684 ratings | 117 reviews | avg rating:3.79

Sara’s Year In Books

Sara’s 2019 Year in Books

Take a look at Sara’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.

See Sara’s 2019 Year in Books

Sara Jayne Townsend’s Followers (48)

More followers…

Sara’s Bookshelves

read (688)
currently-reading (1)
to-read (22)
abandoned (1)
amateur-sleuth (12)
biography (3)
classic-crime (3)
comic-crime (21)
comic-fantasy (27)
comic-fiction (2)
See all bookshelves »

Sara’s Friends (376)

Yawatta Hosby

685 books | 214 friends

Rachel

2,550 books | 196 friends

Matthew

867 books | 1,712 friends

Diane Dooley

886 books | 529 friends

Luke Walker

528 books | 248 friends

Aliette

315 books | 602 friends

Sharon

293 books | 313 friends

Helen Callaghan

1,302 books | 190 friends

More friends…

2020 Reading Challenge

2020

READING

CHALLENGE

Sara Townsend has read 36 of 70 books.

51%

View Books

Sara Jayne Townsend

Goodreads Author

Born

in Hyde, The United Kingdom

Website

http://sarajaynetownsend.weebly.com

Twitter

sarajtownsend

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, Jim Butcher, Mike Carey

Member Since

April 2010

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/sara_t

edit data

I am a writer of crime and horror. Someone tends to die a horrible death in everything I write.

I spent the first ten years of my life in the North of England, before emigrating to Canada with my family in 1980. I moved back to the UK in 1988, after finishing high school, and now live in Surrey with my guitarist husband and two cats.

When I'm not writing or working the day job, I like to travel, play video games and table top role playing, and practise my rock chick act with my Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass guitar.

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Sara Jayne Townsend questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Sara Jayne Townsend’s books

Average rating: 4.24 · 51 ratings · 26 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Death Scene (Shara Summers #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Soul Screams 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Suffer the Children 3.83 avg rating — 6 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
	The Whispering Death by Sara Jayne Townsend (Goodreads Author), Kensington Gore (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Graeme Parker (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Outpost H311 by Sara Jayne Townsend (Goodreads Author), Graeme Parker (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Mia Zielinska (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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 Cool (Shara Summers #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Femme Fatale by Leesa Wallace (Goodreads Author), Kensington Gore (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Ann Anon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	NANO NIGHTMARES by Shirley Dee, Charles Remington (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Arthur Doweyko (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 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
	Read Me: The Combined Works of KGHH Publishing 2016 by Kensington Gore (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Graeme Parker (Goodreads Author), Adam Lawrence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Siblings by Stuart Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Simon Kurt Unsworth (Goodreads Author), Sam Stone really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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

More books by Sara Jayne Townsend…

611 posts
Sara Jayne Townsend's Blog

Public Information Films

In the days before mobile phones, the Internet, and even 24-hour TV channels, even very young kids used to spend a lot of time outside, unsupervised, playing in places it wasn’t advisable to play. The adults decided the best way to stop kids from playing in dangerous places was to employ scare tactics – thus the age of the Public Information Film was born.

Anyone who was a kid in Britain in the 197

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Sara is Currently Reading

Sara Townsend is currently reading

4 Riverside Close

by Diana Wilkinson (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

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

Aug 14, 2020 12:32AM

rss
Sara’s Recent Updates

Sara Townsend is currently reading 4 Riverside Close by Diana Wilkinson (Goodreads Author)	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
Aug 14, 2020 12:32AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of 4 Riverside Close by Diana Wilkinson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — 4 Riverside Close by Diana Wilkinson <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Sara Townsend wants to read Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5) by Terry Pratchett	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
Aug 13, 2020 01:04PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Sara Townsend wants to read Leave a Message for Willie by Marcia Muller	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
Aug 13, 2020 01:02PM · like
Sara Townsend rated a book really liked it Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller	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
Aug 13, 2020 01:00PM · like
Sara Townsend rated a book really liked it The Push by Claire McGowan	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
Aug 07, 2020 09:27AM · like
Sara Townsend rated a book really liked it Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler	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
Jul 24, 2020 09:14AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Sara Townsend rated a book really liked it The Last Drop of Blood (Katie Maguire #11) by Graham Masterton	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
Jul 16, 2020 11:05AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Last Drop of Blood by Graham Masterton. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Last Drop of Blood by Graham Masterton <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Sara Townsend rated a book really liked it The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller	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
Jul 02, 2020 12:56AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Sara Townsend wants to read Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller	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
Jun 30, 2020 04:17AM · like
Sara Townsend started reading The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller	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
Jun 28, 2020 04:15AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller <iframe id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Sara's books…

Sara’s Quotes

“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.”
― Sue Grafton

tags: humor, independent-thought, thought

415 likes

“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

tags: indulgence, virtue

1960 likes

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

31243 likes

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― douglas adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

38007 likes

“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested bastard any day of the week; at least you can play chicken with him and know he'll stick to the rules.”
― Mike Carey, Vicious Circle

tags: cynic, cynicism

46 likes

More of Sara’s quotes…