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Ann Charles
Ann Charles is an award-winning author who writes mysteries that are splashed with humor, romance, and whatever else sounds fun. Currently, she has several fiction books available: NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD (multiple award-winning book for both mystery and romance/mystery), OPTICAL DELUSIONS IN... show more

Ann Charles is an award-winning author who writes mysteries that are splashed with humor, romance, and whatever else sounds fun. Currently, she has several fiction books available: NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD (multiple award-winning book for both mystery and romance/mystery), OPTICAL DELUSIONS IN DEADWOOD, DEAD CASE IN DEADWOOD (selected as one of Suspense Magazine's BEST OF 2012 books), BETTER OFF DEAD IN DEADWOOD, AN EX TO GRIND IN DEADWOOD, and MEANWHILE, BACK IN DEADWOOD, which are all part of her ongoing Deadwood Mystery Series.Also available from Ann are the first three books in her Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series: DANCE OF THE WINNEBAGOS, JACKRABBIT JUNCTION JITTERS, and THE GREAT JACKALOPE STAMPEDE.LOOK WHAT THE WIND BLEW IN, the first book in her new Dig Site Mystery series, is now listed on Amazon, too. This book stars Quint Parker, the brother of Violet Parker--the heroine in her Deadwood Mystery series. It's filled with mystery, humor, adventure, and a splash of romance.She has a couple of short stories as well--DEADWOOD SHORTS: SEEING TROUBLE and BOOT POINTS (short stories from her Deadwood Mystery Series) and THE OLD MAN'S BACK IN TOWN (a short story from her upcoming Goldwash Mystery Series).Stay tuned for the following new books by Ann coming in 2015: * THE ROWDY COYOTE RUMBLE (Jackrabbit Junction Mystery Series #4)--late fall* TBA--(Deadwood Mystery Series #7)--Spring 2016A member of Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America for many moons, Ann has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington. She is currently toiling away on her next book, wishing she was on a Mexican beach with an ice-cold Corona in one hand and her Kindle in the other. When she is not dabbling in fiction, she is arm wrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, and arguing with her sassy cat. Most nights, you can find her hanging out over at www.anncharles.com, on Facebook as Ann Charles, or as AnnWCharles on Twitter.
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lqlarry
lqlarry rated it 6 years ago
Wow, Charles Dickens is using Ann Charles as a pen name? Nope. Even if it's not Dickens this has been the best of the Deadwood Mysteries as of yet. Violet Parker really becomes the "Scharfrichter" in this book and takes her crew to Slagtown to take on the Hunter and is scouts, to try to become t...
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lqlarry rated it 6 years ago
Tequila & Time is # 7.5 in the Deadwood Mysteries Series. One thing I've found out about this series is the .5 novellas are hit and miss, and for me, this was a miss. For me, this was 76 pages of two women getting sloppy drunk and doing what the author thinks these two 30 somethings would do when...
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lqlarry rated it 6 years ago
I like these no-brainer mystery/horror (very light on the horror) books by Ann Charles. After reading the first two Dune books this was a welcomed vacation from books that require extra brain powerlifting. I think this is the best in the Deadwood Mysteries series that I have read to date. This i...
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lqlarry rated it 6 years ago
This is a short novella about Violet Parker's Aunt Zoe and the man that chases her Aunt, Reid Martin, and their past. Cold Flames goes over their meeting, their relationship, some imps, and fires. Building fires and fires of the heart. I usually don't get into romantic novels but I started the De...
So, I Read This Book Today . . .
So, I Read This Book Today . . . rated it 10 years ago
I picked this up because a few years ago we spent a wonderful vacation of a lifetime exploring the western states, including Deadwood, SD. Love the town, all the history and scenery. You can walk around Mt Moriah cemetery and just imagine how it must have been during the "lawless west"! Violet ...
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