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Teresa Trent

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NEW RELEASE January 4, 2022- THE TWIST AND SHOUT MURDER

Teresa Trent writes hilarious cozy mysteries that take place in the small towns of Texas. She will be branching out with her first historical mystery series, The Swinging Sixties debuting in January 2022 with Level Best Books.
Her popular Pecan Bayou Series takes place in the Hill Country of Texas while her Piney Woods Series is in East Texas. Two very different worlds.
Writing short stories has become a passion and she has had stories included in many anthologies, her latest two coming out in October 21, "A Slice for Stanley" in Autumn Noir and "The Speed Dating Cop" in 'Tis the Season Volume 2. You can see the locations of all her stories on her blog, Books to the Ceiling .

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	A Dash of Murder (Betsy Livingston / Pecan Bayou #1) 3.58 avg rating — 290 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
	Overdue for Murder (Betsy Livingston / Pecan Bayou #2) 3.81 avg rating — 110 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
	Color Me Dead (Henry Park, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Burnout (Betsy Livingston / Pecan Bayou #5) 4.09 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Doggone Dead (Betsy Livingston / Pecan Bayou #3) 3.91 avg rating — 80 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
	Buzzkill (Betsy Livingston / Pecan Bayou #4) 4.05 avg rating — 63 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
	Oh Holy Fright (Pecan Bayou Book 8) 4.22 avg rating — 54 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
	Till Dirt Do Us Part (Pecan Bayou Book 7) 4.28 avg rating — 53 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 of a Good Man (Piney Woods Mystery, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Murder for a Rainy Day (Betsy Livingston / Pecan Bayou #6) 4.24 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2014 — 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

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Teresa Trent's Blog: Books to the Ceiling

All the Book Posts of 2020- Part 1

I always think to myself that I don't read enough. Really. I look at these people on Goodreads who seem to be absorbing a book a day. How do they do that? I decided to compile a "Best of 2020" (Is this an oxymoron?) and list the books that I have either reviewed or featured on Books to the Ceiling this year.

Well, I'll be. There are forty of them. Use this as a directory, an appendix or somebody e Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 30, 2020 10:53 • Tags: 2020-reviews, historical, mystery, review, romance

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Series by Teresa Trent

Betsy Livingston / Pecan Bayou Mystery (9 books)
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Henry Park (1 book)
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Piney Woods Mystery (2 books)
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

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There has been a brutal murder in the small town of Winterset, Nebraska. Middle-aged detective Rory Naysmith stumbles upon a woman buried beneath rock while at a Fourth-of -uly celebration. What bothers him is this murder reminds him of one he solved ...more
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“But men like my father didn’t seem to exist in my generation. So here I was, seven years later, The Happy Hinter, popular blogger, columnist and author. No one needed to know this hinter hadn’t always been happy.”
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“There are things we see with our eyes, sitting high and looking out. And there are things we see with our hearts, sitting still and looking in.”
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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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Welcome and join us for our monthly group reads. We read Mysteries, Thrillers, and a variety of subgenres. True Crime, Cozy Mysteries, and Series are ...more

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Short Stories: Small word count, BIG impact. Short Story authors and readers need a hub strong enough to support the power of the short story. Help us ...more

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This is the official book club for The Silver Petticoat Review. We're a book club that focuses on sweet, smart, or Austenesque books with love stories This is the official book club for The Silver Petticoat Review. We're a book club that focuses on sweet, smart, or Austenesque books with love stories from many genres. We select a book once every two months. INFORMATION: We don't exclusively focus on clean romance, but we're interested in Jane Austen-like romances rather than erotica (never higher than a 3 out of 5 on the steam level). Some books may include a little bit of explicit content, profanity, violence, etc. However, it will not be throughout the book, and we will always give a warning. While this is a romance-themed book club, it doesn’t mean our selections are necessarily categorized as a “romance.” Still, every book will have a significant subplot with a memorable love story. So, all genres are on the table as long as there’s some romance in it! We rotate between choosing more recent books and “classics," meaning every other pick will alternate between contemporary and classic choices. We define any book published before the year 2000 as a classic. New books are everything published afterward. The book selection will be announced on the first day of a month, and then we'll discuss the book during the final few days of the second month. That way, everyone will have time to read the book. In short, after we announce a new book club pick, you'll want to get a copy of the book (buy the book, borrow it from the library, etc.) and read it. Come prepared to discuss when we post book club discussions on our social media channels during the month's final week. Or download our discussion questions to discuss with your family and friends from silverpetticoatreview.com. If this sounds like a good fit and fun to you, participate and join the club! The main online discussions will be in the Private Facebook Group, Goodreads, and Instagram. You can follow the hashtag: #TheSilverPetticoatBookClub Also, please feel free to use the hashtag to show how you're participating. Please invite your friends and join us! ...more

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