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Single Titles


Antiques
 
Death is a Cabaret  Deborah Morgan
 
Bird Watching  
The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites  J.S. Borthwick
Bird's-Eye View  J. F. Freedman
An Owl Too Many  Charlotte MacLeod
Raptor  Judith Van Gieson
 
Bridge  
Cards on the Table  Agatha Christie
Duplicate Death  Georgette Heyer
 
Cycling  
Deadroll  Greg Moody
 
Doll Houses  
Malice in Minature  Jeanne M. Dams
 
Games  
Gambit  Rex Stout
 
Golf  
Final Round  William Bernhardt
Murder in the Rough  J. S. Borthwick
Murder on the Links  Agatha Christie
Death Under Par  Janice Law
Lying Three  Ralph McInerny
Impossible Bliss  Lee Sheldon
 
Lee Tyler:  
     The Teed-Off Ghost  
     The Case of the Missing Links  
   
Handicrafts  
Murder Most Crafty  Maggie Bruce
 
Numismatics
 
One Dollar Death  Richard Barth
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza  Lawrence Block
Gold by Gemini  Jonathan Gash
A Killing in Gold  Joe L. Hensley
The Mother Shadow  Melodie Johnson Howe
   
Photography  
Double Exposure  Susan Ford
Reflex  Dick Francis
Photo Finish  Ngaio Marsh
 
Puzzles  
Footprints in the Butter  Denise Dietz
A Six-Letter Word For Death  Patricia Moyes
One Across, Two Down  Ruth Rendell
   
Quilting  
Buried in Quilts  Sara Hoskinson  Frommer
 
Stamps  
The Case of the One Penny Orange  E.V. Cunningham
The Scarlet Ruse  John D. MacDonald
The Chinese Orange Mystery  Ellery Queen
The Dutch Blue Error  William G. Tapply
 
Tennis  
Game, Set and Danger  Anna Clarke
A Detective in Love  H. R. F. Keating
McNally’s Dare  Vincent Lardo
 
Walking  
Wobble to Death  Peter Lovesey


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Series
(Titles below reflect the current collection. Other titles in the series or by that author may not be owned by library.)


Antiques
Jane Wheel, antiques picker by Sharon Fiffer
    1. Killer Stuff
    2. Dead Guy's Stuff
    3. The Wrong Stuff
    4. Buried Stuff

Lovejoy, antiques expert and forger in East Anglia, England
by Jonathan Gash
    1. The Great California Game
    2. The Lies of Fair Ladies
    3. The Sin Within Her Smile
    4. The Grace in Older Women
    5. The Possessions of a Lady
    6. The Rich and the Profane
    7. A Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Hair
    8. The Ten Word Game
          Other titles in series

Dr. Thomas Purdue, collector of antique music boxes
by Larry Karp
    1. The Music Box Murders
    2. Scamming the Birdman
    3. The Midnight Special

Rei Shimura, antiques dealer in Tokyo by Sujata Massey
    1. The Salaryman's Wife
    2. Zen Attitude
    3. The Flower Master
    4. The Floating Girl
    5. The Bride's Kimono
    6. The Samurai's Daughter
    7. The Pearl Diver

Peter Marklin, antique toy collector
by Neville Steed
    1. Tinplate
    2. Die-Cast
    3. Chipped
    4. Wind-Up
          Other titles in series

Maggie Summer: antique print business owner by Lea Wait
      
(see Art Mysteries)

Bridge
Cassie Swann, professional bridge player in Bellington, England by Susan Moody
    1. Takeout Double
    2. King of Hearts
    3. Doubled in Spades
          Other titles in series
   
Dog Training & Breeding
Rachel Alexander: dog trainer by Carol Lea
    1. This Dog For Hire
    2. The Dog Who Knew Too Much
    3. Hell of a Dog
    4. Lady Vanishes
    5. The Wrong Dog
    6. The Long Good Boy
    7. Fall Guy

Melanie Travis: poodle breeder by Laurien Berenson
    1. Underdog
    2. Dog Eat Dog
    3. Hair of the Dog
    4. Watchdog
    5. Hush Puppy
    6. Unleashed
    7. Once Bitten
    8. Hot Dog
    9. Best in Show
 10. Jingle Bell Bark
 11. Chow Down
 12. Hounded to Death
         Other titles in series

Holly Winter, dog trainer and magazine columnist
by Susan Conant
    1. A New Leash on Death
    2. A Bite of Death
    3. Bloodlines
    4. Gone to the Dogs
    5. Ruffly Speaking
    6. Black Ribbons
    7. Stud Rites
    8. Animal Appetite
    9. The Barker Street Regulars
  10. Evil Breeding
  11. Creature Discomforts
  12. The Wicked Flea
  13. The Dogfather
  14. Bride and Groom
  15. Gaits of Heaven
  16. All Shots
          Other titles in series

Jo Beth Sidden, bloodhound trainer
by Virginia Lanier
    1. Death in Bloodhound Red
    2. The House on Bloodhound Lane
    3. A Brace of Bloodhounds
    4. Ten Little Bloodhounds
    5. A Bloodhound to Die For
          Other titles in series

Gardening
Bretta Solomon, flower shop owner by Janis Harrison
    1. Roots of Murder
    2. Murder Sets Seed
    3. Lilies That Fester
    4. Deadly Bouquet
    5. Reap a Wicked Harvest

Three Dirty Women series
by Julie Wary Herman
    1. Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death
    2. Three Dirty Women and the Bitter Brew
          Other titles in series

Louise Eldridge, organic gardener
by Ann Ripley
    1. Death of a Garden Pest
    2. Death of a Political Plant
    3. The Garden Tour Affair
    4. Harvest of Murder
    5. The Christmas Garden Affair
    6. Death at the Spring Plant Sale
    7. Summer Garden Murder
    8. Death in the Orchid Garden
          Other titles in series

Celia Grant,
botanist/horticulturist in London, England by John Sherwood
    1. A Botanist at Bay
    2. Flowers of Evil
    3. Menacing Groves
    4. A Bouquet of Thorns
    5. The Sunflower Plot
    6. The Hanging Garden
    7. Creeping Jenny
    8. Bones Gather No Moss
           Other titles in series

Golf
Woman golfer Lee Ofsted & her cop boyfriend Graham Sheldon by Aaron & Charlotte Elkins
    1. A Wicked Slice
    2. Rotten Lies
    3. Nasty Breaks

Lambert & Hook, English policemen & golf enthusiasts by J.M. Gregson
    1. An Unsuitable Death
    2. An Academic Death
    3. Death on the Eleventh Hole
    4. Something is Rotten
          Other titles in series

Alan Saxon, professional golfer by Keith Miles
    1. Bullet Hole
    2. Bermuda Grass
          Other titles in series

Needle
craft

Betsy Devonshire & the needlecraft  mystery series by Monica Ferris

    1. Crewel World
    2. Framed in Lace
    3. A Stitch in Time
    4. Unraveled Sleeve
    5. A Murderous Yarn
    6. Hanging By a Thread
    7. Cutwork
    8. Crewel Yule
    9. Embroidered Truths
   10. Sins and Needles
   11. Knitting Bones
          Other titles in series

Photography
Alex Rutledge, freelance photographer in Key West by Tom Corcoran
    1. The Mango Opera
    2. Gumbo Limbo
    3. Bone Island Mambo
    4. Octopus Alibi

Harriet Jeffries, architectural photographer
by Medora Sale
    1. Murder in a Good Cause
    2. Short Cut to Santa Fe
          Other titles in series

Puzzles
Anabella Graham, crossword puzzle editor by Nero Blanc
    1. Two Down
    2. The Crossword Connection
          Other titles in series

Cora Felton, crossword creator with a nationally-syndicated column in Connecticut by Parnell Hall
    1. A Clue For the Puzzle Lady
    2. Last Puzzle and Testament
    3. Puzzled to Death
    4. A Puzzle in a Pear Tree
    5. With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill
    6. And a Puzzle to Die On

Quilting
Benni Harper, ex-rancher & folk art museum curator in California by Earlene Fowler
     
 (see Art Mysteries)

Scrapbooking
Carmela Bertrand, owner of a scrapbooking shop in New Orleans by Laura Childs
    1. Keepsake Crimes
    2. Photo Finished
    3. Bound for Murder
    4. Motif for Murder
    5. Frill Kill
          Other titles in series


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