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Jacqueline Winspear
Paul Levine
James O. Born
James O'Neal (Science Fiction)
Patricia Smiley
Ridley Pearson
Cornelia Read

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Jacqueline Winspear
A Dangerous Place (2015)
The Care and Management of Lies (2014)
Leaving Everything Most Loved (2013)
Elegy for Eddie (2012)
The Mapping of Love and Death (2010)
Among the Mad (2009)
An Incomplete Revenge (2008)
Messenger of Truth (2006)
Pardonable Lies (2005)
Birds of a Feather (2004)
Maisie Dobbs (2003) *EDGAR NOMINEE*

Paul Levine
Bum Rap (2015)
State vs. Lassiter (2013)
Lassiter (2011)
Illegal (2009)
Trial & Error (2007)
Kill All the Lawyers (2006)
The Deep Blue Alibi (2006) *EDGAR AND THRILLER NOMINEE*
Solomon vs. Lord (2005)
9 Scorpions (1998)
more titles...

James O. Born
Scent of Murder (2015)
Border Wars (2014) with co-author Lou Dobbs
Burn Zone (2008)
Field of Fire (2007)
Escape Clause (2006) *FLORIDA BOOK AWARD WINNER*
Shock Wave (2005)
Walking Money (2004)

Science Fiction novels written as James O'Neal
The Double Human (2010)
The Human Disguise (2009)

Patricia Smiley
Pacific Homicide (2016)
Cool Cache (2009)
Short Change (2007)
Cover Your Assets (2005)
False Profits (2004)
Short story:
"Party's Over," Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (December 2007)
Short story:
"The Offer," Two of the Deadliest, anthology edited by Elizabeth George, Harper Collins (2009)

Ridley Pearson
The Red Room (2014)
Choke Point (2013)
The Risk Agent (2012)
In Harms Way (2011)
Killer Summer (2009)
Killer View (2008)
Killer Weekend (2007)
Cut and Run (2005)
The Body of David Hayes (2004)
more titles...
Books for young readers:
Science Fair (written with Dave Barry) (2008)
Starcatchers series
Kingdom series
Neverland series
Steel Trapp series
more titles...

Cornelia Read
Valley of Ashes (2012)
Invisible Boy (2010)
The Crazy School (2008)
A Field of Darkness (2006) *EDGAR NOMINEE*
Short story:
"Hungry Enough," A Hell of a Woman anthology, Busted Flush Press (2007)

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