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Laina Turner

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As a child, Laina thought she would either be a truck driver (thanks to Jerry Reed in Smokey and the Bandit) or work at Taco Bell (her favorite restaurant as a child). As she grew older, she realized her talents lay in other areas, and for the last several years has been a college professor teaching business and English.

Through all her career choices, she has continued to have a passion for writing stemming from childhood, where, as an only child, she developed a vivid imagination.

She is proud of her vast experiences in life from barrel racing, to being on the dance team for a semi-pro basketball team, to being a mom of 2 amazing kids.

She decided to follow her dream as an author in 2009 and has worked her way up to having 5 fans (maybe 6 no ...more

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The Semester Begins… Death in Suspenders Is Now a 24-Day Serial!

Tomorrow (Sunday March 1st) marks the official launch of something special.

For the next 24 days, I’ll be releasing one chapter per day of Death in Suspenders, Book 1 in the Spencer University Cozy Mystery series — right here as a daily serial.

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That’s right. You can follow Olivia and Polly’s investigation in real time as the semester at Spencer University turns deadly.

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	Friends and Foes (Read Wine Bookstore #0.5) 3.50 avg rating — 1,447 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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
	Stilettos & Scoundrels (A Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery, #1) by Laina Turner (Goodreads Author), L.C. Turner (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 1,095 ratings — published 2010 — 17 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
	Switched Up by Laina Turner (Goodreads Author), L.C. Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 466 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Promotions and Poisons by Laina Turner (Goodreads Author), L.C. Turner (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Death By Suspenders (Spencer University #1) 3.81 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Mistletoe & Murder (Presley Thurman #3.5) by Laina Turner (Goodreads Author), L.C. Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Snowglobes and Secrets (Read Wine Bookstore #2) 3.91 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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
	Gems & Gunshots (Presley Thurman #4) by Laina Turner (Goodreads Author), L.C. Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 257 ratings — 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
	Handbags & Hooligans (Presley Thurman #3) by Laina Turner (Goodreads Author), L.C. Turner (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Christmas Caper (Spencer University #3.5) 3.64 avg rating — 243 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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“Much less all the other things people post that they really should keep to themselves. Like when Peter Dyer commented on Teresa Green’s post of the picture of her in a bathing suit, saying she looked hot. And his wife saw it? He’s lucky he’s still alive.” “Facebook has really brought out the stupid in people. Like his wife wasn’t going to find out. And when she did, what did he think would happen?” I shook my head, thinking about his stupidity.”
― Laina Turner, Friends and Foes

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