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Denise Beddows is also a member of the Society of Authors and Chiltern Independent Authors. She writes crime/espionage fiction and true crime and is currently contracted to SpellBound Books.

As a Chief Immigration Officer with a background in research, investigation and intelligence analysis, she has lived, worked and played in 20+ countries across several continents, but took early retirement in 2010 in order to concentrate on writing. She is the founder of Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival and actively supports Chalfont St Giles & Jordans Literary Festival.

Her successful series of espionage novels in The Thames House Files series have all been ranked in Amazon’s Top Five, with two books in the series: Shearwater Point and The Kohat Connection, hitting the Number One spot and also breaking into Amazon’s Top 100 Kindles.  Her recent true crime book The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer was shortlisted in the 2024 True Crime Awards and was awarded a ‘Highly Commended‘ in the Book of the Year Awards.

 

 

 

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Books by Denise Beddows

  • The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer

    Amazon

  • The Nevsky Prospekt Affair The Nevsky Prospekt Affair

    Amazon

  • The Kohat Connection The Kohat Connection

    Amazon

  • Shearwater Point Shearwater Point

    Amazon

  • A Wistful Eye – The Tragedy of a Titanic Shipwright A Wistful Eye – The Tragedy of a Titanic Shipwright

    Amazon

  • The Cheetham Hill Murder – A Convenient Killing? The Cheetham Hill Murder – A Convenient Killing?

    Amazon

  • Buckinghamshire Spies and Subversives Buckinghamshire Spies and Subversives

    Amazon

  • Running with Crows – The Life and Death of a Black and Tan Running with Crows – The Life and Death of a Black and Tan

    Amazon

  • Bulstrode – Splendour and Scandals of a Buckinghamshire Mansion Bulstrode – Splendour and Scandals of a Buckinghamshire Mansion

    Amazon

  • The Famous and Infamous of The Chalfonts & District The Famous and Infamous of The Chalfonts & District
  • The Hunt for WOTAK The Hunt for WOTAK

    Amazon

  • When the Grey Wolf Sings When the Grey Wolf Sings

    Amazon

  • Odd Man Out – A Motiveless Murder? Odd Man Out – A Motiveless Murder?

    Amazon

  • A Long Road to Revenge A Long Road to Revenge

    Amazon

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