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Meg Mims

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Historical Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Mystery

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February 2008

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Award-winning author Meg Mims writes historical mysteries - westerns, Edwardian, and cozy contemporaries, plus romance novellas set during the holidays.

Meg is one half of the writing team D.E. Ireland along with another award-winning author, Sharon Pisacreta, for the Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins mystery series. Book 1, WOULDN'T IT BE DEADLY, was an Agatha Award finalist for Best Historical Mystery of 2014. Book 2, MOVE YOUR BLOOMING CORPSE, begins at Ascot Racecourse. Book 3, GET ME TO THE GRAVE ON TIME will be out in fall of 2016..

Meg is thrilled to debut a cozy mystery series set in Southeast Michigan for Kensington Books, coming in 2017. Writing as MEG MACY, the series will feature a teddy bear shop and factory - book one is BEARLY DE ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 499 ratings · 155 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Double Crossing (Double, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Santa Claws 4.19 avg rating — 27 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
	Santa Paws 4.21 avg rating — 33 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
	The Key to Love 4.10 avg rating — 31 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
	Double or Nothing (Double, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 9 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
	Home for the Holidays 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	A Holiday Hoax: Mail Order Bride 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Winner Takes All 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	The Key to Christmas 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	A Cowboy Celebration by Meg Mims (Goodreads Author), Lorrie Farrelly (Goodreads Author), Linda Carroll-Bradd (Goodreads Author) 4.80 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

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Christmas In Summer?

I know, I know!! It's mid-August! Heat, humidity, beach or pool time -- who can think about Christmas now? But Halloween candy is already on the store shelves, and I'm sure some retailers have candy canes and wreaths, cards and wrapping paper, even trees, all ready to set up for displays.

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Absolutely loved this latest addition to the Berry Basket series. The details of Oriole Point (set in my favorite area of southwestern Michigan) reminded me frequent trips to the region. Loved how the characters have evolved, especially Theo the bake ...more
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I remember my great-aunt talking about the speakeasy days in Detroit, rumrunning and the gin joints, so reading Murder Knocks Twice really gave me an in-depth view of that exciting era. Gina is gutsy yet sympathetic and I really rooted for her throug ...more
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Meg Mims liked a quote “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ...more J.R.R. Tolkien
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What a great setting for a contemp mystery, plus all the historical mentions of Bonnie Prince Charlie and what I'd read in Outlander - and the plot and characters are just as great! Kate is an antiques expert, and being mysteriously called over from ...more
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I loved book 1, Searcher of the Dead -- the setting details, the in-depth characterization of Bess and her maid Joan, the mysterious death of Bess's husband and adjustment to life as a widow, the difficulties that Constable Kit Harwoode meets, and th ...more
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“Keep a spur handy.”
― Meg Mims, Double Crossing

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“My blood ran cold at the thought of being a widow before a true wife.”
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“Men of our age tend to dwell on wrongs of the past. It's not easy giving up lost dreams, as age creeps on us.”
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“About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.”
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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

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“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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“Lots of people talk to animals...Not very many listen though...that's the problem.”
― A.A. Milne

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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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