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Karen Cantwell

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.karencantwell.com

Twitter

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Janet Evanovich, Tom Robbins, Ernest Hemingway, Sue Grafton

Member Since

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Karen's novel, Take the Monkeys and Run was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest (under the original title of Monkeys in My Trees)and has gone on to be a Kindle bestseller on Amazon. She has written three more books in the Barbara Marr Murder Mystery Series: Citizen Insane, Silenced by the Yams, and Saturday Night Cleaver.

When she's not writing, Karen loves gardening and spending time with her family. She is currently working on the release of Keep Me Ghosted, the first book in the new Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance Series, as well as beginning the draft of Kiss Me, Tate, part of the upcoming Barbara Marr spin-off, Love in Rustic Woods Series. Karen loves to hear from readers, so feel free to drop her a line at ...more

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	Take the Monkeys and Run (Barbara Marr Murder Mystery, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 3,974 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Citizen Insane (Barbara Marr Murder Mystery #2) 3.92 avg rating — 1,087 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Silenced by the Yams (Barbara Marr Murder Mystery #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Keep Me Ghosted (Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance #1) 3.82 avg rating — 755 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Saturday Night Cleaver (A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery #4) 4.16 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Dead Man Stalking (Barbara Marr Murder #5) 4.31 avg rating — 289 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 Chronicles of Marr-nia 3.70 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	It's a Dunder-Bull Wife 3.97 avg rating — 175 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
	Foxy's Tale (The Reluctant Vampire, #1) by Karen Cantwell (Goodreads Author), L.B. Gschwandtner (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Dial Marr for Murder (A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery Book 6) 4.52 avg rating — 145 ratings	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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Barbara Marr Murder Mystery (7 books)
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“After all, what is life if love isn't fun?”
― Karen Cantwell, The Chronicles of Marr-nia

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“If my uninvited guest was, say, The Merchant of Death, he’d slam that door off its hinges the minute he had a chance, making me funeral-home-ready in about two seconds flat.”
― Karen Cantwell, Take the Monkeys and Run

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“a push up or two . . . or twenty.”
― Karen Cantwell, Take the Monkeys and Run

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“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”
― George Bernard Shaw

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