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Nancy Boyarsky

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Oakland, California, The United States

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http://www.nancyboyarsky.com

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Fiction, Mystery, International Mystery

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Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Ann Tyler, Tana French, Sarah Waters

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The Swap, Nancy Boyarsky’s debut novel, won an Eric Hoffer gold medal for excellence in fiction. Her six four novels in the series, The Bequest, Liar Liar, The Ransom, The Entitled, and The Moscow Affair, are also available online and in bookstores.

Nancy's books have been compared to Mary Higgins Clark and are praised for contributing to the "women-driven mystery field with panache" (Foreword Reviews) as well as for their "hold-onto-the-bar roller coaster" plots (RT Book Reviews).

Nancy has been a writer and editor for her entire working career. She coauthored Backroom Politics, a New York Times notable book, with her husband Bill Boyarsky. She has written several textbooks on the justice system as well as written articles for publications ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 2,164 ratings · 240 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Swap (Nicole Graves Mysteries, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 1,631 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Bequest (Nicole Graves Mysteries, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Liar Liar (Nicole Graves Mysteries, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 120 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
	The Nicole Graves Mysteries Boxed Set: (Books 1-3) 4.29 avg rating — 77 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
	The Ransom (Nicole Graves Mysteries, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 43 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 Moscow Affair (Nicole Graves, #6) 3.84 avg rating — 38 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 Entitled: A Nicole Graves Mystery (Nicole Graves Mysteries Book 5) 4.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2020 — 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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The Halloween House

Not so very long ago, a run-down, Spanish-style house stood on a corner a few blocks from us. Its exterior was dingy white stucco that never, to my notice, had been painted in the many years it was there. Its most outstanding feature—which pulled the eye away from the house itself—was the old black hearse parked in the driveway.

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“The extravagance of the gesture — its patent transparency — made her both sad and angry.”
― Nancy Boyarsky, The Swap

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“On the contrary, his grief reminded Nicole of the old saying about it being easier to survive the loss of your best friend than the death of your worst enemy.”
― Nancy Boyarsky, The Swap

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