|
Jake Diamond, S.F. p.i., more over-easy
than hard-boiled by J.L.
Abramo |
| 1.
Catching
Water in a Net |
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2.
Clutching at
Straws |
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3.
Counting to
Infinity |
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Irene Kelly, newspaper reporter in southern California by Jan
Burke |
| 1.
Goodnight,
Irene |
| 2.
Sweet
Dreams, Irene |
| 3.
Dear Irene |
|
4.
Remember Me,
Irene |
|
5.
Hocus |
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6.
Liar |
|
7.
Bones |
|
8.
Flight |
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9.
Bloodlines |
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Whistler, sentimental private eye in Hollywood by Robert
Campbell |
|
1.
Alice in La-La
Land |
|
2.
Sweet La-La
Land |
|
3.
The Wizard of
La-La Land |
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Other titles in series |
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Shane Scully, police sergeant in LA by Stephen J. Cannell |
|
1.
The Tin Collectors |
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2.
The Viking Funeral |
|
3.
Hollywood Tough |
|
4.
Cold Hit |
|
Other titles in series |
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Nan Robertson, California state bar investigator
by Taffy Cannon |
|
1.
A Pocketful of
Karma |
|
2.
Tangled Roots |
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Other titles in series |
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Bomber & Todd Hanson, hot shot California attorney & his
son by David Champion |
|
1.
The Mountain
Massacres |
|
2.
Nobody Roots
for Goliath |
|
3.
Celebrity
Trouble |
|
4.
The Phantom
Virus |
|
5.
Too Rich and
Too Thin |
|
6.
She Died for
Her Sins |
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Other titles in series |
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Philip Marlowe, private eye on the "mean streets" of LA
by Raymond Chandler |
|
1. The Big Sleep
in
Raymond Chandler Omnibus |
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2. Trouble is My
Business in
Collected Stories |
|
3. Farewell, My
Lovely in
Raymond Chandler Omnibus |
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4. The High Window
in
Raymond Chandler Omnibus |
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5. Lady in the
Lake in
Raymond Chandler Omnibus |
|
6.
The Little
Sister |
|
7.
The Long
Goodbye |
|
8.
Playback |
|
9.
Poodle Springs |
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Other titles in series |
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Regan Reilly, LA private eye by Carol Higgins Clark |
|
1.
Decked |
|
2.
Snagged |
|
3.
Iced |
|
4.
Twanged |
|
5.
Deck the Halls |
|
6.
Fleeced |
|
7.
Jinxed |
|
8.
He Sees You
When You're Sleeping |
|
9.
Popped |
|
10.
The Christmas Thief |
|
11.
Burned |
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Other titles in series |
|
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|
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Harry Bosch, LA homicide detective by Michael Connelly |
|
1.
The Black Echo |
|
2.
The Black Ice |
|
3.
The Concrete
Blonde |
|
4.
The Last Coyote |
|
5.
Trunk Music |
|
6.
Angels Flight |
|
7.
A Darkness More
Than Night |
|
8.
City of Bones |
|
9.
Lost Light |
|
10.
The Narrows |
|
11.
The Closers |
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Zen Moses, P.I. and cancer survivor in Santa Monica by
Elizabeth Cosin |
|
1.
Zen and the Art
of Murder |
|
2.
Zen and the
City of Angels |
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Other titles in series |
|
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|
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Elvis Cole & Joe Pike, Hollywood private eyes by Robert
Crais |
|
1.
The Monkey's
Raincoat |
|
2.
Stalking the
Angel |
|
3.
Lullaby Town |
|
4.
Free Fall |
|
5.
Voodoo River |
|
6.
Sunset Express |
|
7.
Indigo Slam |
|
8.
L.A. Requiem |
|
9.
The Last
Detective |
|
10.
The Forgotten Man |
|
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|
|
Gail McCarthy, veterinarian in Santa Cruz with equine practice
by Laura Crum |
|
1.
Cutter |
|
2.
Hoofprints |
|
3.
Roughstock |
|
4.
Roped |
|
5.
Slickrock |
|
6.
Breakaway |
|
7.
Hayburner |
|
8.
Forged |
|
|
|
|
Masuo Masuto, Beverly Hills private eye by E.V. Cunningham (aka
Howard Fast) |
|
1.
The Case of the
One Penny Orange |
|
2.
The Case of the
Russian Diplomat |
|
3.
The Case of the
Poisoned Éclairs |
|
4.
The Case of the
Sliding Pool |
|
5.
The Case of the
Kidnapped Angel |
|
6.
The Case of the
Murdered Mackenzie |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Jeri Howard, private investigator in Oakland
by Janet Dawson |
|
1.
Kindred Crimes |
|
2.
Don't Turn Your
Back on the Ocean |
|
3.
Nobody's Child |
|
4.
A Credible
Threat |
|
5.
Witness to Evil |
|
6.
Where the
Bodies Are Buried |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Fremont Jones, turn-of-century owner of S.F. typewriter service
by Dianne Day |
|
1.
The Strange
Files of Fremont Jones |
|
2.
Fire and Fog |
|
3.
The Bohemian
Murders |
|
4.
Emperor
Norton's Ghost |
|
5.
Death Train to
Boston |
|
6.
Beacon Street
Mourning |
|
|
|
|
Jill Smith, homicide detective in Berkeley
by Susan Dunlap |
|
1.
Karma |
|
2.
As a Favor |
|
3.
Not Exactly a
Brahmin |
|
4.
Too Close to
the Edge |
|
5.
A Dinner to Die
For |
|
6.
Diamond in the
Buff |
|
7.
Death and Taxes |
|
8.
Time Expired |
|
9.
Sudden Exposure |
|
10.
Cop Out |
|
11.
The Celestial Buffet &
Other Morsels of Murder |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, ex-medical examiner
now P.I. in La Jolla |
|
1.
Pious Deception |
|
2.
Rogue Wave |
|
3.
High Fall |
|
4.
No Immunity |
|
|
|
|
The L.A. Quartet
by James Ellroy |
|
1.
The Black
Dahlia |
|
2.
L.A.
Confidential |
|
3.
White Jazz |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Madeline Bean, Hollywood caterer by Jerrilyn Farmer |
|
1.
Sympathy for
the Devil |
|
2.
Immaculate
Reception |
|
3.
Killer Wedding |
|
4.
Dim Sum Dead |
|
5.
Mumbo Gumbo |
|
6.
Perfect Sax |
|
7.
The Flaming
Luau of Death |
|
|
|
|
Jimmy Gage, reporter and film critic by Robert Ferrigno |
|
1.
Flinch |
|
2.
Scavenger Hunt |
|
|
|
|
Kate Delafield, lesbian homicide detective in LA by Katherine
V. Forrest |
|
1.
Amateur City |
|
2.
Murder at the Nightwood Bar |
|
3.
The Beverly
Malibu |
|
4.
Murder by
Tradition |
|
5.
Liberty Square |
|
6.
Apparition
Alley |
|
7.
Sleeping Bones |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
Albenia "Benni" Harper,
ex-rancher
& folk art museum curator by Earlene Fowler
(see
Art Mysteries) |
|
|
|
|
Kate Jasper, gag-gift wholesaler in Marin County
by Jacqueline Girdner |
|
1.
Adjusted to
Death |
|
2.
Death Hits the
Fan |
|
3.
Murder, My Deer |
|
4.
A Sensitive
Kind of Murder |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Sunny McCoskey, chef in Napa Valley wine country by Nadia
Gordon |
|
1.
Sharp
Shooter |
|
2.
Death by the
Glass |
|
3.
Murder Alfresco |
|
|
|
|
Daniel Kearney Associates, auto repo & skip-tracing firm in S.F.
by Joe Gores |
|
1.
32 Cadillacs |
|
2.
Contract Null
and Void |
|
3.
Stakeout on
Page Street |
|
4.
Cons, Scams and Grifts |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Kinsey Millhone, sassy private eye in Santa Teresa by Sue
Grafton |
|
1.
A is for Alibi |
|
2.
B is for
Burglar |
|
3.
C is for Corpse |
|
4.
D is for
Deadbeat |
|
5.
E is for
Evidence |
|
6.
F is for
Fugitive |
|
7.
G is for
Gumshoe |
|
8.
H is for
Homicide |
|
9.
I is for
Innocent |
|
10.
J is for Judgment |
|
11.
K is for Killer |
|
12.
L is for Lawless |
|
13.
M is for Malice |
|
14.
N is for Noose |
|
15.
O is for Outlaw |
|
16.
P is for Peril |
|
17.
Q is for Quarry |
|
18.
R is for Ricochet |
|
19.
S is for Silence |
|
|
|
|
Catherine Sayler, private investigator in San Francisco
by Linda Grant |
|
1.
Love Nor Money |
|
2.
A Woman's Place |
|
3.
Lethal Genes |
|
4.
Vampire Bytes |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
John Marshall Tanner, non-practicing attorney and P.I. in S.F.
by Stephen Greenleaf |
|
1.
Grave Error |
|
2.
Death Bed |
|
3.
State's
Evidence |
|
4.
Fatal Obsession |
|
5.
Beyond Blame |
|
6.
Toll Call |
|
7.
Book Case |
|
8.
Blood Type |
|
9.
Southern Cross |
|
10.
False Conception |
|
11.
Flesh Wounds |
|
12.
Past Tense |
|
13.
Strawberry Sunday |
|
14.
Ellipsis |
|
|
|
|
Emma Chizzit, salvage dealer in Sacramento
by Mary Bowen Hall |
|
1.
Emma Chizzit
and the Queen Anne Killer |
|
2.
Emma Chizzit
and the Sacramento Stalker |
|
3.
Emma Chizzit
and the Napa Nemesis |
|
4.
Emma Chizzit and the Mother Lode
Marauder |
|
|
|
|
Ambrose Bierce, the fictional adventures of real life
S.F. journalist by Oakley Hall |
|
1.
Ambrose Bierce
and the Trey of Pearls |
|
2.
Ambrose Bierce
and the Death of Kings |
|
3.
Ambrose Bierce
and the Queen of Spades |
|
|
|
Aaron Gunner, Los Angeles PI by Gar Anthony Haywood
(see
African Heritage Mysteries) |
|
|
|
|
Maggie MacGowan, documentary filmmaker in LA by Wendy Hornsby |
|
1.
Telling Lies |
|
2.
Midnight Baby |
|
3.
Bad Intent |
|
4.
77th Street
Requiem |
|
5.
A Hard Light |
|
|
|
|
Kate Teague, history teacher in California |
|
1.
No Harm |
|
2.
Half a Mind |
|
|
|
|
Kali O'Brien, attorney in gold country by Jonnie Jacobs |
|
1.
Shadow of Doubt |
|
2.
Evidence of
Guilt |
|
3.
Motion to
Dismiss |
|
4.
Witness for the
Defense |
|
5.
Cold Justice |
|
6.
Intent to Harm |
|
|
|
|
Kate Austen, single mother in Walnut Hills |
|
1.
Murder Among
Neighbors |
|
2.
Murder Among Us |
|
3.
Murder Among
Strangers |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Toby Peters, 1940's Hollywood P.I.
by Stuart M. Kaminsky |
|
1.
Bullet for a
Star |
|
2.
Murder on the
Yellow Brick Road |
|
3.
You Bet Your
Life |
|
4.
The Howard
Hughes Affair |
|
5.
Never Cross a
Vampire |
|
6.
High Midnight |
|
7.
Catch a Falling
Clown |
|
8.
The Fala Factor |
|
9.
Down for the
Count |
|
10.
The Man Who Shot Lewis
Vance |
|
11.
Smart Moves |
|
12.
Think Fast, Mr. Peters |
|
13.
Buried Caesars |
|
14.
Poor Butterfly |
|
15.
The Melting Clock |
|
16.
The Devil Met a Lady |
|
17.
Tomorrow is Another Day |
|
18.
Dancing in the Dark |
|
19.
A Fatal Glass of Beer |
|
20.
A Few Minutes Past
Midnight |
|
21.
To Catch a Spy |
|
22.
Mildred Pierced |
|
23.
Now You See It |
|
Other titles in series |
|
|
|
|
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, LAPD detective & his wife by
Faye Kellerman |
|
1.
The Ritual Bath |
|
2.
Sacred and
Profane |
|
3.
Milk and Honey |
|
4.
Day of
Atonement |
|
5.
False Prophet |
|
6.
Grievous Sin |
|
7.
Sanctuary |
|
8.
Justice |
|
9.
Prayers for the
Dead |
|
10.
Serpent's Tooth |
|
11.
Jupiter's Bones |
|
12.
Stalker |
|
13.
The Forgotten |
|
14.
Stone Kiss |
|
15.
Street Dreams |
|
|
|
|
Alex Delaware, child psychologist in LA
by Jonathan Kellerman |
|
1.
When the Bough
Breaks |
|
2.
Blood Test |
|
3.
Over the Edge |
|
4.
Silent Partner |
|
5.
Time Bomb |
|
6.
Private Eyes |
|
7.
Devil's Waltz |
|
8.
Bad Love |
|
9.
Self-Defense |
|
10.
The Web |
|
11.
The Clinic |
|
12.
Survival of the Fittest |
|
13.
Monster |
|
14.
Dr. Death |
|
15.
Flesh and Blood |
|
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