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Patsy Pridgen

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Mystery, Historical Fiction, Chick Lit

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Jan Karon, Clyde Edgerton, Ann B. Ross

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Patsy Pridgen is a lifelong resident of Eastern North Carolina, where she has absorbed the culture and dialects of this distinct part of the state. Married to her high school sweetheart since the Carter administration, she is a mother of three and grandmother of five. Patsy taught English in the community college for 27 years, handing in her red pen the semester she turned 60, the magical age when state employees with her time served qualify for a retirement check.

Patsy blogs at www.patsypridgen.com, where she comments on everything from being stuck in an Italian parking garage to planting cucumbers and squash in her shrub beds. In addition to Ms. Dee Ann Meets Murder, she is also the author of Life and Death in Narrow Creek, the second in ...more

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	Ms. Dee Ann Meets Murder (Narrow Creek Series, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 34 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
	Life and Death in Narrow Creek (Narrow Creek, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021	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
	Money and Murder in Narrow Creek (The Narrow Creek Series - Vol. 3 Book 1) 4.86 avg rating — 14 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
	Life and Death in Narrow Creek (The Narrow Creek Series Book 2) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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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Betrayal at the Beach (Dangerous Curves #1)

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