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Single Titles |
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Cookie Cutter Sterling Anthony |
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Plain Brown Wrapper: An Alex Powell Novel
Karen Grigsby Bates |
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Train
Pete Dexter |
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My Soul to Keep
Tananarive Due |
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Artifacts
Mary Anna Evans |
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Jass
David Fulmer |
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The Student Body Jane Harvard |
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A Rage In Harlem
Chester Himes |
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Black Heat: A Nina Halligan Mystery
Norman Kelley |
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Shaded Light
N.J. Lindquist |
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Monkology: The Ivan Monk Storie
Gary Phillips |
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Hang My Head and Cry Elena Santagelo |
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Caught in a Rundown
Lisa Saxton |
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Black and Secret Midnight
Laurel Schunk |
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Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes: Black
Mystery,
Crime and Suspense Fiction Paula L. Woods |
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Neely Jones: The Medusa Pool
M.K. Wren |
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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.) |
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Virgil Tibbs, CA homicide detective by
John Dudley Ball |
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1.
In the Heat of the Night |
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2.
The Cool Cottontail |
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3.
The Eyes of Buddha |
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4.
Then Came Violence |
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5.
Singapore |
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Other titles in series |
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Pharaoh Love,
gay NYPD detective
by George Baxt |
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1.
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet |
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2.
Topsy and Evil |
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3.
A Queer Kind of Love |
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Other titles in series |
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Marti MacAlister, widowed IL police detective
by Eleanor Taylor Bland |
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1.
Dead Time |
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2.
Slow Burn |
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3.
Gone Quiet |
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4.
Done Wrong |
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5.
Keep Still |
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6.
See No Evil |
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7.
Tell No Tales |
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8.
Scream in Silence |
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9.
Whispers in the Dark |
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10.
Windy City Dying |
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Other titles in series |
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Nanette Hayes, street playing jazz saxophonist in NY
by Charlotte
Carter |
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1.
Coq Au Vin |
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2.
Drumsticks |
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Other titles in series |
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Nikki Hill, L.A. prosecutor
by Christopher Darden &
Dick Lochte |
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1.
The Trials of Nikki Hill |
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2.
L.A. Justice |
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3.
The Last Defense |
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4.
Lawless |
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Mama Covington and Daughter Simone,
SC case worker & Atlanta paralegal
by Nora
DeLoach |
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1.
Mama Solves a Murder |
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2.
Mama Traps a Killer |
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3.
Mama Stalks the Past |
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4.
Mama Saves a Victim |
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5.
Mama Stands Accused |
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6.
Mama Rocks the Empty Cradle |
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7.
Mama Pursues Murderous Shadows |
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8.
Mama Cracks a Mask of Innocence |
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Mali Anderson, Harlem sleuth
by Grace
Edwards |
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1.
If I Should Die |
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2.
A Toast Before Dying |
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3.
No Time to Die |
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4.
Do or Die |
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Georgia Barnett, reporter
by
Ardella
Garland |
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1.
Details at Ten |
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2.
Hit Time |
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C.J. Floyd, Denver bail
bondsman
by Robert
Greer |
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1.
The Devil's Hatband |
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2.
The Devil's Red Nickel |
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3.
The Devil's Backbone |
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Ben January, surgeon &
music teacher in 1830's by
Barbara
Hambly |
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1.
Free Man of Color |
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2.
Fever Season |
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3.
Graveyard Dust |
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4.
Sold Down the River |
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5.
Die Upon a Kiss |
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6.
Wet Grave |
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7.
Days of the Dead |
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8.
Dead Water |
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Mitch
Berger & Desiree "Des" Mitry, NY film critic & police detective in Conn.
by David Handler |
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1.
The Cold Blue Blood |
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2.
The Hot Pink Farmhouse |
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3.
The Bright Silver Star |
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4.
The Burnt Orange Sunrise |
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Aaron Gunner, Los Angeles PI by
Gar Anthony
Haywood |
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1.
Fear of the Dark |
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2.
You Can Die Trying |
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3.
It's Not a Pretty Sight |
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4.
When Last Seen Alive |
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5.
All the Lucky Ones Are Dead |
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Other titles in series |
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Larry Cole, Chicago policeman
by Hugh Holton |
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1.
Presumed Dead |
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2.
Windy City |
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3.
Chicago Blues |
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4.
Violent Crimes |
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5.
Red Lightning |
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6.
The Left Hand of God |
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7.
Time of the Assassins |
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8.
The Devil's Shadow |
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9.
Criminal Element |
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Hap Collins and Leonard Pine, straight
white & gay black in east Texas
by
Joe Lansdale |
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1.
Mucho Mojo |
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2.
Two-Bear Mambo |
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3.
Bad Chili |
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4.
Rumble Tumble |
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5.
Captains Outrageous |
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Other titles in series |
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Narcissa Power & Judah Daniel, Civil War
widow and herbalist in Virginia
by Ann McMillan |
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1.
Dead March |
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2.
Angel Trumpet |
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3.
Civil Blood |
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Other titles in series |
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Carole Ann Gibson, DC Criminal
Defense Attorney by Penny
Mickelbury |
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1.
One Must Wait |
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2.
Where to Choose |
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3.
The Step Between |
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4.
Paradise Interrupted |
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Easy Rawlins, school maintenance supervisor in LA
by Walter
Mosley |
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1.
Devil in a Blue Dress |
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2.
A Red Death |
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3.
White Butterfly |
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4.
Black Betty |
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5.
A Little Yellow Dog |
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6.
Gone Fishin' |
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7.
Bad Boy Brawly Brown |
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8.
Six Easy Pieces: Easy Rawlins Stories |
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9.
Little Scarlet |
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Fearless Jones |
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1.
Fearless Jones |
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2.
Fear Itself |
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Socrates Fortlow, philosophical ex-con in California |
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1.
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned |
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2.
Walkin' the Dog |
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Blanche White, North Carolina house cleaner
by Barbara Neely |
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1.
Blanche on the Lam |
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2.
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth |
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3.
Blanche Cleans Up |
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4.
Blanche Passes Go |
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Smokey Dalton, unlicensed Memphis PI
by Kris Nelscott |
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1.
A Dangerous Road |
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2.
Smoke-filled Rooms |
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3.
Thin Walls |
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4.
Stone Cribs |
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Other titles in series |
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Louis Kincaid, Michigan policeman
by P.J.Parrish |
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1.
Dark of the Moon |
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2.
Paint It Black |
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3.
Thicker Than Water |
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4.
Killing Rain |
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Other titles in series
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Alex Cross, psychiatrist & DC homicide cop
by James
Patterson |
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1.
Along Came a Spider |
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2.
Kiss the Girls |
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3.
Jack & Jill |
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4.
Cat & Mouse |
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5.
Pop Goes the Weasel |
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6.
Roses Are Red |
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7.
Violets Are Blue |
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8.
Four Blind Mice |
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9.
Big Bad Wolf |
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10.
London Bridges |
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11.
Mary Mary |
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Strange & Quinn, ex-cops turned PIs in Washington, DC
by George P. Pelecanos |
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1.
Right as Rain |
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2.
Hell to Pay |
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3.
Soul Circus |
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4.
Hard Revolution |
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Sam Dean, London journalist
by Mike
Phillips |
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1.
Blood Rights |
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2.
The Late Candidate |
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3.
Point of Darkness |
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4.
An Image to Die For |
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Lew Griffin, New Orleans PI
by James Sallis |
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1.
Moth |
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2.
Black Hornet |
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3.
Eye of the Cricket |
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4.
Bluebottle |
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5.
Ghost of a Flea |
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Wesley Farrell, 1930's New Orleans
nightclub owner by Robert Skinner |
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1.
Skin Deep, Blood Red |
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2.
Cat-eyed Trouble |
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3.
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting |
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4.
The Righteous Cut |
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Talba Wallis, New Orleans poet &
computer expert by Julie Smith |
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1.
Louisiana Hotshot |
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2.
Louisiana Bigshot |
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3.
Louisiana Lament |
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Nikki Chase, ivy
league economics professor by
Pamela Thomas-Graham |
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1.
A Darker Shade of Crimson |
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2.
Blue Blood |
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3.
Orange Crushed |
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Darryl Billups, Baltimore reporter
by Blair S. Walker |
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1.
Up Jumped the Devil |
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2.
Hidden in Plain View |
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Tamara Hayle, ex-cop turned PI in Newark, NJ
by Valerie Wilson Wesley |
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1.
When Death Comes Stealing |
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2.
Devil's Gonna Get Him |
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3.
Where Evil Sleeps |
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4.
No Hiding Place |
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5.
Easier to Kill |
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6.
The Devil Riding |
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Other titles in series
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Barrett "Bear" Raines, detective
in
Deacon Beach, FL by Darryl Wimberley |
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1.
A Rock and a Hard Place |
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2.
Strawman's Hammock |
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Other titles in series
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Charlotte Justice, LA homicide detective
by Paula L. Woods |
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1.
Inner City Blues |
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2.
Stormy Weather |
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3.
Dirty Laundry |
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Last updated June 13, 2006 by
Courtney Moore (cmoore@wppl.org). |
