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Janet Dawson (1) (1949–)

Autor(a) de Kindred Crimes

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28+ Works 828 Membros 18 Críticas

About the Author

Janet Dawson writes highly acclaimed suspense novels about the adventures of Jeri Howard, a female private detective in the San Francisco Bay area. Dawson's first novel, Kindred Crimes won the Private Eye Writers of America Best First Private Eye Novel Contest and was nominated for the Anthony and mostrar mais Shamus awards. Her seventh novel, Witness to Evil, takes protagonist Jeri Howard to Paris to rescue a runaway teenager and back to California, where Howard becomes involved in a dangerous confrontation with neo-Nazis. Other Jeri Howard mysteries include Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean, Nobody's Child, and Till the Old Men Die. Janet Dawson was an enlisted journalist in the Navy before moving to Alameda, Calif. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Janet Dawson

Kindred Crimes (1990) 134 exemplares
Till the Old Men Die (1993) 103 exemplares
Take a Number (1993) 91 exemplares
Credible Threat (1996) 56 exemplares
Where the Bodies Are Buried (1998) 54 exemplares
Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean (1994) 54 exemplares
Nobody's Child (1995) 52 exemplares
Witness to Evil (1997) 51 exemplares
A Killing at the Track (2000) 42 exemplares
Jeri Howard: Books 1-5 (2018) 30 exemplares
Bit Player (2011) 21 exemplares
Jeri Howard: Books 6-9 (2018) 19 exemplares
Jeri Howard: Books 1-9 (2018) 18 exemplares
Death Rides the Zephyr (2013) 16 exemplares
Jeri Howard: Books 10-13 (2022) 12 exemplares
Cold Trail (2015) 11 exemplares
Death Deals a Hand (2016) 10 exemplares
The Ghost in Roomette Four (2018) 10 exemplares
The Devil Close Behind (2019) 7 exemplares
The Things We Keep (2023) 7 exemplares
Water Signs (2017) 5 exemplares
What You Wish For (2012) 5 exemplares
Death above the Line (2020) 4 exemplares
Scam and Eggs (2002) 3 exemplares
Jeri Howard Casebook: 4 Stories (2011) 2 exemplares
Little Red Corvette (1999) 1 exemplar
Invisible Time 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Once Upon a Crime (1998) — Contribuidor — 126 exemplares
Sisters in Crime 4 (1991) — Contribuidor — 105 exemplares
The Best of Sisters in Crime (1997) — Contribuidor — 92 exemplares
San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics (2009) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
The First Lady Murders (1999) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Cat Crimes Through Time (1999) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
Murder Most Feline: Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime (2001) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Lethal Ladies (1996) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1949
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Alameda, California, USA
Ocupações
journalist
author
legal secretary

Membros

Críticas

"It began with a house. The house on the corner was an old Queen Anne Victorian built in the 1800's. The house hadn’t been painted in a long time and several of the windowpanes were cracked and dirty. Abandoned? No, there was a car in the driveway, so someone was living in the house. It made me wonder about the stories hidden within those walls. I had a feeling this old house had secrets, lots of them.” The bones that Jeri finds when she is helping friends clean out a relative's home and is then asked to investigate are found inside an old Navy footlocker with several other items. DNA and dental records may provide answers, but those are the things available to the police...things that Jeri has no control over or ready access to. She discovers clues in other ways. Old newspaper articles accessed online...flesh that might remain on the bones.... property records, as well as internet archives and databases. She finds it's bones of two people... two broken skeletons with a 95% chance of being in the locker since the 1960's.."hippy days". Could they possibly be victims of the Zodiac Killer? This is the first Janet Dawson book that I have read but it was a fantastic read. Now I have to start from the first. Quite a task since this was book #14 in the series...but I'm up for the challenge.… (mais)
 
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Carol420 | Apr 22, 2023 |
historical-novel, historical-figures, historical-places-events, historical-research, rail-travel, 1953, retired-cop, gambling, cozy-mystery, murder-investigation, murder, amateur-sleuth, relatives, relationships, closed-circle-mystery*****

I geek history so this vignette into life in 1953 as a 26 y/o railroad hostess complete with the costs of travel was my idea of fun! The history is made personal as it threads in and out of the tale complete with a detailed travelogue. She comes into contact with all manner of travelers between Chicago/Colorado/California and usually enjoys everything. About halfway through a man is murdered and the sleuthing begins!
I love train travel!
Published by Perseverance Press/IBPA.
… (mais)
 
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jetangen4571 | Oct 25, 2022 |
Renee Foster,according to her husband had no family and no friends so where has she disappeared to. So can Jeri Howard, P.I. find her. And who is Renee Foster.
An enjoyable, well-written mystery though I did work out the twist. I shall look out for the next in the series.
 
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Vesper1931 | 4 outras críticas | Jul 29, 2021 |
set in Oakland, pretty good. Brother confesses to save sister
 
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ritaer | 4 outras críticas | Jun 16, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
28
Also by
8
Membros
828
Popularidade
#30,825
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
18
ISBN
58
Línguas
1

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