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Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. Active within the writing community, Margaret serves as president for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, was elected the 2019-2020 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is also a member of Northern Colorado Writers and Sisters in Crime. She lives in Colorado on a small ranch with her veterinarian husband where they raised two daughters and a multitude of animals. She can be found on Facebook/AuthorMargaretMizushima, Twitter @margmizu, Instagram at margmizu, and her website at www.margaretmizushima.com. ...more

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	Killing Trail (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 9,402 ratings — published 2015 — 18 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
	Stalking Ground (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 6,728 ratings — published 2016 — 16 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
	Hunting Hour (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 5,813 ratings — published 2017 — 10 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
	Burning Ridge (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 5,158 ratings — published 2018 — 11 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
	Tracking Game (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #5) 4.18 avg rating — 4,926 ratings — published 2019	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
	Hanging Falls (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #6) 4.25 avg rating — 4,283 ratings — published 2020 — 10 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
	Striking Range (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #7) 4.34 avg rating — 3,814 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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
	Standing Dead (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #8) 4.27 avg rating — 2,992 ratings — published 2023 — 11 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
	Gathering Mist (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery, #9) 4.40 avg rating — 2,469 ratings — 6 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
	Dying Cry: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery 4.38 avg rating — 1,630 ratings — 6 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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I loved this short cozy by Sharon Michalove. The characters were well drawn and believable, and they meshed together as a great sleuth team, especially Snowball, a most extraordinary cat. The writing was lively and engaging, so enjoyable for a Sunday ...more
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Margaret Mizushima rated a book it was amazing The Lies Between the Lines: A Claudia Rose Novel (Book 10) (Claudia Rose Forensic Handwriting Mysteries) by Sheila Lowe (Goodreads Author)	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
I really enjoyed this Claudia Rose novel! I especially like the way Claudia pieces together the crimes and connections through forensic handwriting analysis. So very interesting and Sheila Lowe is an expert in her field. I can count on her getting th ...more
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In Deepest Secrets, Detective Morgan Jewell confronts demons both past and present when she goes undercover to investigate a criminal informant’s disappearance, a duty that forces her into the most heinous dregs of society as well as the darkest dept ...more
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This story is based on a fictional family in the midst of real, historical events from the 1950s. Hannah, a teen dealing with grief from the death of her mother and her fractured family, makes some poor decisions until she finds herself in over her h ...more
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Death Takes a Knight is my favorite so far in Sharon Lynn’s Cotswold Crimes Mystery series. American intern Maddie McGuire is sightseeing in Glastonbury when a cosplaying Arthurian knight turns up dead in a pool at the Chalice Well. It’s obvious to h ...more
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I really enjoyed this book. The writing is lively, the characters are quirky, and the story is humorous, even laugh out loud funny in spots. If you want a light, entertaining read, this book is for you! I'm looking forward to reading the next one in ...more
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When Aideen Connor signs on as lead archeologist for a dig in the Arizona desert, she has no idea that secrets revealed will threaten her life. After discovering a “bone hash” that reveals evidence of prehistoric cannibalism, Aideen and her beloved d ...more
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