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Janis Thornton is an Indiana-based author of history, mystery, and true crime. Her most recent book, “No Place Like Murder: True Crime in the Midwest,” from Indiana University Press, is a collection of 20 sensational true crimes that shook Indiana from 1869 through 1950.

Coming next is “The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana,” published by History Press.

Her previous true crime work, “Too Good a Girl: Remembering Olene Emberton and the Mystery of Her Death,” tells the story of the 1965 Tipton, Indiana, murder of Janis' high school classmate.

Janis’ fiction works include the paranormal-romantic mystery, “Love, Lies & Azure Eyes”; and two cozy mysteries in the Elmwood Confidential series — “Dust Bunnies & Dead Bodies” and “Dead Air & Double ...more

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	No Place Like Murder: True Crime in the Midwest by Janis Thornton (Goodreads Author), Larry Sweazy (Foreword), Ray E. Boomhower (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.73 avg rating — 104 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
	Too Good a Girl: Remembering Olene Emberton and the Mystery of Her Death 4.02 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Dust Bunnies & Dead Bodies (Elmwood Confidential #1) 3.95 avg rating — 39 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
	The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes in Indiana 4.24 avg rating — 17 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
	Dead Air and Double Dares (Elmwood Confidential, #2) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
	Love, Lies, and Azure Eyes 4.86 avg rating — 7 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
	Tipton County by Janis Thornton (Goodreads Author), Tipton County Historical Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Frankfort by Janis Thornton (Goodreads Author), Clinton County Historical Society really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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