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Whodunit in Washington State? This booklist was complied by Washington State Librarian Jan Walsh. The following titles are listed alphabetically by author and are hyperlinked to the Libraries of Stevens County catalog.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Alexie, Sherman. Indian Killer. "Seattle is terrorized by a serial murderer named 'Indian Killer' who scalps his victims, topping their bodies with a pair of white owl feathers."
- Bernhardt, William. Dark Justice. (Ben Kincaid Series #8 - Others in series not set in Washtington State.)
- Brown, Carrie. The Dark. "In Washington, professor Lindy Adair buys a large property. When some boozed youths turn up dead and blinded she faces jail for negligence because the property had a still. But who taught them to make moonshine? Her freedom depends on the answer."
- Clausen, Lowen. Second Watch: A Novel. "Officer Katherine Murphy and Officer Grace Stevens." (#2 in the Seattle Trilogy)
- Colbert, Curt. Sayonaraville. "Jake Rossiter and Miss Jenkins." (#2 in the series)
- Crichton, Michael. Disclosure: A Novel. "Tom Sanders, an up-and-coming executive at Seattle computer firm DigiCom, expects to be appointed vice president. Instead, his former lover Meredith Johnson is given the job. To make matters worse, Johnson attempts to seduce him, and when he rejects her, she accuses him of sexual harassment. As Sanders scrambles to save his career and his reputation, he uncovers an eletronic trail into DigiCom's secrets."
- Crutcher, Chris. The Deep End. "Workaholic family therapist Wilson Corder becomes caught in the middle of a chilling kidnapping and child-abuse case when Sabrina Parker, the daughter of one of his patients, is abducted and later found dead."
- Daheim, Mary. The Alpine Advocate. "Newly arrived in a small Washington town, publisher-editor Emma Lord must solve the murder of Mark Doukas, the grandson of rich, old Neeny Doukas, whose only other grandchild is the prime suspect." (#1 in Emma Lord series, most of series set in Washington State)
- Daheim, Mary. The Alpine Betrayal. "Returning to her hometown to shoot a new film, Hollywood star Dani Marsh is shocked when her former husband, Cody Graff, is murdered, a crime that sends publisher-editor Emma Lord out to investigate." (#2 in Emma Lord series)
- Daheim, Mary. he Alpine Christmas. "The discovery of the dismembered bodies of two woman in an Alpine lake leads Emma Lord, the editor of the newspaper, and her assistant to investigate - an endeavor that puts Emma in the company of pranksters, peepers, and thieves." (#3 in Emma Lord Series)
- Daheim, Mary. The Alpine Decoy. "When a young man is shot in the head, and a black nurse, who has been experiencing problems with predjudice, is pinned with the murder, editor-publisher, Emma Lord teams up with Vida Runkell to sniff out the truth." (#4 in the Emma Lord series)
- Daheim, Mary. Bantam of the Opera. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#5 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series - most of the series set in Washington State)
- Daheim, Mary. Creeps Suzette. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#15 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Hocus Croakus. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#19 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Holy Terrors. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#3 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Just Desserts. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#1 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Legs Benedict. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#14 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Major Vices. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#7 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Nutty as a Fruitcake. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#10 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. September Mourn. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#11 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Silver Scream. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#18 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Snow Place to Die. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#13 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Suture Self. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#17 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. This Old Souse. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#20 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Daheim, Mary. Wed and Buried. "A Judith McMonigle Flynn Mystery." (#12 in the Bed-and-Breakfast series)
- Dalton, Margot. First Impression. "A Jackie Kaminsky Mystery." (#1 in the series)
- Dereske, Jo. Final Notice. "When Miss Zukas starts digging in the family archives, she turns up some deadly secrets. Unless she can learn the whole story, the final chapters will be written as a tale of mystery, mayhem, and murder." (#6 in the Helma Zukas series)
- Dereske, Jo. Miss Zukas and the Library Murders. "When a dead body turns up right in the middle of the fiction stacks, librarian Helma Zukas and her best friend Ruth begin sleuthing to solve the case. (#1 in the Helma Zukas series)
- Dereske, Jo. Miss Zukas and the Raven's Dance. "Murder victim Stanley Plummer has been cataloging a collection of Native American books for Bellehaven's new Cultural Center when Helma steps in to complete the cataloging and finds Plummer's murderer on the side." (#4 in the Helma Zukas series)
- Donnelly, Deborah. Died to Match. (#2 in the Carnegie Kincaid series - most of the series set in Washington State)
- Donnelly, Deborah. Veiled Threats. (#1 in the Carnegie Kincaid series)
- Drury, Joan. Closed in Silence. "In the Puget Sound, a college reunion is disrupted by the discovery of a dead man. Sleuth Tyler Jones, a San Francisco journalist, learns four of the women knew him." (#3 in the Tyler Jones Feminist Mystery Series - other titles in the series not set in Washington state)
- Dunning, John. The Bookman's Wake. (#2 Cliff Janeway series - other titles in series not set in Washington State)
- Emerson, Earl. Catfish Cafe. (#11 in the Thomas Black series)
- Emerson, Earl. Fat Tuesday. (#4 in the Thomas Black series)
- Emerson, Earl. Firetrap. (Not part of a series)
- Emerson, Earl. Into the Inferno. "A group of firefighters responds to a freeway accident, and six months later, the same firefighters die from a mysterious ailment that renders its victims brain-dead within a week. Protagonist Jim Swope wakes up with the first symptom of this unknown disease and has only seven days to determine the nature of the illness and discover an antidote before he, too, dies. (Not part of a series)
- Emerson, Earl. Poverty Bay. (#2 in the Thomas Black series)
- Emerson, Earl. Pyro. (Not part of a series)
- Ford, G.M. Fury. "Six days from the execution of Death Row inmate Walter Leroy 'Trashman' Himes, principal accuser Leanne Samples reveals that she was badgered into fingering Himes and trusts no one by renegade journalist Frank Corse to tell the world that her courtroom testimony was a lie." (#1 in the Frank Corso series)
- Ford, G.M. Last Ditch. (#5 in the Leo Waterman series)
- Ford, G.M. Red Tide. (#4 in the Frank Corso series)
- Ford, G.M. Slow Burn. (#4 in the Leo Waterman series)
- Gilpatrick, Noreen. Shadow of Death. "Detective Kate McLean of Seattle investigates the murder of a girl from a strict, fundamentalist Christian high school. It turns out that she was eight weeks pregnant. When her boyfriend, the prime suspect, is murdered, McLean decides to check a tip that alocal church runs a harem." (#2 in the Kate McLean series)
- Grippando, James. Under Cover of Darkness. "Attorney Gus Wheatley heads Seattle's most prominent law firm and has money, power, and prestige. His world begins to crumble when his wife Beth vanishes, her disappearance coinciding with a series of brutal murders.
- Hawley, Michael. Double Bluff. (#1 in the Leah Harris and Frank Milkovich series)
- Hobbs, Will. Ghost Canoe. "Young Adult. Fourteen-year-old Nathan, fishing with the Makah in the Pacific Northwest, finds himself holding a vital clue when a mysterious stranger comes to town looking for Spanish treasure."
- Hooper, Kay. Touching Evil. "When a madman begins abducting women and blinding them, leaving them barely alive, Seattle police sketch artist Maggie Barnes joins forces with FBI agents recruited by the wealthy brother of one of the victims."
- Huebner, Fredrick. Shades of Justice. "Forensic psychiatrist Will Hatton, and lawyers Mary Slattery and Edwin Hauser, work to defend painter Laura Arcand, accused of murdering her husband, Mark Talbot, and then trying to kill herself. The defense team must delve 25 years into the past to uncover the truth to the murder of Arcand's husband."
- Jance, J.A. Breach of Duty. (#14 in the J.P. Beaumont series - most of series set in Washington state)
- Jance, J.A. Until Proven Guilty. "Investigating the brutal murder of a 5-year-old girl, sleuth J.P. Beaumont believes he has identified the killer, until additional bodies are found and attempts are made on Beau's life." (#1 in the J.P. Beaumont series)
- Krentz, Jayne Ann. Flash.
- Macomber, Debbie. 204 Rosewood Lane. "Grace, a seemingly reserved librarian, shows the town of Cedar Cove what she is truly made of when her husband mysteriously vanishes, forcing her to call upon her inner strength and courage to help her two daughters deal with his disappearance." (#2 in Cedar Cover series)
- Moody, Skye Kathleen. Blue Poppy. (#2 in the Venus Diamond series)
- Moody, Skye Kathleen. Habitat. (#4 in the Venus Diamond series)
- Moody, Skye Kathleen. K Falls. (#5 in the Venus Diamond series)
- Moody, Skye Kathleen. Rain Dance. (#1 in the Venus Diamond series)
- Moody, Skye Kathleen. Wildcrafters. (#3 in the Venus Diamond series)
- Morgan, Deborah. Four On the Floor. (#4 in the Jeff Talbot Antique Lovers Mystery series)
- Murray, Lynne. At Large. (#2 in the Josephine "Jo" Fuller series)
- Nickerson, Sara. How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found. "Young Adult. With a swimming medal, the key to a mansion, and a comic book about a half-man/half-rat as her only clues, a twelve-year-old girl seeks the true story of her father's mysterious death four years earlier near and island in the Pacific Northwest."
- Oliver, Steve. Dead Men. "Set in Spokane." (Not part of a series)
- Oliver, Steve. Moody Forever. "In Spokane, cab driver and sleuth Scott Moody helps his flame, Xanthia Welch, dig for information on her father, to throw light on his murder. This proves difficult when the police come after Moody, thinking he is the killer." (#2 in the Scott Moody series)
- Pearson, Ridley. The Angel Maker. (#2 in the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews series)
- Pearson, Ridley. The First Victim. "A shipping container full of Chinese immigrants, some dead, some alive, is picked up by the Coast Guard after a typhoon. Inspector Lou Boldt of the Seattle Police is put on the case and discovers a Chinese smuggling ring which operates sweatshops and brothels." (#6 in the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews series)
- Pearson, Ridley. No Witness. (#3 in the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews series)
- Pearson, Ridley. The Pied Piper. "Babies from San Diego to Portland are disappearing, victims of the Pied Piper who leaves a penny flute in the victim's crib. When a Seattle baby disappears, Detective Lou Boldt and forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews team up to break the illegal adoption ring." (#5 in the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews series)
- Pearson, Ridley. Undercurrents. (#1 in the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews series)
- Roberts, Nora. River's End. "A romance and murder mystery."
- Rushford, Patricia. Forgotten. "Young Adult. With no chance to escape from the bank robbers who abducted her in the wilderness of Washington State, 16-year-old Jennie watches for a chance to stop the bandits and recieves a blow to her head, resulting in amnesia." (#13 in the Jennie McGrady series)
- Rushford, Patricia. Red Sky in Mourning. "Former police officer and secret agent Helen Bradley's latest writing assignment takes her to a charming coastal town on the Long Beach Peninsula, where she's to finish assembling a regional travel guide. She discovers that Isabelle Dupont, the woman who began the travel guide, died under mysterious circumstances. Helen teams up with a Coast Guard investigator to uncover the truth." (#2 in the Helen Bradley series)
- Simonson, Sheila. Meadowlark. (#4 in the Lark Dodge series - some of series set in Washington State)
- Walter, Jess. Citizen Vince. "Laid back loner Vince Camden landed in Spokane via the witness-protection program. But then his past begins to catch up with him, and soon a hit man, a local cop, and a mob boss-in-waiting get Vince in their crosshairs." (Not part of a series)
