Frances Brody

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Frances Brody

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Frances is a fan of Golden Age mysteries.

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Frances Brody's highly-praised 1920s mysteries feature clever and elegant Kate Shackleton, First World War widow turned sleuth. Missing person? Foul play suspected? Kate's your woman. For good measure, she may bring along ex-policeman, Jim Sykes.

Before turning to crime, Frances wrote for radio, television and theatre, and was nominated for a Time Out Award. She published four sagas, winning the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award in 2006.

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Frances in Filey

Frances in Filey

The seaside town of Filey, a former fishing village on the east coast of Yorkshire between Scarborough and Bridlington, held its inaugural literature festival in May this year. I had the pleasure of taking part. There were walks and talks and a film about the life of Hannah Hauxwell, solitary elderly farmer who lived and worked alone in the Yorkshire Dales. The festival festival w

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Published on August 23, 2022 12:12
Average rating: 3.79 · 23,410 ratings · 3,018 reviews · 42 distinct worksSimilar authors
Dying in the Wool (Kate Sha...

3.59 avg rating — 5,139 ratings — published 2009 — 26 editions
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A Medal for Murder (Kate Sh...

3.77 avg rating — 2,561 ratings — published 2010 — 31 editions
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Murder In The Afternoon (Ka...

3.86 avg rating — 2,108 ratings — published 2011 — 29 editions
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Death of an Avid Reader (Ka...

3.87 avg rating — 1,915 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions
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A Woman Unknown (Kate Shack...

3.90 avg rating — 1,777 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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A Death in the Dales (Kate ...

3.93 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions
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Murder on a Summer's Day (K...

3.88 avg rating — 1,514 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions
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Death at the Seaside (Kate ...

3.78 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions
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The Body on the Train (Kate...

3.91 avg rating — 1,217 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions
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Death in the Stars (Kate Sh...

3.72 avg rating — 1,130 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions
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“Some day I would like to write a textbook on how to be a female detective in a man's world. Rule Number One: try not to let your animosity show. Your career as an investigator will be short lived if you cannot hide your feelings when you dislike, distrust, or despise your interviewee.”
Frances Brody, Dying in the Wool

“- 'He reckons you're one of these new women. You've deeply unsettled the female population by driving your car about and prying into other people's affairs.'
And here I was, chiding myself for being so entirely conventional. I rose in my own estimation.”
Frances Brody, Dying in the Wool

“This interest in ragtime gives both of us the opportunity to be considered fashionably scandalous.”
Frances Brody, Dying in the Wool

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“I seem to remember sitting on a golden bench, and she started chattering about the sunset, or something. She seemed quite happy so I let her get on with it. Then she got hold of my hand and asked me what I was thinking about. So I said, "The treatment of anal fistulae".”
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