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Dorothy Simpson

Bio

Dorothy Simpson (b. 1933) was born and raised in South Wales, and went to Bristol University, where she studied modern languages before moving to Kent, the setting for her Inspector Thanet Mysteries. After spending several years at home with her three children, she trained as a marriage guidance counselor and subsequently worked as one for thirteen years before writing her first novel. Says Simpson, “You may think that marriage guidance counselor to crime writer is rather a peculiar career move, but although I didn’t realize it at the time, of course, the training I received was the best possible preparation for writing detective novels. Murder mysteries are all about relationships which go disastrously wrong, and the insights I gained into what makes people tick, into their interaction and motivations, have been absolutely invaluable to DI Thanet, my series character, as have the interviewing skills I acquired during my years of counseling.”
 

Dorothy Simpson Books

The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Volume Three book cover

The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Volume Three

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The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Volume Two book cover

The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Volume Two

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The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Volume One book cover

The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Volume One

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Element of Doubt book cover

Element of Doubt

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Dead by Morning book cover

Dead by Morning

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Suspicious Death book cover

Suspicious Death

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Doomed to Die book cover

Doomed to Die

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Wake the Dead book cover

Wake the Dead

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No Laughing Matter book cover

No Laughing Matter

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Puppet for a Corpse book cover

Puppet for a Corpse

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Last Seen Alive book cover

Last Seen Alive

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Dead on Arrival book cover

Dead on Arrival

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Close Her Eyes book cover

Close Her Eyes

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The Night She Died book cover

The Night She Died

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Six Feet Under book cover

Six Feet Under

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Day for Dying book cover

Day for Dying

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Once Too Often book cover

Once Too Often

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Dead and Gone book cover

Dead and Gone

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