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Cathy Dobson

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Cathy Dobson was born in 1963 in Marple, Cheshire, the town after which Agatha Christie named her famous female sleuth, Miss Marple. She studied modern and medieval languages at Cambridge University between 1982–1986. In 1991 she moved to Germany and in 1995 settled in Meerbusch in the Rhineland with her husband, three children and a fluctuating number of cats. Her first novel, Planet Germany, was published in 2007, to wide acclaim in the German and British press. The Devil’s Missal is her second novel.


New book, new blog!

I realise that it is now seven years since I updated the Planet Germany blog. Much has happened in the intervening period, but I will only mention one thing here.


I’ve written another book! Here’s what the back cover blurb has to say:

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“A stunningly written, fast-paced, psychological horror story – disturbingly sexy…”


When Holda Weisel’s Cambridge professor sends her to German

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Published on July 17, 2019 22:04
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Planet Germany

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“These are the stories that I must leave untold, for they are not mine to tell.”
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“If the church believes in holy miracles then surely the reverse, the very blackest of magic phenomena, is also within the realms of the possible.”
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“On any sea voyage, even one as mundane as a cross-channel car ferry, it is difficult to focus on your destination until you have lost sight of the land.”
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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
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“Don’t give in, she urged the girl from inside her own head. Insist on your wriggly wiggly worms. Don’t let them take your story from you. If they do, you won’t ever hear it again and you’ll always have to read their books and be their little princess. Stand firm. Make them read you your wriggly wiggly worms.”
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message 4: by Cathy

Cathy Daniel wrote: "
Cathy, I've added your book Planet Germany to my to-read list."


Thank you - I hope you enjoy it


Jeannie Faulkner Barber Good morning Cathy and thank you for being a friend here on Goodreads!
Blessings,
Jeannie


message 2: by Bill

Bill Hello Cathy,

I shamelessly promote my recent book, The Feathery. It's set in San diego, London, Scotland and Ireland. Has some golf, but that's not all. Check the reviews & synopsis on Amazon UK. I'm doing the same with your work.

Thanks,

Cherio

Bill


Daniel
Cathy, I've added your book Planet Germany to my to-read list.


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