Order of Laura Lippman Books

Laura Lippman is an American novelist of detective fiction. The daughter of a writer for the Baltimore Sun, she started out as a reporter, which became the inspiration for her Tess Monaghan series – a reporter turned private investigator. She is married to David Simon, creator of The Wire, who she met while working at the Baltimore Sun.
Laura Lippman made her fiction debut with Baltimore Blues, published in 1997. Below is a list of Laura Lippman’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Tess Monaghan Books
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Baltimore Blues |
(1997) |
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Charm City |
(1997) |
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Butchers Hill |
(1998) |
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In Big Trouble |
(1999) |
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The Sugar House |
(2000) |
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In a Strange City |
(2001) |
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The Last Place |
(2002) |
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By a Spider’s Thread |
(2004) |
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No Good Deeds |
(2006) |
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Another Thing to Fall |
(2008) |
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The Girl in the Green Raincoat |
(2008) |
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The Book Thing |
(2012) |
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Hush Hush |
(2015) |
Publication Order of Tess Monaghan Collections
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The Tess Chronicles |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Every Secret Thing |
(2003) |
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To the Power of Three |
(2005) |
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What the Dead Know / Little Sister |
(2007) |
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Life Sentences |
(2009) |
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I’d Know You Anywhere / Don’t Look Back |
(2010) |
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The Most Dangerous Thing / The Innocents |
(2011) |
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And When She Was Good |
(2012) |
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After I’m Gone |
(2014) |
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Five Fires |
(2014) |
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Wilde Lake |
(2016) |
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Sunburn |
(2018) |
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Lady in the Lake |
(2019) |
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Dream Girl |
(2021) |
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Prom Mom |
(2023) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Hardly Knew Her |
(2008) |
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One True Love |
(2008) |
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Black-Eyed Susan |
(2008) |
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Scratch a Woman |
(2008) |
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A Good Fuck Spoiled |
(2008) |
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The Crack Cocaine Diet |
(2008) |
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Easy as A-B-C |
(2008) |
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What He Needed |
(2008) |
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Dear Penthouse Forum |
(2008) |
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Honor Bar |
(2008) |
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The Shoeshine Man’s Regrets |
(2008) |
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Femme Fatale |
(2008) |
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Pony Girl |
(2008) |
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ARM and the Woman |
(2008) |
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Ropa Vieja |
(2008) |
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The Babysitter’s Code |
(2008) |
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Waco 1982 |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Hardly Knew Her: Stories |
(2008) |
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Hints of Heloise |
(2012) |
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Different for Girls |
(2018) |
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Nasty Girls |
(2018) |
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The Weaker Sex |
(2018) |
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Seasonal Work |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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My Life as a Villainess |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Akashic Drug Chronicles Books
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The Cocaine Chronicles |
(2005) |
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The Marijuana Chronicles |
(2013) |
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The Nicotine Chronicles |
(2020) |
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Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
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Elvis Cole and Joe Pike |
(2022) |
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Jack Taylor |
(2022) |
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Jack Reacher |
(2022) |
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Charlie Parker |
(2022) |
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Hieronymus Bosch |
(2022) |
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Lincoln Rhyme |
(2022) |
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Alex Delaware |
(2022) |
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Tess Monaghan |
(2022) |
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Charlie Resnick |
(2022) |
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Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus |
(2022) |
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Inspector Morse |
(2022) |
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Dismas Hardy |
(2022) |
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Bob Lee Swagger |
(2022) |
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Aloysius X. L. Pendergast |
(2022) |
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Lou Boldt |
(2022) |
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Spenser |
(2022) |
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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt |
(2022) |
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John Rebus |
(2022) |
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Mallory |
(2022) |
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Jane Whitefield |
(2022) |
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Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile |
(2022) |
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Amos Walker |
(2022) |
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Precious Ramotswe |
(2022) |
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Maisie Dobbs |
(2022) |
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The Lincoln Lawyer |
(2022) |
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Ben Kincaid |
(2023) |
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Repairman Jack |
(2023) |
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Peter Diamond |
(2024) |
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Nathan Heller |
(2024) |
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Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
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The Book of Virtue |
(2012) |
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Pronghorns of the Third Reich |
(2012) |
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The Book Thing |
(2012) |
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The Book Case |
(2012) |
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An Acceptable Sacrifice |
(2012) |
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Death Leaves a Bookmark |
(2012) |
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The Final Testament |
(2013) |
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Rides a Stranger |
(2013) |
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The Long Sonata of the Dead |
(2013) |
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The Book of Ghosts |
(2013) |
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The Compendium of Srem |
(2014) |
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What’s in a Name? |
(2014) |
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Remaindered |
(2014) |
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The Sequel |
(2014) |
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The Gospel of Sheba |
(2014) |
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Book Club |
(2014) |
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The Nature of My Inheritance |
(2014) |
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It’s in the Book |
(2014) |
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The Scroll |
(2014) |
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The Book of the Lion |
(2015) |
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The Little Men |
(2015) |
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Condor in the Stacks |
(2015) |
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Mystery, Inc. |
(2015) |
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Every Seven Years |
(2015) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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The Travelling Companion |
(2016) |
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Citadel |
(2016) |
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Reconciliation Day |
(2016) |
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Dead Dames Don’t Sing |
(2016) |
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The Haze |
(2016) |
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Hoodoo Harry |
(2017) |
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The Pretty Little Box |
(2018) |
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Seven Years |
(2018) |
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The Hemingway Valise |
(2018) |
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The Last Honest Horse Thief |
(2018) |
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The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository |
(2018) |
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The Girl Who Did Say No |
(2020) |
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The Traitor |
(2022) |
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The Dark Door |
(2022) |
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The Honeymoon Trap |
(2022) |
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Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
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The Book of Virtue |
(2012) |
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The Scroll |
(2014) |
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Pronghorns of the Third Reich |
(2012) |
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An Acceptable Sacrifice |
(2012) |
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Death Leaves a Bookmark |
(2012) |
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Seven Years |
(2018) |
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The Book Thing |
(2012) |
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The Book of Ghosts |
(2013) |
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Book Club |
(2014) |
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The Long Sonata of the Dead |
(2013) |
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The Final Testament |
(2013) |
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Rides a Stranger |
(2013) |
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What’s in a Name? |
(2014) |
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It’s in the Book |
(2014) |
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The Nature of My Inheritance |
(2014) |
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Remaindered |
(2014) |
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The Compendium of Srem |
(2014) |
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The Gospel of Sheba |
(2014) |
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The Sequel |
(2014) |
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The Book of the Lion |
(2015) |
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The Little Men |
(2015) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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Every Seven Years |
(2015) |
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Citadel |
(2016) |
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Condor in the Stacks |
(2015) |
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Mystery, Inc. |
(2015) |
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The Travelling Companion |
(2016) |
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The Haze |
(2016) |
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Dead Dames Don’t Sing |
(2016) |
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Reconciliation Day |
(2016) |
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Hoodoo Harry |
(2017) |
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The Pretty Little Box |
(2018) |
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The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository |
(2018) |
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The Hemingway Valise |
(2018) |
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The Last Honest Horse Thief |
(2018) |
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The Book Case |
(2012) |
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From the Queen |
(2015) |
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The Girl Who Did Say No |
(2020) |
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The Traitor |
(2022) |
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The Dark Door |
(2022) |
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The Honeymoon Trap |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Hush Collection Books
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Treasure |
(2020) |
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Snowflakes |
(2020) |
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Buried |
(2020) |
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Let Her Be |
(2020) |
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The Gift |
(2020) |
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Slow Burner |
(2020) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Tart Noir |
(2003) |
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In the Shadow of the Master |
(2003) |
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The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year’s Finest Crime and Mystery Stories |
(2005) |
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The Cocaine Chronicles |
(2005) |
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Dangerous Women |
(2005) |
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Baltimore Noir |
(2006) |
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Damn Near Dead |
(2006) |
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Death Do Us Part |
(2006) |
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New Orleans Noir |
(2007) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 |
(2007) |
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Killer Year: Stories to Die For… |
(2008) |
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Pulp Fiction – The Dames |
(2008) |
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Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading |
(2009) |
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Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary |
(2009) |
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By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year |
(2010) |
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A Study in Sherlock |
(2011) |
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USA Noir |
(2013) |
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Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box |
(2013) |
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 |
(2014) |
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Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold |
(2014) |
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Pretty Bitches |
(2020) |
Notes: What the Dead Know is alternatively titled Little Sister. I’d Know You Anywhere is also known as Don’t Look Back. The Most Dangerous Thing was also published as The Innocents. By Hook or By Crook also contains stories by Dana Cameron, Mary Higgins Clark, Max Allan Collins, Dennis Lehane, Marcia Muller, Kris Nelscott, Nancy Pickard, S.J. Rozan and Luis Alberto Urrea.