Mystery Women Authors

Ellen Hart

Biography

Ellen Hart has a BA in Theology and worked for fifteen years as a professional chef. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner of nineteen years.

Books

Jane Lawless Mysteries

Wicked Games

When Jane Lawless takes a new tenant into her house, she has no idea what lies ahead. Shortly after Elliot Beauman moves in, Lawless finds herself bizarrely surrounded. Her morbidly fragile neighbour, Patricia, is Elliot Beauman's sister. His mother joins the board of the theatre company where Jane's best friend Cordelia works and suddenly has influence over Cordelia's future. Then Elliot's father arrives . . . Against their will, Jane and Cordelia are drawn inexorably deeper into the Beaumans' lives – and discover that this is a fundamentally damaged and dysfunctional family with a trail of death and destruction in their wake. (From The Women's Press)

Published St Martins Press June 1998

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Hallowed Murder

The murder of a young woman at her alma mater turns Minnesota restaurateur Jane Lawless and her companion, Cordelia, into amateur sleuths. The couple track a sorority house stalker who's turning the hallowed halls of higher learning into a hunting ground.

Published Ballantine Books 1989

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Vital Lies

An old friend invites Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless to her Victorian inn to celebrate the winter solstice--and investigate a murder from years before. Soon after Jane and her theatrical pal Cordelia arrive, they face malicious pranks that eventually lead to another murder.

Published 1991 Ballantine Books

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Stage Fright

Lesbian sleuth Jane Lawless takes center stage in her third thrilling whodunit when an aging actor is murdered--and Jane becomes a suspect. But the truth lies with members of the dead man's famous theatrical family, who give their grandest performances offstage.

Published 1992

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A Killing Cure

Membership has its privileges, and perils, like murder, as Jane Lawless discovers when she investigates a prestigious women's club. This is the fourth mystery starring lesbian restaurateur and sleuth Jane Lawless.

Published Mass Market Paperbacks 1993

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A Small Sacrifice

Mysterious death at her friend Cordelia Thorn's college reunion brings Jane Lawless on the run, to do what she does best--uncover the worst. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery of the Year.

Published Mass Market Paperback 1994

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Faint Praise

When a well-known television personality falls from Minneapolis' famous Foshay Tower in deeply suspicious circumstances, a sinister series of events begins to unfold.

Restaurateur and sleuth Jane Lawless and her irrepressible friend Cordelia Thorn open investigations and find a tight-knit community of writers, artists and poets, all with connections to the deceased. Then, as the killer is revealed, the balance of power makes a deadly shift and Jane begins to wonder if this case might just be her last . . .(From The Women's Press)

Published Mass Market Paperback 1995

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Robber's Wine

Jane Lawless and her irrepressible sidekick Cordelia Thorn set out for the sleepy shores of Pokegama Lake to escape the urban swelter and visit their old friend Anne Dumont. But hopes for a little rest and recuperation disappear fast as a mysterious death in the town's most prominent family triggers a bizarre series of events. As Jane and Cordelia investigate, hot weather incites even hotter tempers, and the explosive qualities of twisted family values keep them moving two steps forward and one step back - all the while wondering if their next step may be their last. (From Women's Press synopsis)

Winner of the 9th Lambda Literary Awards for Best Lesbian Mystery.

Published Mass Market Paperbacks 1998

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Sophie Greenway Mysteries

This Little Piggy went to Murder

The acclaimed author of the sleuthing restaurateur Jane Lawless series now serves up more first-rate fare for food-themed mystery fans. Introducing Sophie Greenway--a food critic with an appetite for cracking crimes . . . with help from her radio-star husband. (From Amazon.com)

Published Del Ray 1994

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For Every Evil

The stylish new drawing show in Minneapolis pulls in all the important movers and shakers, except one--powerful critic Hale Micklenberg, who had promised the show a bad review, is dead. Guided by rumor, a bizarre phone message, and Micklenberg's obsession with an obscure artist, food critic Sophie Greenway canvasses for a killer, and finds a deadly surprise.

Published Ballantine Books 1995

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The Oldest Sin

Between two gatherings at the elegant Maxfield Plaza Hotel, five old college roommates are reunited--food critic Sophie Greenway, now owner of the hotel, Adelle, who married into the founding family of the Firstborns, Lavinia, mastermind of the Daughters, and Bunny and Cindy, Lavinia's top aides. But when a murderer terminates one of the gang, Sophie senses that not everyone is devastated by the loss. (From Amazon.com)

Published Ballantine Books 1996

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Murder in the Air

Married sleuths Sophie Greenway and Bram Baldric return in the eagerly awaited sequel to "The Oldest Sin". It's not the ghost of Christmas Past but a decades-old unsolved murder that's haunting Twin Cities radio station WTWN during the Yuletide season--drawing Sophie Greenway and Bram Baldric into a most un-merry mystery.

To read an excerpt from Chapter 2 click Here

Published Ballantine Books 1997

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