Peggy Townsend

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Peggy Townsend

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Peggy Townsend is longtime newspaper reporter who has won state and national awards for her work. She has flown with pararescuers, taken a flashlight to a knife fight and narrowly missed being punched in the jaw by a mass murderer. She has rock climbed, run rivers, skied expert slopes, run half-marathons and fished in the Gulf of Alaska: all things at which she is only marginally competent. She is the author of three novels Her Run, The Thin Edge and The Beautiful and the Wild. Her newest book, The Botanist's Assistant, will release on Nov. 18, 2025. ...more

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See Her Run (Aloa Snow, #1)

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The Beautiful and the Wild

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The Botanist's Assistant

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The Thin Edge (Aloa Snow, #2)

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My Dear Miss Flinn: A Mystery

THE ANSWER
(Last in a series)
After days of interviews, I finally found a woman who knows what happened between Miss Carrie and Ambrose.
I sat inside Janie Bailey’s white farmhouse, sipping a sweating glass of lemonade while a thunderstorm boomed outside, and listened to what she had to say.
“Miss Carrie did what a lot of women did,” Janie said. “They stayed home and took care of their parents and the Read more of this blog post »
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“No, I am just a scientist who happens to be tall and large-boned, and when you don’t fit a mold, people must find a way to set you apart so they can assure themselves they are the normal ones.”
Peggy Townsend, The Botanist's Assistant

“Trust me, you’ll never feel more alive than when you don’t know what’s coming next.”
Peggy Townsend, The Beautiful and the Wild

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