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Joyce Oroz

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://www.mysteriesbyjoyce.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Cooking, Food & Wine, Literature & Fiction

Influences

[authors: Janet Evanovich and JK Rowling

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June 2010

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Joyce answers 10 Questions with Dave

1) I became interested in writing twelve years ago when my husband (excellent writer) wrote a book and I was slightly involved in the process. I waited five more years and then dove into writing. It was a slow dive because I had to put my toes into the children's book pool first.

2) In the last seven years I have written 26 children's stories and four 100,000-word novels (one published) and quite a few newspaper articles and press releases.

3) If having a blast writing is a profession...yes, writing is my new-found profession.

4) Secure the Ranch, 416 pages and first in the Josephine Stuart Mystery Series, was recently published and can be found on line at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

5) At age 12 I was insp ...more

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Read My Lipstick by Joyce Oroz

Read My Lipstick is the second novel in the Josephine Stuart Mystery Series. The story starts off with the murder of an elderly man--the accountant for a newly built physical therapy center. Josephine has been hired to paint a large mural at the center and she is the first one to find the man at the bottom of the stairs. He is alive long enough to tell her that he was attacked.
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Published on May 16, 2012 20:04 • Tags: california, female-sleuth, fun, josephine, murals, murder, mystery, wild

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Joyce Oroz’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 91 ratings · 30 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Secure the Ranch 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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
	Cuckoo Clock Caper: A Josephine Stuart Mystery (The Josephine Stuart Mystery Series Book 5) 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Shaking In Her Flip-Flops (The Josephine Stuart Mystery Series) 3.75 avg rating — 12 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
	Read My Lipstick: A Josephine Stuart Mystery (The Josephine Stuart Mystery Series Book 2) 4.11 avg rating — 9 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
	Roller Rubout 4.71 avg rating — 7 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
	Scent of a $windle: A Josephine Stuart Mystery (The Josephine Stuart Mystery Series Book 7) by Joyce Oroz (Goodreads Author), Tomiko Edmiston (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Beetles in the Boxcar (The Josephine Stuart Mystery Series) by Joyce Oroz (Goodreads Author), Tomi Edmiston (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Gone With the Winfield: A Josephine Stuart Mystery by Joyce Oroz (Goodreads Author), Marlene Sherwin (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Pushing up Daisy: A Josephine Stuart Mystery (Josephine Stuart Mystery Series Book 9) by Joyce Oroz (Goodreads Author), Tomiko Edmiston (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Lost & Bound: A Josephine Stuart Mystery (The Josephine Stuart Mystery Series Book 12) 4.50 avg rating — 2 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

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