C.S. Challinor (Author of Christmas is Murder)

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C.S. Challinor was raised and educated in Scotland (St. George's School for Girls, Edinburgh) and England (Lewes Priory, Sussex; University of Kent, Canterbury: Joint Hons Latin & French). She also holds a diploma in Russian from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. She now lives in Southwest Florida. Challinor is a member of the Authors Guild, New York, and writes the critically acclaimed Rex Graves cozy mystery series featuring Rex Graves, Scottish barrister-sleuth.

CHRISTMAS IS MURDER, the first in the series, reached #1 on the Kindle Bestseller List. This title is also available in large print hardcover through Thorndike Reviewer's Choice. The fifth in the series, MURDER OF THE BRIDE, was a Mystery Guild Book Club pick (hardcover) and a Top ...more

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Super Sleuth Turns Pet Detective in Cozy Cat Mystery

Scottish Barrister Rex Graves plays cat and mouse with a killer in "Say Goodbye to Archie" by C.S. Challinor, a contemporary English village tale. Patricia Forsyth, eccentric author of children's books residing at the Poplars in Woodley on the Sussex coast, has invited the resourceful Rex down from Edinburgh for the weekend to navigate a maze of lies and secrets, and discover who among the writer' Read more of this blog post »

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	Christmas is Murder (Rex Graves Mystery #1) 3.33 avg rating — 1,426 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Murder on the Moor (Rex Graves Mystery, #4) 3.78 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Murder of the Bride (Rex Graves Mystery #5) 3.72 avg rating — 324 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
	Murder in the Raw (Rex Graves Mystery, #2) 3.60 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Murder at Midnight (Rex Graves Mystery, #7) 3.64 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Phi Beta Murder (Rex Graves Mystery, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Murder Comes Calling (Rex Graves Mystery, #8) 3.75 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Murder at the Dolphin Inn (Rex Graves Mystery #6) 3.77 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Judgment of Murder (Rex Graves Mystery #9) 3.98 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Upstaged by Murder (Rex Graves Mystery, #10) 4.09 avg rating — 140 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

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“What a funny question! i never met a bunch of guests so interested in what went into their food. Alcohol tarts things up, it does. Let's see now. I put kirsch in the fruit salad and rum in the Christmas pudding. And wine in the Chicken Marsala. Then there's . . .”
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“Personally, I don't care if people are Muslim, Jewish or gay; Labour, Liberal or Conservative, just as long as they don't take innocent lives. There's just good people and there's bad people in my opinion.”
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