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Kathy McIntosh

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I am recent transplant to Arizona, trading my snow shovel for sunscreen. I share space with a hairy cat, one large, lazy dog and a husband who generally is neither hairy nor lazy. I was born in southern California and was one of the original Valley girls.

Some years back a novel of mine was a finalist in the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery contest. Which meant, I finally deduced, that I had better grammar than other competitors. That novel remains unpublished.

My novel Mustard's Last Stand, the first in a humorous suspense series about the offbeat denizens of Hancock, Idaho, was chosen as one of the Top Ten Fiction Books for 2013 in Idaho. The book was inspired by an introduction from my environmental activist daughter to her ...more

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	Murder, Sonoran Style (Adventure Calls Mystery #1) 3.98 avg rating — 51 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
	Murder, Cottonwood Style (Adventure Calls Mystery #2) 4.23 avg rating — 39 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
	Mustard's Last Stand: Book One of the Havoc in Hancock rollicking humorous suspense series by Kathy McIntosh (Goodreads Author), Cindy Davis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013	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
	We'd Rather Be Writing: 88 Authors Share Timesaving Dinner Recipes and Other Tips by Lois Winston (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Lisa Alber (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Reggi Allder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 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
	Foul Wind: A Havoc in Hancock Hilarious Female Sleuth Suspense 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015	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
	Mustard's Last Stand 3.69 avg rating — 13 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
	Romance and Mystery Authors on Writing: Tips on the Writing Process, Publishing and Marketing by J.Q. Rose (Goodreads Author), Conda V. Douglas (Goodreads Author), C. Hope Clark (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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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Don’t Needle Me: The Words We Use

Thoughts about words tend to needle me quite often. While traveling a while back, I saw a woman toting a sewing machine as her carry-on luggage. No one stopped her. What is the matter with the Transportation Security Administration? Don’t they realize the dangers inherent in sewing machines? Consider the terminology. A needle is a…

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“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

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“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
― Steve Jobs

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“The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied.”
― Caroline Knapp

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