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Aaron Paul Lazar

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Mystery, Suspense, Romance

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USA Today Bestselling Author Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. Author of 28 books, including three addictive mystery series, writing books, a romantic suspense series, and a new love story series, Aaron enjoys the Genesee Valley countryside in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his website at http://www.lazarbooks.com. Aaron has won 21 book awards for his novels and finds writing to be his form of "cheap therapy." Feel free to network with him on Facebook or his website; he loves to connect with readers!

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Aaron Paul Lazar wasn’t always a mystery writer. It wasn’t until USA Today Bestselling Author Aaron Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. Author of 28 books, including three addictive mystery series, writing books, a romantic suspense series, and a new love story series, Aaron enjoys the Genesee Valley countryside in upstate New York, where his characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his website at http://www.lazarbooks.com. Aaron has won 21 book awards for his novels and finds writing to be his form of "cheap therapy." Feel free to network with him on Facebook or his website; he loves to connect with readers!

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Aaron Paul Lazar wasn’t always a mystery writer. It wasn’t until eight members of his family and friends died within five years that the urge to write became overwhelming. “When my father died, I lost it. I needed an outlet, and writing provided the kind of solace I couldn’t find elsewhere.”

Lazar created the Gus LeGarde mystery series, with the founding novel, DOUBLE FORTÉ (2004), a chilling winter mystery set in the Genesee Valley of upstate New York. Like Lazar’s father, protagonist Gus LeGarde is a classical music professor. Gus, a grandfather, gardener, chef, and nature lover, plays Chopin etudes to feed his soul and thinks of himself as a “Renaissance man caught in the 21st century.”

The creation of the series lent Lazar the comfort he sought, yet in the process, a new passion was unleashed. Obsessed with his parallel universe, he now lives, breathes, and dreams about his characters, and has written eleven LeGarde mysteries.

One day while rototilling his gardens, Lazar unearthed a green cat’s eye marble, which prompted the new paranormal mystery series featuring Sam Moore, retired country doctor and zealous gardener. The green marble, a powerful talisman, connects all three of the books in the series, whisking Sam back in time to uncover his brother’s dreadful fate fifty years earlier. (THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BILLY MOORE; TERROR COMES KNOCKING, and FOR KEEPS) Lazar intends to continue both series, in addition to three contemporary new series including Tall Pines Mysteries, set in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains, Paines Creek love stories series, set on Cape Cod, and Bittersweet Hollow romantic suspense series, set in Vermont.

Lazar’s books feature breathless chase scenes, nasty villains, and taut suspense, but are also intensely human stories, replete with kids, dogs, horses, food, romance, and humor. The author calls them, “country mysteries,” although reviewers have dubbed them “literary mysteries.”

“It seems as though every image ever impressed upon my brain finds its way into my work. Whether it’s the light dancing through stained-glass windows in a Parisian chapel, curly slate-green lichen covering a boulder at the edge of a pond in Maine, or hoarfrost dangling from a cherry tree branch in mid-winter, these images burrow into my memory cells. In time they bubble back, persistently itching, until they are poured out on the page.”

Lazar lives on a ridge overlooking the Genesee Valley in upstate New York with his wife, mother-in-law, beloved Cavi-poo, Balto, Cavi-bichon, Amber, and four cats. He and his wife, Dale, now have seven grandchildren to spoil and they enjoy every second of it!

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	Under the Ice (LeGarde Mystery #9) 3.78 avg rating — 1,034 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Seacrest (Paines Creek Beach #1) 3.98 avg rating — 527 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Devil's Lake (Bittersweet Hollow #1) 3.98 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Double Forté (LeGarde Mysteries, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2004 — 5 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
	Tremolo: Cry of the Loon (LeGarde Mystery #5) 4.06 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Lady Blues: Forget-Me-Not (LeGarde Mystery #10) 4.05 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	Murder on the Brewster Flats (LeGarde Mysteries #12) 4.23 avg rating — 125 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
	FireSong (LeGarde Mysteries #4) 4.37 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2011 — 7 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 Disappearance of Billy Moore (Green Marble Mystery #1) 4.31 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	For the Birds (Tall Pines Mysteries #1) 4.25 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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May 10, 2016 11:13AM

Erin wrote: "Aaron, my Internet friend from Gather.com! How nice to reconnect with you on Goodreads!"

Hi, Erin! Oh, the good old Gather Days! I miss them. But I'm delighted to reconnect with you. ;o) Hope you have been well!

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May 10, 2016 11:03AM

Aaron, my Internet friend from Gather.com! How nice to reconnect with you on Goodreads!

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Jul 15, 2013 03:23PM

Tom wrote: "Aaron, thank you for joining my community of friends. Blessings, Tom."

Thank you, Tom. Same to you! Have a wonderful day, hope you can stay cool. ;o)

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message 6: by Tom

Jul 14, 2013 11:18AM

Aaron, thank you for joining my community of friends. Blessings, Tom.

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message 5: by Beth

Jun 01, 2012 08:17AM

Hi Aaron,
Thanks for befriending this fellow Goodreads author!

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message 4: by Nadia

Mar 17, 2010 11:20AM

Hi Aaron:-)

I just wanted to wish you a very Happy Birthday and St. Patrick's Day!

Blessings,
nadia

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message 3: by Jeannie

Oct 31, 2008 07:44AM

Hi Aaron and thanks for adding me as a friend.
Hope you have an awesome wkend and Halloween!
Smiles,
Jeannie

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message 2: by SassyMama

Sep 06, 2008 06:31AM

Hi, Aaron...it's nice to meet you...thanks for the inivite into your circle of friends...Congrats on your novels...best wishes for future success...looking forward to sharing chats, reviews and any/all recommendations...have a blessed weekend...Happy Reading & Writing :-)

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message 1: by Maya

Aug 04, 2008 12:39AM

Hello!

Thanks for the friend request..
Nice to meet you!

Happy reading!!
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