A journalist, she lives in Oxford.
Real name: Maureen O'Connor.
Not to be confused with the California writer of Raggedy Ann stories!
From Wikipedia:
"The major series produced by Hall features reporter Laura Ackroyd and police detective Michael Thackeray. The series is set in Bradford and confronts issues of 'environmentalism, class and race discrimination'.
"She has now started writing a new series based around photographer Kate O'Donnell and set in 1960s London."
http://www.patriciahall.co.uk/
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/patricia-hall/
(book covers)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/patricia-hall/
(Kirkus reviews)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7658.Patricia_Hall?from_search=true
(reader reviews)
WRITINGS:
MYSTERY NOVELS
The Poison Pool, Crime Club (London, England), 1991, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 1993.
The Coldness of Killers, Crime Club (London, England), 1992.
The Masks of Darkness, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 2004.
"ACKROYD AND THACKERAY" SERIES
Death by Election, Little, Brown (London, England), 1993, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 1994.
Dying Fall, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1994.
In the Bleak Midwinter, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1997, published as Dead of Winter, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 1997.
Dead on Arrival, Constable (London, England), 1999, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 2001.
Perils of the Night, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 1999.
The Italian Girl, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 2000.
Skeleton at the Feast, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 2002.
Deep Freeze, Allison and Busby (London, England), 2002, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 2003.
Death in Dark Waters, Allison and Busby (London, England), 2002, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 2004.
Dead Reckoning, Allison and Busby (London, England), 2003, St. Martin's (New York, NY), 2005.
False Witness, Allison and Busby (London, England), 2004.
Sins of the Fathers, Allison and Busby (London, England), 2005.
Death in a Far Country, Allison & Busby (London, England), 2007.
By Death Divided, Allison & Busby (London, England), 2008.
Devil's Game, Allison & Busby (London, England), 2009.
"KATE O'DONNELL" SERIES
Dead Beat, Severn House Publishers (New York, NY), 2011.
Death Trap, Severn House Publishers (New York, NY), 2012.
Dressed to Kill, Severn House Publishers (Sutton, Surrey, England), 2013.
Blood Brothers, Severn House Publishers (Sutton, Surrey, England), 2013.
Deep Waters, Severn House Publishers (Sutton, Surrey, England), 2016.
Cover Up, Severn House Publishers (Sutton, Surrey, England), 2017.
OTHER; AS MAUREEN O'CONNOR
Your Child's Primary School: The Teaching Methods, the Systems and the Options Explained, Pan Books (London, England), 1977.
Your Child's Comprehensive School: The Teaching Methods, the Systems and the Options Explained, Pan Books (London, England), 1977.
Secondary Education, Cassell (London, England), 1990.
Equal Rights, Franklin Watts (New York, NY), 1998, reprinted, Sea to Sea Publications (North Mankato, MN), 2006.
Lenona.
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