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Colin Conway

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Colin Conway is the creator of the 509 Crime Stories, a series of novels set in Eastern Washington with revolving lead characters. They are standalone tales and can be read in any order.

He also created the Cozy Up series which pushes the envelope of the cozy genre. Libby Klein, author of the Poppy McAllister series, says Cozy Up to Death is “Not your grandma’s cozy.”

Colin co-authored the Charlie-316 series. The first novel in the series, Charlie-316, is a political/crime thriller that has been described as “riveting and compulsively readable,” “the real deal,” and “the ultimate ride-along.”

He served in the U.S. Army and later was an officer of the Spokane ...more

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	The Side Hustle (The 509 Crime Stories, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 1,116 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Cozy Up To Death (The Cozy Up Series Book 1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,142 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 Long Cold Winter (The 509 Crime Stories, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Blind Trust (The 509 Crimes Stories, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 1,000 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
	Cozy Up To Murder (Cozy Up #2) 4.13 avg rating — 571 ratings — 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
	Cozy Up to Christmas (The Cozy Up Series Book 5) 4.17 avg rating — 513 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
	Cutler's Friend (The John Cutler Mysteries Book 3) 4.10 avg rating — 483 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
	Charlie-316 (The Charlie-316 Series #1) by Colin Conway (Goodreads Author), Frank Zafiro (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 188 ratings — 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
	Cutler's Return (The John Cutler Mysteries Book 1) 4.23 avg rating — 173 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
	Death at Sunrise: a 509 Crime Short Story (The 509 Crime Stories) 3.86 avg rating — 133 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

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Writers and Other Scoundrels #1 - Dana King

I’m inviting some folks in the fiction business to take over the blog on the third Saturday of each month. The only rule: they can’t talk about their books or their job in the biz. Hopefully, we all learn something new about them. This week’s guest is crime fiction author Dana King. You’ll find a short bio about Dana at the end of this post. - Colin

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“Your partner doesn’t fight fair.”
“Her job is to win. Not to fight fair.”
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― Colin Conway, Tales from the Road: Stories of Sex, Drums, and Rock & Roll from the Music Circuit of the '70s, '80s and Beyond

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October BoTM Side Read Nominations ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 move onto 2nd poll

The Paper Palace

by Miranda Cowley Heller

8 votes, 28.6%

Twenty Years Later

by Charlie Donlea

4 votes, 14.3%

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

3 votes, 10.7%

The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell

by William Klaber

3 votes, 10.7%

A History of Wild Places

by Shea Ernshaw

3 votes, 10.7%

The Witches of New York

by Ami McKay

2 votes, 7.1%

The Unintentional Time Traveler

by Everett Maroon

2 votes, 7.1%

When Ghosts Come Home

by Wiley Cash

2 votes, 7.1%

Cozy Up To Death

by Colin Conway

1 vote, 3.6%

Flight of the Sparrow

by Amy Belding Brown

0 votes, 0.0%

28 total votes

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“Your partner doesn’t fight fair.”
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“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”
― Christopher McDougall, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

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