Sandra Carey Cody

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Sandra Carey Cody

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in St. Louis, MO, The United States
September 23

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I grew up in the Midwest (the St. Louis area), surrounded by a family who loved stories, whether from a book or told on the back porch. I've lived in various cities in different parts of the country, but wherever I've gone, books have been the bridge to new worlds and new friends.

I write the Jennie Connors/Riverview Manor mystery series: PUT OUT THE LIGHT, CONSIDER THE LILLY, BY WHOSE HAND, LEFT AT OZ, and LETHAL JOURNAL. These books are set in a retirement community where the residents are whip-smart, lively, and just bored enough to welcome the chance to help Activities Director Jennie Connors solve the occasional murder.

LOVE AND NOT DESTROY is a mystery set in a small town, so picture-perfect, you'd swear it was designed by Walt Disney
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Sandra Carey Cody Never, never give up. Never! Persistence is your best friend.
Sandra Carey Cody The idea for the book I'm working on now came from a question I had when I finished a previous book. That book, Love and Not Destroy, was intended to …moreThe idea for the book I'm working on now came from a question I had when I finished a previous book. That book, Love and Not Destroy, was intended to be a standalone. I wrote it, then went back to the series I write, but Love and Not Destroy wouldn't leave me alone. It is the story of a young woman who was abandoned as an infant. At the end of the book, she learns who her biological parents are. I had answered the question I posed in the beginning, but now I wondered how she would relate to those parents, especially the mother - and how the two mothers (biological and adoptive) would relate to each other. In the writing, the current book has taken a turn I didn't plan, but what I've just said describes the original idea.(less)
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Left at Oz (A Jennie Connor...

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Love and Not Destroy

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Put Out the Light (A Jennie...

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Consider the Lilly (A Jenni...

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By Whose Hand (A Jennie Con...

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A Perfect Wedding

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An Uncertain Path (Peace Mo...

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love me deadly

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Finding Peace: a short story

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Lethal Journal (Jennie Conn...

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After basics like food and shelter, I can’t think of anything more precious or more essential to the human spirit than independence. And there’s probably nothing more taken for granted by those who possess it. That’s too bad, a grievous failing. It’s also probably true that we here in the United States of America are more guilty of this failing than most. However, once a year we at least try to re

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Kris Neri Thanks for adding this mystery & paranormal author, Sandy. We've liked some of the same books, so I'm looking forward to reading your reviews. All the best for your writing.

Kris Neri
Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery


Sandra Beth wrote: "Hi Sandy,
Thanks for sending a friend request to this fellow mystery author on Goodreads!"


Thanks for accepting. I'm always glad to connect with other authors. I'm familiar with your name because of SinC and Guppies (where I have to admit I mostly lurk).


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Beth Hi Sandy,
Thanks for sending a friend request to this fellow mystery author on Goodreads!


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