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Amateur Sleuths
Mysteries featuring detectives who are not professionals.
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Authors & Titles
- Andrews, Donna: Turing Hopper series
- You've Got Murder
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- Click Here for Murder
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- Access Denied
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- Delete All Suspects
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- Arsenault, Mark: Billy Povich series
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- Gravewriter
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- Loot the Moon
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- Arsenault, Mark: Spiked
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- Babson, Marian: Trixie Dolan & Evangeline Sinclair series
- Reel Murder
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- Encore Murder
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- Shadows in Their Blood
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- Even Yuppies Die
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- Break a Leg, Darlings
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- The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog
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- Baker, Sam: Fashion Victim
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- Barnard, Robert: Dying Flames
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- Bartholomew, Nancy: Sierra Lavotini series (exotic dancer)
- Miracle Strip
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- Drag Strip
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- Film Strip
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- Strip Poker
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- Barton, Dan: Biff Kincaid series (comedian)
- Killer Material
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- Heckler
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- Bastion, Elisabeth: Lucille Anderson series
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- No Just Desserts
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- The Marigold Mafia
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- Bell, Nancy: Judge Jackson Crain series
- Restored to Death
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- Paint the Town Dead
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- Blevins, Meredith: Annie Szabo series
- The Hummingbird Wizard
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- The Vanished Priestess
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- The Red Hot Empress
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- Branham, Mary: Sydney Reardon series
- Little Green Man in Ireland
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- Big Black Dog in Vallarta
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- Three Deadly Days in Spain
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- Bright, Elizabeth: Card-Making Mystery series (aka Jennifer Shane series)
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- Invitation to Murder
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- Deadly Greetings
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- Bruce, Maggie: Gourd Craft series
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- The Gourdmother
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- Buzzelli, Elizabeth Kane: Emily Kincaid series
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- Dead Dancing Women
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- Dead Floating Lovers
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- Dead Sleeping Shaman
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- Dead Dogs and Englishmen
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- Caine, Leslie: Domestic Bliss series
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- Death by Inferior Design
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- False Premises
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- Manor of Death
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- Killed By Clutter
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- Fatal Feng Shui
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- Calder, James: Bill Damen series (aka Silicon Valley series)
- Knockout Mouse
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- About Face
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- In a Family Way
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- Childs, Laura: Scrapbooking series
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- Keepsake Crimes
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- Photo Finished
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- Bound for Murder
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- Motif for Murder
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- Frill Kill
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- Death Swatch
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- Tragic Magic
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- Fiber & Brimstone
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(omnibus volume) Death by Design (contains Keepsake Crimes, Photo Finished, & Bound for Murder) ![more](more.gif)
- Clark, Mary Jane: KEY News series
- Do You Want To Know a Secret?
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- Do You Promise Not To Tell?
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- Let Me Whisper in Your Ear
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- Close to You
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- Nobody Knows
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- Nowhere to Run
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- Hide Yourself Away
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- Dancing in the Dark
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- Lights Out Tonight
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- When Day Breaks
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- It Only Takes a Moment
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- Dying for Mercy
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- Clemens, Judy: Stella Crown series
- Till the Cows Come Home
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- Three Can Keep a Secret
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- To Thine Own Self Be True
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- The Day Will Come
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- Different Paths
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- Clement, Alison: Twenty Questions
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- Crosby, Ellen: Lucie Montgomery series (aka Wine Country series)
- The Merlot Murders
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- The Chardonnay Charade
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- The Bordeaux Betrayal
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- The Riesling Retribution
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- The Viognier Vendetta
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- The Sauvignon Secret
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- Curnyn, Lynda: Killer Summer
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- Deaver, Jeff: John Pellam Location Scout series (originally published under the pseudonym William Jeffries)
- Shallow Graves
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- Bloody River Blues
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- Hell's Kitchen
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- Deere, Dicey: Torrey Tunet series
- The Irish Cottage Murder
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- The Irish Manor House Murder
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- The Irish Cairn Murder
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- The Irish Village Murder
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- Donohue, John: Sensei
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- Donnelly, Deborah: Carnegie Kincaid series
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- Veiled Threats
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- Died to Match
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- May the Best Man Die
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- Death Takes a Honeymoon
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- You May Now Kill the Bride
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- Dunnett, Kaitlyn: Liss MacCrimmon series
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- Kilt Dead
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- Scone Cold Dead
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- A Wee Christmas Homicide
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- Eddy, Pamela: Killable Hours
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- Eversz, Robert M.: Nina Zero series
- Shooting Elvis
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- Killing Paparazzi
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- Burning Garbo
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- Digging James Dean
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- Zero to the Bone
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- Faherty, Terence: Owen Keane series (philosopher)
- Deadstick
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- Live to Regret
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- The Lost Keats
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- Die Dreaming
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- Prove the Nameless
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- Orion Rising
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- Fiffer, Sharon: Jane Wheel series
- Killer Stuff
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- Dead Guy's Stuff
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- The Wrong Stuff
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- Buried Stuff
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- Hollywood Stuff
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- Scary Stuff
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- Fowler, Earlene: Benni Harper series
- Fool's Puzzle
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- Irish Chain
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- Kansas Troubles
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- Goose in the Pond
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- Dove in the Window
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- Mariner's Compass
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- Seven Sisters
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- Arkansas Traveler
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- Steps to the Altar
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- Sunshine and Shadow
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- Broken Dishes
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- Delectable Mountains
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- Tumbling Blocks
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- State Fair
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- Goff, Christine: Rachel Stanhope series (aka Birdwatcher's Mystery series)
- A Rant of Ravens
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- Gorman, Ed: Tobin series (movie critic)
- Murder on the Aisle
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- Several Deaths Later
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- Green, Chloe: Dallas O'Connor series (Fashion Designer)
- Going Out in Style
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- Designed to Die
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- Fashion Victim
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- Gross, Ken: Maggie Van Zandt series
- Full Blown Rage
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- The Talk Show Defense
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- Guy, Carol & Zimmer, Linda: Murder at the Ice Cream Parlor
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- Hannah, Janet: Alex Kertész series (scientist)
- The Wish to Kill
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- Harding, Robyn: The Secret Desires of a Soccer Mom
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- Hathaway, Robin: Doctor Fenimore series
- The Doctor Digs a Grave
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- The Doctor Makes a Dollhouse Call
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- The Doctor and the Dead Man's Chest
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- The Doctor Rocks the Boat
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- The Docotr Dines in Prague
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- Hathaway, Robin: Doctor Jo Banks series
- Scarecrow
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- Satan's Pony
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- Sleight of Hand
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- Hellmann, Libby Rischer: Ellie Foreman series
- An Eye for Murder
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- A Picture of Guilt
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- An Image of Death
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- A Shot to Die For
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- Howell, Dorothy: Haley Randolph series
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- Handbags and Homicide
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- Purses and Poison
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- Shoulder Bags and Shootings
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- Hughes, Mary Ellen: Craft Corner series
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- Wreath of Deception
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- Hunter, Maddy: Passport to Peril series
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- Alpine for You
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- Top o' the Mourning
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- Pasta Imperfect
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- Hula Done It?
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- Hyzy, Julie A.: Artistic License
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- Ink, India: Bath & Body sereis
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- Scent to Her Grave
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- Jacobs, Jonnie: Kate Austen series (housewife)
- Murder Among Neighbors
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- Murder Among Friends
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- Murder Among Us
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- Murder Among Strangers
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- Jacobs, Nancy Baker: Double or Nothing
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- Jaffarian, Sue Ann: Odelia Grey series
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- Too Big To Miss
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- The Curse of the Holy Pail
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- Thugs and Kisses
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- Booby Trap
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- Corpse on the Cob
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- Kennealy, Jerry: Carroll Quint series
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- Jigsaw
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- Still Shot
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- Kleinholz, Lisa: Exiles on Main Street (reporter)
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- Klensch, Elsa: Sonya Iverson series
- Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15
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- Shooting Script
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- Take Two
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- Knode, Helen: The Ticket Out
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- Krieg, Joyce: Shauna Bogart series (aka Talk Radio series)
- Murder Off Mike
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- Slip Cue
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- Riding Gain
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- Lane, Vicki: Elizabeth Goodweather series
- Signs in the Blood
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- Art's Blood
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- Lehane, Con: Brian McNulty series
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- Beware the Solitary Drinker
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- What Goes Around Comes Around
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- Lethem, Jonathan: Motherless Brooklyn
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- Lewin, Jackie: Grace Beckmann series
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- Murder Flies Left Seat
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- Death Flies on Final
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- Fear of Dying
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- Marcuse, Irene: Anita Servi series (social worker)
- Death of an Amiable Child
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- Guilty Mind
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- Consider the Alternative
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- Under the Manhattan Bridge
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- Massey, Sujata: The Pearl Diver
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- Matera, Lia: Willa Jansson series (lawyer)
- Where Lawyers Fear to Tread
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- A Radical Departure
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- Hidden Agenda
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- Prior Convictions
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- Last Chants
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- Star Witness
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- Havana Twist
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- Matthews, Alex: Cassidy McCabe series (therapist)
- Secret's Shadow
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- Satan's Silence
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- Vendetta's Victim
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- Wanton's Web
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- Cat's Claw
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- Mickelbury, Penny: Carole Ann Gibson series
- One Must Wait
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- Where to Choose
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- The Step Between
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- Minichino, Camille: Gloria Lamerino series (aka Periodic Table series)
- The Hydrogen Murder
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- The Helium Murder
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- The Lithium Murder
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- The Beryllium Murder
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- The Boric Acid Murder
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- The Carbon Murder
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- The Nitrogen Murder
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- The Oxygen Murder
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- Murray, Lynne: Josephine Fuller series (fat woman)
- Larger Than Death
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- Large Target
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- At Large
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- A Ton of Trouble
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- Myers, Tim: Candlemaking Mystery series
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- At Wick's End
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- Snuffed Out
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- Death Waxed Over
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- A Flicker of Doubt
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- Myers, Tim: Soapmaking Mystery series
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- Dead Men Don't Lye
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- A Pour Way to Dye
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- Neely, Barbara: Blanche White series (fat woman)
- Blanche on the Lam
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- Blanche Among the Talented Tenth
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- Blanche Cleans Up
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- Blanche Passes Go
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- Nichol, James W.: Midnight Cab series
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- Midnight Cab
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- Pall, Ellen: Nine Muses series
- Corpse de Ballet
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- Slightly Abridged
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- Palmer, Linda: Daytime series
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- Love is Murder
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- Love Her to Death
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- Pierce, Margaret: Wild Justice
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- Pomeroy, Julia: Abby Silvernale series
- The Dark End of Town
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- Cold Moon Home
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- Pronzini, Bill: The Other Side of Silence
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- Raphael, Lev: Nick Hoffman series (University Professor)
- Let's Get Criminal
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- The Edith Wharton Murders
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- The Death of a Constant Lover
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- Little Miss Evil
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- Tropic of Murder
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- Read, Cornelia: Madeline Dare series
- A Field of Darkness
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- The Crazy School
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- Invisible Boy
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- Sandstrom, Eve K.: Nell Matthews series (reporter)
- The Violence Beat
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- The Homicide Report
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- The Smoking Gun
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- Scholten, Jenny: Day Stripper (exotic dancer)
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- Schumacher, Aileen: Tory Travers & David Alvarez series
- Engineered for Murder
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- Framework for Death
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- Affirmative Reaction
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- Sheard, Timothy: Lenny Moss series
- This Won't Hurt a Bit
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- Some Cuts Never Heal
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- Sipherd, Ray: Jon Wilder series
- Dance of the Scarecrows
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- The Audubon Quartet
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- The Devil's Hawk
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- Skibbins, David: Warren Ritter series (aka Tarot Card series)
- Eight of Swords
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- High Priestess
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- The Star
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- The Hanged Man
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- Slan, Joanna Campbell: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft series
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- Paper, Scissors, Death
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- Cut, Crop & Die
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- Photo Snap Shot
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- Smith, Barbara Burnett: Kitzi Camden series
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- Bead on Trouble
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- Smith, Barbara Burnett: Jolie Wyatt series (aka Purple Sage series)
- Writers of the Purple Sage
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- Dust Devils of the Purple Sage
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- Celebration in Purple Sage
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- Mistletoe from Purple Sage
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- Skeletons in Purple Sage
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- Standiford, Les: John Deal series (Building Contractor)
- Done Deal
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- Raw Deal
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- Deal to Die For
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- Deal on Ice
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- Presidential Deal
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- Deal with the Dead
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- Bone Key
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- Havana Run
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- Stein, Triss: Kay Engels series (journalist)
- Murder at the Class Reunion
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- Digging Up Death
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- Swanson, Denise: Scumble River series
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- Murder of a Small-Town Honey
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- Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
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- Murder of a Sleeping Beauty
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- Murder of a Snake in the Grass
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- Murder of a Barbie and Ken
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- Murder of a Pink Elephant
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- Murder of a Smart Cookie
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- Sweeney, Leann: Yellow Rose Mystery series
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- Pick Your Poison
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- A Wedding to Die For
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- Dead Giveaway
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- Tope, Rebecca: Dark Undertakings
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- Ure, Louise: The Fault Tree
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- Vittachi, Nury: The Feng Shui Detective
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- Wait, Lea: Antique Print series (aka Maggie Summer series)
- Shadows at the Fair
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- Shadows on the Coast of Maine
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- Shadows on the Ivy
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- Shadows at the Sping Show
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- Warren, Nancy: Drive Me Crazy
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- Webb, Peggy: Southern Cousins series (aka Elvis series)
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- Elivs and the Dearly Departed
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- Elvis and the Grateful Dead
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- Elvis and the Memphis Mambo Murders
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- Wright, Eric: Lucy Trimble Brenner series
- Death of a Sunday Writer
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- Death on the Rocks
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- Wright, Nina: Whiskey Mattimoe series
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- Whiskey on the Rocks
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- Whiskey Straight Up
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- Whiskey and Tonic
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- Whiskey and Water
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- Whiskey with a Twist
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- Zelvin, Elizabeth: Bruce Kohler series
- Death Will Get You Sober
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- Death Will Help You Leave Him
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