Minnesota Mystery Authors

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Harold Adams
Carl Wilcox Series
Murder-1981
Paint the Town Red -1982
The Missing Moon- 1983
The Naked Liar -1985
The Fourth Widow -1986
The Barbed Wire Noose -1987
The Man Who Met the Train -1988
The Man Who Missed the Party -1989
The Man Who Was Taller Than God -1992
A Perfectly Proper Murder -1993
A Way With Widows -1994
The Ditched Blonde -1995
Hatchet Job -1996
The Ice Pick Artist -1997
No Badge, No Gun-1998
Lead, So I Can Follow -1999

The Thief Who Stole Heaven -1982
When Rich Men Die -1987
Fourth of July Wake -2003

Robert Alexander/R.D. Zimmerman
Blood Trance -1994
Closet -1998
Hostage -1998
Tribe -1998
Outburst - 1999
Innuendo -2000
The Kitchen Boy - 2003
Rasputin’s Daughter - 2006

B

Grant Blackwood
The End of Enemies- 2002
The Wall of Night -2002
Echo of War 2002

Roger Blakely
Schubert’s Daughter: A North Shore Novel

Carl Brookins
Inner Passages - 2000
A Superior Mystery -2002
Old Silver 2005
The Case of the Greedy Lawyers 2005

James C. Burau
To Support and Defend

Gary Bush

C

C.C. Canby
Masks of Murder (2003)

Laura Childs
SCRAPBOOKING MYSTERY SERIES
Keepsake Crimes  2003
Photo Finished  2004
Bound For Murder  2004 
TEA SHOP MYSTERY SERIES
Death by Darjeeling  2001
Gunpowder Green 2002
Shades of Earl Grey  2003
English Breakfast Murder  2003
The Jasmine Moon Murder  2004 

D

Michael Dahl
Finnegan Zwake mysteries
The Horizontal Man
The Ruby Raven
The Worm Tunnel
The Viking Claw
The Coral Coffin

Cass Dalglish
Nin (2000)

MaryJanice Davidson

Pat Dennis
Stand Up and Die
Hotdishi to Die For
Who Died in Here?
Silence of the Loons - 2005

Barb Dimich
Superior’s Jewel - 2004 
Madeline’s Jewel - 2004 
Jewel of the Apostles - 2006

Phil Donlay
Category Five – 2004

Marjorie Dorner
Nightmare – 1987
Freeze Frame- 1990
Blood Kin- 1992
Family Closets- 1998
Seasons of Sun and Rain- 1999
Winter Roads, Summer Fields – 2000

Joan Drury
The Other Side of Silence
Silent Words

E

L.L. Enger
Sacrifice -1993
Sinners League: A Gun Pedersen Mystery -1994

K.J. Erickson
Third Person Singular -2001
The Dead Survivors -2002
The Last Witness -2003
Alone at Night -2004

Chris Everheart
“Chilli Dog” s.s. in Twin Cities Noir

F

Barbara Fister
On Edge -2002

Vince Flynn
Term Limits -1997
Transfer of Power -1999
Third Option -2000
Separation of Power -2001
Executive Power -2002
Memorial Day –2004
Consent to Kill - 2005

Anne Frasier 
Play Dead
Sleep Tight
Hush
Before Wake - 2005

Margaret Frazer –Gail Frazer and Mary Monica writing together
The Novice’s Tale -1992
The Servant’s Tale -1993
The Outlaw’s Tale -1994
The Bishop’s Tale -1994
The Boy’s Tale -1995
The Murderer’s Tale -1996

Margaret Frazer – Gail Frazer
The Prioress’ Tale -1997
The Maiden’s Tale -1998
The Reeve’s Tale -1999
The Squire’s Tale -2000
The Cler’s Tale -2002
The Bastard’s Tale -2003
The Hunter’s Tale -2004
A Play of Isaac -2004

Mary Monica Pulver aka Monica Ferris
SCS Peter Brichter series
Knight Fall (Murder at the War )  - 1987
The Unforging Minutes  - 1988
Ashes to Ashes  - 1988
Original Sin -1991
Show Stopper- 1992

Monica Ferris- Gail Frazer and Mary Monica writing together
The Novice’s Tale -1992
The Servant’s Tale -1993
The Outlaw’s Tale -1994
The Bishop’s Tale -1994
The Boy’s Tale -1995
The Murderer’s Tale -1996

Needlework series
Crewel World -1999
Framed in Lace -1999
A Stitch In Time -2000
Unraveled Sleeve -2001
A Murderous Yarn -2002
Hanging By a Thread -2003
Cutwork -2004
Crewel Yule – 2004
Embroidered Truths - 2005

Susan Funk
Bone Flour -2002 

G

Kate Green
Fortunato/Jardino series
Shattered Moon -1986
Black Dream -1993
Angel Falls -1997

Night Angel -1989
Shooting Star -1992
Masks -1995
Sold in Dark Places -1996
Summer of Men -1996 

Lois Greiman
Unzipped! - 2005

Elizabeth Gunn
Five Card Stud
Six-Pound Walleye
Seventh-Inning Stretch-2003

Bob Gust

H

Ron Handberg
Savage Justice -1992
Cry Vengeance -1993
Malice Intended -1997
Dead Silence -1999

Ellen Hart
Jane Lawless series
Hallowed Murder -1989
Vital Lies -1991
Stage Fright -1992
A Killing Cure -1993
A Small Sacrifice -1994
Faint Praise -1995
Robber’s Wine -1996
Wicked Games -1998
Hunting the Witch -1999
The Merchant of Venus -2001
Immaculate Midnight –2002
An Intimate Ghost - 2004
Iron Girl - 2005

Sophie Greenway series
This Little Piggy Went to Murder -1994
For Every Evil -1995
The Oldest Sin -1996
Murder in the Air -1997
Slice and Sice -2000
Dial m for Meat Loaf -2001
Death on a Silver Platter –2003
No Reservations Required - 2005

Ron Handberg

Erin Hart
Haunted Ground - 2003
Lake of Sorrows - 2004

Pete Hautman
Drawing Dead – 1993
Short Money – 1995
The Mortal Nuts – 1996
Mr. Was – 1996 (young adult)
Ring Game – 1997
No Limit – 1998 (young adult)
Bad Beat
Mrs. Million – 1999
Rag Man –2001
Hole in the Sky – 2001 (young adult)
Doohickey – 2002
Sweetbleed – 2003 (young adult)
Godless – 2005 (young adult)
Invisible – 2005 (young adult)

Joel (Joe) Helgerson
The Case of the Floating Pearl Buyer – 2002
The Case of the Breathless Martian - 2003

M Henderson

Sharon Darby Hendry
Nowhere to Hide Soliah: The Sara Jane Olson Story
Glensheen’s Daughter

Rebecca Hill
Killing Time in St. Cloud (co-authored with Judith Guest)

Kathleen Hills
Past Imperfect – 2002
Hunter’s Dance - 2004

Judith Koll Healey
The Caturbury Papers

Tami Hoag
Still Waters – 1992
Cry Wolf – 1993
Dark Paradise - 1994
Night Sins -1995
Guilty As Sin -1996
A Thin Dark Line -1997
Ashes to Ashes -1999
Dust to Dust –2000
Dark Horse – 2004
Kill the Messenger - 2004

David Housewright
Tin City
Penance - 1995
Practice to Deceive – 1998
A Hard Ticket Home - 2004
Dearly Departed

Dean Hovey
Hooker
Where Evil Hides - 2000

C. Hyytinen
Pattern of Violence - 2003 
Pattern of Vengeance - 2007 

I

Glenn Ickler
One Death Too Many

J

Nancy Baker Jacobs
Desperate Journeys
Flash Point
Star Struck
The Turquoise Tattoo
A Slash of Scarlet
Ricochet
See Mommy Run
Double or Nothing

E. Richard Johnson
Silver Street – 1968
The Inside Man – 1969

Christopher Bonn Jones
Wake Up Dead

K

E. Kelly Keady
The Cross of St. Maro - 2004

William Kent Krueger
Cork O’Conner books
Iron Lake - 1998
Boundry Waters 1999
Purgatory Ridge -2001
Blood Hollow - 2004
Mercy Falls - 2005

The Devil’s Bed - 2003

L

Carole LaFavor
Along the Journey River – 1997
Evil Dead Center – 1998

Lori L. Lake
Ricochet in Time – 2001
Gun Shy – 2001
Under the Gun – 2002
Different Dress – 2003
Have Gun We’ll Travel – 2005

M.D. Lake( Allen Simpson)
Amends for Murder -1989
Cold Comfort -1990
Poisoned Ivy -1992
A Gift for Murder
Murder by Mail Reissue -1993
Once Upon a Crime -1995
Grave Choices -1995
Flirting with Death -1996
Midsummer malice -1997
Death Calls the Tune -1999

Barbara Lakey
Spirits of the Once Walking -2002
Spirit of the Silent Butler -2002
Spirit of the Straightedge -2002

Jim Larranaga
The Dead Farmer’s Almanac

Chuck Logan
After the Rain
Vapor Trail
Hunter’s Moon
The Price of Blood
The Big Law
Absolute Zero
Homefront

Mary Logue
Red Lake of the Heart
Still Explosion

Claire Watkins series
Blood Country – 1999
Dark Coulee – 2000
Glare Ice – 2001
Bone Harvest – 2004
Widow’s Weeds -2005

Jess Lourey
May Day - 2006
June Bug - 2007
Knee High by the Fourth of July - 2007

Brian Lutterman
Poised to Kill
Bound to Die

M

Marilyn Victor & Michael Allan Mallory
Death Roll - 2007

Kevin McColly
The Walls of Pedro Garua – 1993
Pecking Order – 1994
Sun Dance – 1996
Switch – 1997
Praying to a Laughing God – 1998
The Other Side – 2000

Kerri Miller
Dead Air – 2002

Larry Millett
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon – 1996
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders – 1998
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery – 1999
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance – 2001
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes – 2002

Theresa Monsour
Clean Cut- 2003
Cold Blood- 2004

R

Peter Rennebohm
Blue Spirngs
French Creek - 2004

Bob Rueff

S

John Sandford, aka John Camp
Prey series
Rules of Prey – 1989
Shadow Prey –1990
Eyes of Prey -1991
Silent Prey –1992
Winter Prey -1993
Night Prey -1994
Mind Prey -1995
Sudden Prey –1996
Secret Prey - 1998
Certain Prey – 1999
Easy Prey -2000
Chosen Prey -2001
Mortal Prey -2002
Hidden Prey -2004
Broken Prey –2005

Kidd novels
The Fool’s Run – 1989
The Empress File – 1991
The Devil’s Code – 2000
The Hanged Man’s Song - 2003

Stephen Schwandt
Young adult 
The Last Goodie – 1985
A Risky Game – 1986
Holding Steady – 1988
Guilt Trip – 1990
Funny Bone – 1992

Siren’s Song – 2004

August Schwerdfeger
From Bricks to Dust

Quinton Skinner
Amnesia Nights
14 Degrees Below Zero

Ida Swearingen
Owl of the Desert – 2003

T

L.A. Taylor
Footnote to Murder – 1983
Only Half a Hoax – 1983
Shed Light on Death – 1985
Poetic Justice – 1988
A Murder Waiting to Happen – 1989
A Point of Tangency
The Fathergod Experiment

Steve Thayer
Saint Mudd – 1994
The Weatherman – 1995
Silent Snow – 1999
Moon Over Lake Elmo – 2001
The Wheat Field – 2002
Wolf Pass – 2003

Natalie Buske Thomas
Gene Play – 1998
Victual Memories – 1999
Camp Conviction – 2000

P.J. Tracy
Monkeewrench – 2003
Live Bait – 2004
Dead Run – 2005

Walter Trenerry
Murder in Minnesota: A Collection of True Stories – 1962

V

Marilyn Victor & Michael Allan Mallory
Death Roll - 2007

W

Nancy Wikarski
The Fall of White City -2002

Deborah Woodworth
Death of a Winter Shaker -1997
A Deadly Shaker -1998
Sins of a Shaker -1999
A Simple Shaker Murder -2000
Killing Gifts:  A Shaker Mystery –2001
Dancing Dead: A Shaker Mystery -2002