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Single Titles

Bahamarama  Bob Morris
Hokkaido Popsicle  Isaac Adamson
Quite Ugly One Morning  Christopher Brookmyre
A Farewell to Legs  Jeffrey Cohen
Funny as a Dead Relative  Susan Rogers Cooper
Hayes, J. M.:
     Mad Dog and Englishman
     Plains Crazy
Oyster Blue  Michael McClelland
Better Off Dead  Katy Munger
The Fax of Life  Leslie O’Kane
Springer’s Gambit  W. L. Ripley
Coffin’s Got the Dead Guy on the Inside  Keith Snyder
Pipsqueak  Brian Wiprud


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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.)

Meg Lanslow, decorative blacksmith by Donna Andrews
    1. Murder With Peacocks
    2. Murder With Puffins
    3. Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
    4. Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Lizard
    5. We'll Always Have Parrots
    6. Owls Well That Ends Well

Augusta Goodnight, guardian angel  by Mignon F. Ballard

    1. Angel at Troublesome Creek
    2. An Angel to Die For
    3. Shadow of an Angel
    4. The Angel Whispered Danger
    5. Too Late For Angels
Primrose Holland, ex-pathologist turned advice columnist in England by Jo Bannister
    1. The Primrose Convention
    2. The Primrose Switchback
Sierra Lavotini, Panama City, Florida stripper by Nancy Bartholomew
    1. The Miracle Strip
    2. Drag Strip
    3. Film Strip
    4. Strip Poker
Biff Kincaid, standup comic by Dan Barton
    1. Killer Material
    2. Heckler
    3. Dead Crowd
Bonnie Indermill, temp worker by Carole Berry
    1. Letter of the Law
    2. Island Girl
    3. The Death of a Difficult Woman
    4. Death of a Dancing Fool  
           Other titles in series

Bernie Rhodenbarr,
burglar and bookseller in New York
by Lawrence Block
    
   (see Bibliomysteries)
 
Monsieur Pamplemousse, gourmet restaurant inspector in Paris by Michael Bond
       
(see Cooking Mysteries)
 
Charles Paris, actor in England by Simon Brett
    1. So Much Blood
     2. Star Trap
    3. An Amateur Corpse
    4. A Comedian Dies
    5. The Dead Side of the Mike
    6. Situation Tragedy
    7. Murder Unprompted
    8. Not Dead, Only Resting
    9. Dead Giveaway
  10. What Bloody Man is That?
  11. A Series of Murders
  12. A Reconstructed Corpse
  13. Sicken and So Die
  14. Dead Room Farce
          Other titles in series
Bubba Mabry, private investigator in Albuquerque, New Mexico by Steve Brewer
    1. Witchy Woman
    2. Shaky Ground
    3. Dirty Pool
    4. Crazy Love
    5. Boost
          Other titles in series

P
ostmistress "Harry" Haristeen and animal friends by Rita Mae Brown
       (see Southern Mysteries)
Lacey Smithsonian, “Crime of Fashion” columnist by Ellen Byerrum
    1. Killer Hair
    2. Designer Kickoff

Ellie Haskell, interior decorator; Ben Haskell, writer and chef
by Dorothy Cannell
       
(see Cooking Mysteries)

Nanette Hayes,
street saxophone player
by Charlotte Carter
    
   (see African Heritage Mysteries)
Hilary Tamar, medieval Oxford professor by Sarah Caudwell
    1. The Shortest Way to Hades
    2. The Sirens Sang of Murder
    3. The Sybil in Her Grave
          Other titles in series

Hollis Ball and her ex-husband’s ghost
by Helen Chappell
         (see
Spooky Mysteries)
Jane Jeffry, Chicago housewife/sleuth by Jill Churchill
    1. Grime and Punishment
    2. A Farewell to Yarns
    3. A Quiche Before Dying
    4. The Class Menagerie
    5. A Knife to Remember
    6. From Here to Paternity
    7. Silence of the Hams
    8. War and Peas
    9. Fear of Frying
  10. The Merchant of Menace
  11. Mulch Ado About Nothing
  12. Bell, Book, and Scandal
  13. A Midsummer Night's Scream
          Other titles in series
Myron Bolitar, injured basketball player turned sports agent in New York by Harlan Coben
    1. Deal Breaker
    2. Fade Away
    3. One False Move
    4. The Final Detail
    5. Darkest Fear
          Other titles in series
Hitchcock Sewell, certified mortician in Baltimore by Tim Cockey
    1. The Hearse You Came in On
    2. Hearse of a Different Color
   3. The Hearse Case Scenario
    4. Murder in the Hearse Degree
    5. Backstabber

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series
by Robert Crais
    
  (see California Mysteries)

Judith McMonigle,
bed and breakfast owner in Seattle
by Mary Daheim
    
  (see Cooking Mysteries)
Florida mysteries by S.V. Date
    1. Speed Week
    2. Smokeout
    3. Deep Water
    4. Black Sunshine

Goldy Bear,
single mom and caterer in Colorado by Diane Mott Davidson
    
  (see Cooking Mysteries)

Helma Zukas, Washington State librarian
by Joe Dereske
    
  (see Bibliomysteries)
Florida humor by Tim Dorsey
    1. Florida Roadkill
    2. Hammerhead Ranch Hotel
    3. Orange Crush
    4. Triggerfish Twist
    5. The Stingray Shuffle
    6. Cadillac Beach
    7. Torpedo Juice
Robert Amiss, retired civil servant in England by Ruth Dudley Edwards
    1. The St. Valentine's Day Murders
    2. The English School of Murder
    3. Clubbed to Death
    4. Matricide at St. Martha's
    5. Ten Lords A-Leaping
    6. Murder in a Cathedral
    7. Publish and Be Murdered
    8. The Anglo-Irish Murders
    9. Carnage on the Committee
          Other titles in series
Desiree Shapiro, private investigator in New York by Selma Eichler
    1. Murder Can Kill Your Social Life
    2. Murder Can Ruin Your Looks
    3. Murder Can Stunt Your Growth
    4. Murder Can Wreck Your Reunion
    5. Murder Can Spook Your Cat
    6. Murder Can Singe Your Old Flame
    7. Murder Can Upset Your Mother
    8. Murder Can Cool Off Your Affair
    9. Murder Can Rain on Your Shower
  10. Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday
  11. Murder Can Mess Up Your Mascara
          Other titles in series
Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter in Trenton, New Jersey by Janet Evanovich
    1. One For the Money
    2. Two For the Dough
    3. Three to Get Deadly
    4. Four to Score
    5. High Five
    6. Hot Six
    7. Seven Up
    8. Hard Eight
    9. To the Nines
  10. Ten Big Ones
  11. Eleven On Top

Madeline Bean, Hollywood caterer
by Jerrilyn Farmer
    
  (see California Mysteries)
Jennifer Marsh, murder-mystery writer in Georgia by Judy Fitzwater
    1. Dying to Get Published
    2. Dying to Be Murdered
    3. Dying to Get Her Man
          Other titles in series
Kinky Friedman, country and western singer turned sleuth in New York by Kinky Friedman
    1. Frequent Flyer
    2. Musical Chairs
    3. Elvis, Jesus & Coca Cola
    4. Armadillos & Old Lace
    5. God Bless John Wayne
    6. The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
    7. Roadkill
    8. Blast From the Past
    9. Spanking Watson
  10. The Mile High Club
  11. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
  12. Ten Little New Yorkers
          Other titles in series
Vince Rubio, dinosaur and private investigator in Los Angeles by Eric Garcia
    1. Anonymous Rex
    2. Casual Rex
    3. Hot and Sweaty Rex
Groucho Marx, movie star in Hollywood, California by Ron Goulart
    1. Groucho Marx, Master Detective
    2. Groucho Marx, Private Eye
    3. Elementary, My Dear Groucho
    4. Grouch Marx and the Broadway Murders
          Other titles in series

Sarah Booth Delaney, Mississippi southern belle
by Carolyn Haines
      
(see British Aristocracy Mysteries)     

Cora Felton, syndicated crossword creator
by Parnell Hall
       (see
Hobbies Mysteries)
Robin Hudson, cable TV reporter by Sparkle Hayter
    1. What's a Girl Gotta Do?
    2. Nice Girls Finish Last
    3. Revenge of the Cootie Girls
    4. The Last Manly Man
    5. The Chelsea Girl Murders
Samantha "Sam" Jones, sculptor in London by Lauren Henderson
    1. Black Rubber Dress
    2. Freeze My Margarita
    3. Strawberry Tattoo
    4. Chained
          Other titles in series

Claire Malloy, Arkansas bookstore owner by Joan Hess
       (see
Bibliomysteries)

Ruby Rothman, rabbi's widow in Eternal, Texas by Sharon Kahn
    
  (see Cooking Mysteries)
Jaine Austen: LA freelance writer by Laura Levine
    1. This Pen For Hire
    2. Last Writes
    3. Killer Blonde
    4.  Shoes to Die For
Mr. G.D.H. Pringle, retired English tax inspector by Nancy Livingston
    1. Fatality at Bath & Wells
    2. Incident at Parga
    3. Death in a Distant Land
    4. Unwillingly to Vegas
          Other titles in series

Peter Shandy, botany professor at Balaclava Agricultural College by Charlotte MacLeod
        (see
Murder Makes the Grade)
Torie O’Shea, genealogist by Rett MacPherson
    1. Family Skeletons
    2. A Veiled Antiquity
    3. A Comedy of Heirs
    4. A Misty Mourning
    5. Killing Cousins
    6. Blood Relations
    7. In Sheep's Clothing
    8. Thicker Than Water
Bert and Nan Tatum: identical twins by Barbara Taylor McCafferty
    1. Double Murder
    2. Double Exposure
    3. Double Cross
    4. Double Dealer
    5. Double Date

Elizabeth MacPherson, PhD in forensic anthropology
by Sharyn McCrumb
       (see
Archaeology & Anthropology Mysteries)
Kate Brannigan, private eye in Manchester, England by Val McDermind
    1. Dead Beat
    2. Kickback
    3. Crack Down
    4. Clean Break
    5. Blue Genes
          Other titles in series

Savannah Reid, southern California ex-cop & owner of a new detective agency by G.A. McKevett
    
  (see California Mysteries)

Charlie Greene,
female literary agent in Hollywood by Marlys Millhiser
     
  (see California Mysteries)
Abigail Timberlake, antiques dealer by Tamar Myers
    1. Larceny and Old Lace
    2. Gilt By Association
    3. The Ming and I
    4. A Penny Urned
    5. Nightmare in Shining Armor
    6. Tiles and Tribulations
           Other titles in series

Blanche White: housekeeper
by Barbara Neely
    
  (see African Heritage Mysteries)

Angelina Amalfi, food columnist
by Joanne Pence
    
  (see California Mysteries)

Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate, admirals' widows in California
by Corrine Holt Sawyer
    
   (see California Mysteries)
Florida noir by Laurence Shames
    1. Florida Straits
    2. Scavenger Reef
    3. Sunburn
    4. Tropical Depression
    5. Virgin Heat
    6. Mangrove Squeeze
    7. Welcome to Paradise
    8. The Naked Detective
Samantha Adams, Atlanta crime reporter by Sarah Shankman
    1. Now Let's Talk of Graves
    2. She Walks in Beauty
    3. The King is Dead
    4. He Was Her Man
    5. Digging up Momma
          Other titles in series
Bubbles Yablonsky, hairdresser/journalist in  Pennsylvania by Sarah Strohmeyer
    1. Bubbles Unbound
    2. Bubbles in Trouble
    3. Bubbles Ablaze
    4. Bubbles a Broad
    5. Bubbles Betrothed
Callahan Garrity, owner of Atlanta, GA cleaning business by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
    1. Every Crooked Nanny
    2. To Live and Die in Dixie
    3. Homemade Sin
    4. Happy Never After
    5. Heart Trouble
    6. Strange Brew
    7. Midnight Clear
    8. Irish Eyes
Juliet Applebaum, attorney turned mother by Ayelet Waldman
    1. Nursery Crimes
    2. The Big Nap
    3. A Playdate With Death
    4. Death Gets a Time-Out
           Other titles in series
Kirsten, owner of the Wild Onion, Ltd, a private detective agency by David J. Walker
    1. A Ticket to Die For
    2. A Beer at a Bawdy House
    3. The End of Emerald Woods
Bailey Weggins, true crime author in Warren, Massachusetts by Kate White
    1. If Looks Could Kill
    2. A Body to Die For
    3. Over Her Dead Body