Donna Moore (novelist)

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Donna Moore (born 1962 [1] ) is a Scottish novelist. Her first published book ...Go To Helena Handbasket won the 2007 Left Coast Crime Lefty Award for best humorous mystery of the year. [2] Her second novel, Old Dogs , followed in 2010.

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