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Alice K. Boatwright

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in New Haven, Connecticut, The United States

November 05

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Alice K. Boatwright is the author of the award-winning Ellie Kent mysteries. In the first book, UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN, life brings the skeptical American Ellie Kent to an English village as the vicar's new wife; but death keeps her guessing how long she'll be there. Winner of the 2016 Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize for best mystery, UNDER AN ENGLISH HEAVEN has attracted an enthusiastic following.

The series continues with WHAT CHILD IS THIS? It's now Christmas in Little Beecham . . . a season to celebrate with caroling, mistletoe, and mince pies. Ellie Kent is looking forward to her first English village Christmas, but a missing Oxford student and an abandoned baby soon draw her away from the fireside into danger.

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	Under an English Heaven 3.86 avg rating — 1,922 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
	What Child Is This? (Ellie Kent Mystery, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 524 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
	Collateral Damage 4.25 avg rating — 20 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
	What Child is This? by Alice K. Boatwright (Goodreads Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Reading) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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The things worth writing about

The poet Jack Gilbert said the only things worth writing about were: ”Love, death, man, virtue, nature, magnitude, excellence, evil, suffering, courage, morality. What is the good life. What is honor. Who am I.”

So what about women? I suppose many subjects I would add to the list fit under virtue, magnitude, etc. But only a man would still use “man” in that way.

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“their combined voices giving them a unity and strength they did not possess in ordinary life.”
― Alice K. Boatwright, Under an English Heaven: An Ellie Kent Mystery

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“Of course, I don’t mind,” said Ellie, who was always pleased when doing what she wanted was interpreted as selfless,”
― Alice K. Boatwright, Under an English Heaven: An Ellie Kent Mystery

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“it never worked to pray for results. You had to pray for acceptance of the results, whatever they were.”
― Alice K. Boatwright, Under an English Heaven: An Ellie Kent Mystery

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