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Patricia Finney

Author of Assassin

36+ Works 2,817 Members 84 Reviews 10 Favorited

About the Author

Jack was born near Plymouth, England, the only puppy in his litter. He was adopted (at great expense) by his Pack. Jack went to obedience school, but he was not at all obedient, and far too friendly. His interests include eating, walking, food, swimming, breakfast, playing NotFetch, dinner, and, of show more course, food theft Patricia Finney is Jack's real Pack Lady and his interpreter. She spends a lot of time running around after Jack, The Cats, and her three children. When she can, she writes all kinds of things, including historical novels, scripts, and articles for newspapers. She won the David Higham Award for her first novel, A Shadow of Gulls. Ms. Finney lives in Cornwall, England show less

Includes the names: P.F. Chisholm, Patricia Finney

Disambiguation Notice:


Patricia Finney writes as the fictional author Grace Cavendish for several of the Grace Cavendish Mystery series, she also writes under the pen-name P. F. Chisholm.

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Series

Works by Patricia Finney

Assassin (2004) 427 copies, 7 reviews
Firedrake's Eye (1992) 304 copies, 8 reviews
Unicorn's Blood (1998) 285 copies, 6 reviews
Betrayal (2004) 255 copies, 5 reviews
A Famine of Horses (1994) 235 copies, 6 reviews
Conspiracy (2004) 218 copies, 4 reviews
Gloriana's Torch (2003) 169 copies, 6 reviews
A Season of Knives (1995) 142 copies, 4 reviews
A Plague of Angels (1998) 114 copies, 5 reviews
A Surfeit of Guns (1997) 105 copies, 3 reviews
I, Jack (2000) 86 copies, 4 reviews
A Murder of Crows (2010) 74 copies, 6 reviews
A Shadow of Gulls (1977) 60 copies, 2 reviews
An Air of Treason (2014) 50 copies, 4 reviews
A Chorus of Innocents (2015) 49 copies, 2 reviews
The Crow Goddess (1978) 41 copies, 2 reviews
A Clash of Spheres (2017) 35 copies
Assassin / Betrayal (2011) 33 copies
A Suspicion of Silver (2018) 29 copies, 2 reviews
Do We Not Bleed? (2013) 23 copies, 1 review
Guns in the North (2017) 15 copies, 1 review
Priced above Rubies (2017) 9 copies
Knives in the South (2017) 8 copies, 1 review
A Taste of Witchcraft (2024) 4 copies
Love without Shadows (2013) 4 copies
A Pest of a Boy (2019) 4 copies
Swords in the East (2018) 4 copies, 1 review
Lucky Woman (2021) 2 copies, 1 review
Elizabethan Noir Trilogy Boxed Set: (2020) 2 copies, 1 review
Jack and the Ghosts (2013) 1 copy, 1 review
A Quarrel of Lawyers 1 copy, 1 review

Associated Works

The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits (2006) — Contributor — 78 copies

Tagged

16th century (71) British (50) children's (15) crime (26) diary (16) ebook (39) Elizabeth I (100) Elizabethan (73) Elizabethan England (18) Elizabethan mystery (19) England (109) English (15) espionage (18) fiction (273) Great Britain (14) historical (113) historical fiction (325) historical mystery (86) historical novel (17) history (16) Kindle (20) Lady Grace (14) library (13) London (20) medieval (18) murder (15) mysteries (37) mystery (260) novel (18) own (25) Renaissance (25) royalty (23) Scotland (20) series (39) Sir Robert Carey (64) to-read (121) Tudor (41) Tudors (15) UK (13) young adult (17)

Common Knowledge

Other names
Chisholm, P F
Cavendish, Grace
Birthdate
1958-05-12
Gender
female
Nationality
UK
UK
Places of residence
Cornwall, England, UK
Education
Henrietta Barnett School, Hampstead, London, England, UK
Oxford University (Wadham College)
Occupations
editor
novelist
writer
author
Disambiguation notice

Patricia Finney writes as the fictional author Grace Cavendish for several of the Grace Cavendish Mystery series, she also writes under the pen-name P. F. Chisholm.

Members

Reviews

Another great historical fiction piece. Love the combination of Elizabeth and the nautical life.
 
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et.carole | 4 other reviews | Jan 21, 2022 |
Lady Grace is witty and smart, making this one of my favorite historical fiction books ever. Recently read for the second time.
 
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Karin Polz Translator
Aurélia Lenoir Traduction
Paavo Lehtonen Translator
Karen Phillips Cover designer

Statistics

Works
36
Also by
2
Members
2,817
Popularity
#9,109
Rating
3.9
Reviews
84
ISBNs
184
Languages
6
Favorited
10

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