Jill Churchill (1943–2023)

Autor/a de Grime and Punishment

47+ obres 6,521 Membres 129 Ressenyes 11 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Jill Churchill (born Janice Young Brooks) on January 11, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri. She earned a degree in education from the University of Kansas in 1965 before teaching elementary school. Between 1978 and 1992, she was book reviewer for the Kansas City Star. She published several historical mostra'n més novels under her real name before introducing a new series in 1989. This mystery series follows Jane Jeffry, a widow with three children in Chicago. With her neighbor and best friend, she gets involved in murder cases. The novel titles are puns on literary works and reflect Jeffry's cozy domestic life which she leads between crime-solving episodes. Churchill is the winner of the Agatha and Macavity Awards for her first Jane Jeffrey novel and was featured in Great Women Mystery Writers in 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Inclou aquests noms: Jil Churchil, Jill Hurchill, Amanda Singer, Jill Churchill, Jill Churchill, Jlll Churchlll, Janice Y. Brooks, Janice Young Brooks, Janice Young Brooks

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Sèrie

Jane Jeffry

Grace and Favor

Lady of Fire

Obres de Jill Churchill

Populars Recent

Grime and Punishment (1989) 422 exemplars

A Farewell to Yarns (1991) 345 exemplars

Anything Goes (1999) 332 exemplars

The House of Seven Mabels (2002) 309 exemplars

A Quiche Before Dying (1993) 308 exemplars

Bell, Book, and Scandal (2003) 307 exemplars

Mulch Ado About Nothing (2000) 292 exemplars

A Midsummer Night's Scream (2004) 289 exemplars

War and Peas (1996) 286 exemplars

The Merchant of Menace (1998) 286 exemplars

Fear of Frying (1997) 284 exemplars

The Class Menagerie (1994) 281 exemplars

Someone to Watch Over Me (2001) 280 exemplars

In the Still of the Night (1999) 279 exemplars

A Knife to Remember (1994) 278 exemplars

Silence of the Hams (1996) 277 exemplars

From Here to Paternity (1995) 277 exemplars

A Groom with a View (1999) 272 exemplars

It Had to Be You (2004) 246 exemplars

The Accidental Florist (2007) 229 exemplars

Love for Sale (2003) 220 exemplars

Who's Sorry Now? (2005) 205 exemplars

Guests of the Emporer (1990) 37 exemplars

Lady of Fire (1980) 25 exemplars

Oriana (1981) 22 exemplars

Seaflame (1980) 20 exemplars

Cinnamon Wharf (1988) 19 exemplars

Crown Sable (1987) 17 exemplars

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2012) 11 exemplars

Mistress of the Night (1985) 10 exemplars

Seventrees (1981) 10 exemplars

Nightfire (1986) 8 exemplars

Kings and Queens: The Plantagenets of England (1976) 6 exemplars

In Love's Own Time (1977) 5 exemplars

The Circling Years (1986) 5 exemplars

Our Lives, Our Fortunes (1984) 4 exemplars

Glory (1985) 3 exemplars

Christmas From the Freezer 3 exemplars

Forbidden Fires (1980) 3 exemplars

The Herron Heritage (1992) 2 exemplars

Home & Freezer Digest: July 1977 1 exemplars

Home & Freezer Digest: May 1978 1 exemplars

Anything Goes / In The Still of the Night / Someone to Watch Over Me / Love for Sale 1 exemplars

Season of Desire (1986) 1 exemplars

Unti Churchill #18 (2016) 1 exemplars

A Midsummer Night's Scream (Jane Jeffry Mysteries) by Jill Churchill (2005-11-01) 1 exemplars

Still the Mighty Waters (1983) 1 exemplars

Explorador d'obres

Obres associades

Malice Domestic 5: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1996) — Col·laborador — 80 exemplars

エンドウと平和 (創元推理文庫) (2001) 1 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Nom oficial: Brooks, Janice Young
Altres noms: Singer, Amanda
Churchill, Jill
Vayle, Valerie
Brooks, Janice Y.
Data de naixement: 1943-01-11
Data de defunció: 2023-07-12
Gènere: female
Nacionalitat: USA
Llocs de residència: Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA

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Ressenyes

Someone to Watch Over Me

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WBCLIB | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Jan 26, 2024 |

A Midsummer Night's Scream (Jane Jeffry Mysteries,… de Jill Churchill

read 2023; gave away

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AbneyLibri | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Dec 19, 2023 |

Who's Sorry Now? (Grace & Favor Mysteries, No. 6) de Jill Churchill

Sort of scattered mystery in small town Depression era New York. American born German arrives in town after fleeing Nazis. He is target of hate crimes but the murder of railroad porter seems unrelated.

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ritaer | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Jun 28, 2023 |

A Groom with a View (Jane Jeffry Mysteries, No. 11) de Jill Churchill

Invited to plan a wedding, Jane and her friend Shelly, discover that there is supposedly a treasure on the grounds of the hunting lodge venue. The elderly seamstress is murdered with no suspect and no apparent motive. The bride hesitates but consents but the groom is murdered. Rather confused.

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ritaer | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jun 25, 2023 |

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