2012 12:29PM

Hi Helen! Thanks for the friends request! (: Please message me with more information regarding the book you'd like reviewed! Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

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message 8: by Savannah

Apr 07, 2012 10:24AM

Helen, thank you for the friendship.

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message 7: by Gary

Sep 10, 2011 03:21PM

It's great to have you as a friend HELEN:

My memoir - TO LIVE OR MAYBE NOT is at Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com and other book sellers worldwide. It includes details of my birth, youth, US Navy Service, music-Hollywood, Memphis, Nashville, Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Investigation, recording and releasing the single record THEY SLEW THE DREAMER about the MLK assassination.

Paperback and Nook Book

Links to more Jongleur books and book sellers.

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message 6: by William

Mar 30, 2011 10:37AM

Hi- Just to let you know...
Peter: a Darkened Fairytale
AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW!!! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER
http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstor...
Best wishes, William

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message 5: by Christie

Dec 26, 2010 10:23AM

Thanks for the friendship, Helen!

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message 4: by William

Dec 20, 2010 04:18PM

Hi Helen - Thank you for your friendship.
Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view a sample page and many other snippets about the book.
Expected release date mid-late Jan.
Best wishes, William

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message 3: by Darcia

Jul 19, 2010 06:34AM

Thanks for the add, Helen! Sounds like you've got a fascinating background to draw inspiration from. I'm looking forward to reading your work.

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message 2: by Robert

Jun 11, 2010 07:59AM

Hello Helen! So nice to see you! I've added your books and am looking forward to them :)

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message 1: by Helen

Apr 06, 2010 12:08PM

Yay! I'm new on here - very exciting and interesting to see who's here. Very glad to find you x

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