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Linda Lovely

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Born

Keokuk, Iowa, The United States

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https://lindalovely.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense, Romance

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Upstate SC Chapter of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, In ...more

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February 2011

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A native of Iowa, Linda has called the South home for more than forty years.

Her eleventh novel, A KILLER APP, will be released November 7, 2023 by publisher Level Best Books. It's the third book in a new HOA (homeowner association) Mystery Series set in the South Carolina Lowcountry and featuring heroine Kylee Kane, a retired Coast Guard investigator.

New editions of Linda's cozy Brie Hooker Mysteries will be released fall/winter 2023 by Level Best Books. The humorous mysteries are set in a fictitious county near Linda's current Upstate South Carolina home. The heroine is a vegan chef who lives on a goat dairy farm with her aunt, a cantankerous carnivore. BONES TO PICK, PICKED OFF, and BAD PICK are the titles.

Linda has published books in tw A native of Iowa, Linda has called the South home for more than forty years.

Her eleventh novel, A KILLER APP, will be released November 7, 2023 by publisher Level Best Books. It's the third book in a new HOA (homeowner association) Mystery Series set in the South Carolina Lowcountry and featuring heroine Kylee Kane, a retired Coast Guard investigator.

New editions of Linda's cozy Brie Hooker Mysteries will be released fall/winter 2023 by Level Best Books. The humorous mysteries are set in a fictitious county near Linda's current Upstate South Carolina home. The heroine is a vegan chef who lives on a goat dairy farm with her aunt, a cantankerous carnivore. BONES TO PICK, PICKED OFF, and BAD PICK are the titles.

Linda has published books in two other series. Her Marley Clark Mysteries dish up a main course of suspense, action and adventure with a generous side of humor and romance. DEAR KILLER and NO WAKE ZONE feature Marley Clark, a kick-ass, 52-year-old heroine.

Linda's Smart Women, Dumb Luck romantic thrillers chronicle the adventures of smart women, who became friends through dumb luck, but now depend on each other when luck turns bad. DEAD LINE, the first "Smart" novel, was honored as a finalist in the National Readers' Choice Awards and the published Maggies. DEAD HUNT, second in the series, is set in Upstate South Carolina.

Prior to landing her first publishing contract, Linda's manuscripts made the finals in 15 contests, including RWA’s prestigious Golden Heart and Daphne du Maurier competitions and mystery contests such as Deadly Ink, Murder in the Grove and Malice Domestic.

The author belongs to Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. For several years, she helped organize the Writers' Police Academy. She feels lucky to have found close friends and exceptional critique partners—snarky, funny, talented and generous—through these organizations.

Linda lives with her husband beside a South Carolina lake, where she regularly perturbs the geese and one honking big turtle by jumping off her dock for a swim or pedaling (yes, pedaling not paddling) her kayak.

Linda can’t imagine going to bed without a book nightcap. Thankfully, her husband shares her passion for reading so she doesn’t have to use a miner’s light. ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 621 ratings · 258 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bones to Pick (A Brie Hooker Mystery, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Dear Killer: A Marley Clark Mystery 3.87 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Picked Off (A Brie Hooker Mystery #2) 4.22 avg rating — 69 ratings — 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
	No Wake Zone (Marley Clark Mysteries, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	With Neighbors Like These: An HOA Mystery 4.11 avg rating — 47 ratings — 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
	Bad Pick: A Brie Hooker Mystery 4.49 avg rating — 37 ratings — 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
	Neighbors To Die For (HOA Mystery, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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
	DEAD LINE (Smart Women, Dumb Luck, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	A Killer App: An HOA Mystery 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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
	Lies: Secrets Can Kill 4.06 avg rating — 17 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

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A Brie Hooker Mystery (3 books)
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message 7: by Donna

Sep 14, 2017 03:41PM

Thank you Linda for friending me on Good Reads. I am following on Twitter as well. Looking forward to reading your books and a long friendship.

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message 6: by Ben

Jul 31, 2013 07:15AM

Appreciate a critique of my just-published seafaring novel, Tropic Squall (by Ben Cherot). It chronicles the passage of one of the small tramps out of Miami trading in the Caribbean during August of 1992--in the path of Hurricane Andrew--one of history’s most violent and destructive storms.

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message 5: by Barbara

Mar 05, 2013 03:40PM

"Thanks for the friendship, look forward to reading your books and connecting!"

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message 4: by Beth

Feb 12, 2011 07:44AM

Hi Linda,
Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery author and Sister in Crime here on Goodreads!

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message 3: by Linda

Feb 11, 2011 12:35PM

Thanks, Betsy. I'll check these out.

Betsy wrote: "I do believe that China Bayles is 50 or at least in her 40's in the cozy mysteries of Susan Whittig Albert. In some of the later novels of James Doss , Charlie Moon is a retired Ute Cop. His Aunt D..."

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message 2: by Betsy

Feb 11, 2011 11:06AM

I do believe that China Bayles is 50 or at least in her 40's in the cozy mysteries of Susan Whittig Albert. In some of the later novels of James Doss , Charlie Moon is a retired Ute Cop. His Aunt Daisy is just plain ancient

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message 1: by Linda

Feb 11, 2011 08:13AM

I'm trying to assemble a list of mysteries/suspense/thrillers with protagonists age 50 and above for a research project. I'm looking for recent releases as well as books in past decades. Any suggestions welcome!

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