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All Roads Lead Home (Bellingwood Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Diane Greenwood Muir (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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She’s ready to bury her mistakes for good. Will following a trail of clues from a bygone era help her reinvent her future?

Polly Giller is buzzing with energy. Leaving Boston and returning to small-town Iowa with the goal of renovating the old schoolhouse, the pragmatic problem-solver delights in the welcoming committee of capable older women. But her high hopes of reinvigorating the fading hamlet take a hit when two skeletons tumble out of the upstairs ceiling.

Focused on putting dead history to rest and restoring calm, Polly desperately tries to ignore her handsome contractor’s beguiling flirting so she can ponder on the puzzle. But even as they riffle through the bones of the region’s past, her own painful baggage threatens to derail her fresh start.

Will Polly’s vim and vigor crack a cold case and let her put down new roots?

All Roads Lead Home is the feel-good first book in the sweeping Bellingwood cozy mystery series. If you like charming heroines, tangled histories, and tight-knit communities, then you’ll love Diane Greenwood Muir’s stroll down a country lane.

Buy All Roads Lead Home to find the heart of happiness today!

The paperback and hardback copies contain the ten Prequel vignettes written in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Bellingwood!

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I grew up in small town Iowa and after moving to a much larger city, returned to our family cabin in the woods in order to finish a Master's Degree and do a little writing. What I found was that people are different in rural America. I knew it before, but didn't realize to what extent that was true. They have everything going for them, plus they know what it is to live in a community where you can leave your doors unlocked during the day, let your children walk to school by themselves, have people show up to help simply because they are your neighbors and they pay attention to each other.

The Bellingwood series pours out of me with stories from my childhood and youth filling the pages as the characters come alive in my mind. These characters are amalgamations of people I've known my entire life ... good people with great stories.

There are a lot of great people in this world and it doesn't take that much to find them if you just open your eyes and your heart. Bellingwood reminds us of that fact.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00B2FOHNS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nammynools Publications (January 17, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 17, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3501 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 393 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #86,526 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,103 in Amateur Sleuths
- #2,936 in Cozy Mystery
- #3,117 in Women Sleuths (Kindle Store)

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Diane Greenwood Muir knows a lot about a lot of things, but what she knows best are great people. Growing up in small towns in the Midwest, she and her family experienced the best and worst in people and her memories come from the best of them. Her books are filled with bits and pieces of stories and people from all of those memories. If you think they are too good to be true, you haven't met the real people who fill rural communities throughout the Midwest.

Diane's family operated a small printing shop in Omaha for over twenty years. After it closed, she began to hide out in a family cabin in Iowa to get her Master's Degree and focus on writing. While there, she rediscovered how honest and caring the people were, reminding her of a life she'd forgotten in the city. Neighbors who watch out for each other, business people who believe in honesty before money and people who truly put others before themselves.

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katiegreeniz

Beginning my 7th reread of the series and it gets better every time

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024

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I first stumbled upon Polly and her beautiful town of Bellingwood in the fall of 2016. I was looking for a new series to binge and this already had 10 or 11 books in the series by the time I began. I had no idea what an amazing world I was going to fall in love with, and what a lovely escape each book would become. You really feel as if you know the characters intimately.

If you love cozy books that are beautifully written, and include everything from romance and small town charm and suspense and humor, this series is for you. If you appreciate reading about independent, intelligent kind and sassy women and their friendships, this series is definitely for you. If you enjoy a story that has you laughing and crying and sympathizing and cheering, this series is most definitely for you. Tonight I finished the first book in the series for the seventh time since I first found them eight years ago. These stories never get old and I already know I’m going to stay up late tonight to start the next book.

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Sweezy Mc

A great series...with one caveat

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2016

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I have read 10 of the books in this series. Overall, these are great stories. The group of friends expands and creates a true community, and the author really knows her way around renovation work, which is interesting. The biggest flaw in this series is actually the main character. Polly could have been a wonderfully drawn; instead she's so "perfect" that reading about her is just irritating. She'll take on anything, she rescues both people and animals, she works tirelessly, blah, blah, blah. When she stops to take a breath, it's so the other characters can tell her how wonderful she is. If someone doesn't live up to her standards, she jumps in to set them straight. It's like the author is intermittently serving some undefined agenda, because the rest of her writing is balanced and entertaining. However, I've realized that I too can adopt the Polly Bootstrap Mentality. I don't have to read those passages, so I take charge of my own life and skip them.

Most of the narrative is worth it; when Polly is being a mere human, the dialogue can be laugh-out-loud funny. The character, Beryl, is a outlandish and fun. Lydia has some of the same attributes as Polly, but Lydia is written realistically, so she's also an enjoyable character. As cozy series go, it's definitely worth a try, especially if you have Kindle Unlimited.

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Terri Loveland

Wow… just wow!

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023

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For someone who finds it hard to read for pleasure, I was captivated and looked forward with delight as I turned each page. Diane’s writing is beautifully descriptive. I felt as if I was there. I loved the development of each character. The mystery really pulls you in. I recommend this to those who especially enjoy mystery but even those who don’t think they do! Loved it! Thank you Diane!

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Leah Sp

A slice of life that you don't want to stop reading....

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2016

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I got this book on special in 2014 and in my resolution to read those books I had forgotten about found this treasure. I like to put this in the category of one that is a slice of life. You get to meet someone at a point in their life and experience it with them. Now I have read some authors fail at this, but I can honestly say that Diane did not.

The main character Polly is so believable and had life breathed into her. I can say that for most of the characters that we meet in this book it is true. Though I am with Polly it can be difficult to let others in and rely on them but the experience can be so much more fulfilling for doing so.

Diane was masterful in welcoming you into the town of Bellingwood and its population. Experiencing them along with Polly even in her times of stress. You will find that there is more than just day to day living within these pages. A few mysteries and some danger for Polly to add some spice to life. But I am not telling cause...well that would just take the fun out.

I highly recommend this book. It is a great read and one that I did not want to put down. I am curious about the others so I am going to pick up the next book.

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Sharon

Quick, easy cozy

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2013

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Entertaining cozy mystery but a bit too "cozy" for me personally. I liked the plot with an old school being renovated and bones from a murder 40 years previously being discovered. The secondary plotline with the main character being stalked by a former boyfriend didn't seem to work as well for me.

Interesting characters that were quite well developed but I did have trouble with the group of local female friends that immediately attached themselves to the main character on her arrival in the small town. I had the uncomfortable feeling I was reading about a bunch of high school girls and their 'clique' rather than a group of adult women in their 30s and 40s.

I think, for me, the best part of the entire book was the running joke with the main character becoming almost instantly notable with the whole small town gossip mill for her purple panties with pink bows and the embarrassment of the young carpenter who accidentally displayed them from the laundry basket.

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Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2019

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This is a superb series that I love. They make me laugh cry and think. Everything one needs from a good book. This first one grabs you immediately.

Joy

Home

Reviewed in Australia on March 23, 2023

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All Roads do lead to Home, Very heartfelt enjoyed reading this story, look forward to the balance of the series.

Ara46

Loved this book from the beginning

Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2014

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Loved this book from the beginning. The relationships were real and the story
credible, with a hint of something hidden beneath the easy-going surface.
Well told! I highly recommend this book; an excellent Christmas time read.

Kelly Hagan

I love this series

Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2013

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I love this series. I can't get enough. It reminds me of the small town I was born and raised. It is a feel good book, tossed with a bit of mystery, love, and great friendships. A Must read.

C L B

A pleasant read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2014

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I can't remember why I bought this book but I am glad I did. It is a cozy mystery set in the kind of small town where most events which matter are run by an unelected committee of women. These women decended on the buyer of the old school and showered her with food gifts and then helped her to deal with events in her life. It was going really well until the ex-boyfriend / kidnapper event. This part was unbelievable and was an unwelcome distraction. However, the rest of the book was nice and cozy with lots of good descriptions of the characters and the area. Without the kidnap bit, I would have awarded it a 5 star.

I think this series is the perfect holiday read.

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