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Port Gamble WA, The United States

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Mystery, Humor and Comedy, Ebooks

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Charlotte Stuart PhD is an award-winning mystery writer who got her start in academia, left a tenured faculty position to go commercial fishing in Alaska, spent a frustrating year as a political speech writer, and enjoyed time as a management consultant and as a VP of HR and Training.

Her current passion is for writing character driven mysteries with twisty plots. She has published nine mysteries since 2019 and recently received a 1st Place Series Award in the Chanticleer International Mystery & Mayhem competition for her Discount Detective Mysteries.

She lives and writes on Vashon Island, is the past president of the Puget Sound Sisters in Crime and a member of the Mystery Writers of America.

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	Survival Can Be Deadly: A Discount Detective Mystery (Volume 1) 4.16 avg rating — 73 ratings — 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
	Why Me? Chimeras, Conundrums, and Dead Goldfish: Macavity and Me Mystery Book 1 4.25 avg rating — 32 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
	Bogged Down: A Vashon Island Mystery 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings — 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
	Who, Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite (Macavity & Me #2) 4.27 avg rating — 22 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
	Raven's Grave 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery Book 4) 3.79 avg rating — 24 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
	Campaigning Can Be Deadly 4.33 avg rating — 12 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
	Shopping Can Be Deadly 4.40 avg rating — 10 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
	Not Me: Speluncaphobia, Secrets and Hidden Treasures (Macavity and Me Mystery Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 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
	In$ured to the Hilt (A John Smith Mystery #1) 4.40 avg rating — 5 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

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The Missing American (Emma Djan Investigation #1)

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― Oscar Wilde

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“Do not hold your breath for anyone,
Do not wish your lungs to be still,
It may delay the cracks from spreading,
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You must allow yourself to leave,
Even if breaking your own heart
Is what it takes to let you breathe.”
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“You can kill a thinker, but you can't kill the thought.”
― Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim

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“What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?”
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“What is so marvelous about living today is that it is possible to extend, like a flower, spreading petals in all directions.”
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