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Louisiana in Mystery, Detective and Law-Related Fiction:

A Bibliography of Detective, Mystery and Law-Related Fiction and Non-Fiction (Includes Romantic Suspense Fiction and Children and Young Adult Titles)

06/08/05

"S" Authors

• Sadoul, Jacques
  • Baron-Samedi : roman (1994)
• Sallis, James
  • Black Hornet (1994)

    Lew Griffin, a detective in New Orleans, flashes back to the 1960s, when a sniper is terrorizing the city.

  • Blue Bottle (1998)

    Featuring Lew Griffin, a New Orleans detective. Griffin searches for answers after a woman he meets in a bar apparently drugs him.

  • Eye of the Cricket (1997)

    Featuring Lew Griffin, a New Orleans detective. Griffin investigates a missing child case, motivated by his own missing son.

  • Ghost of a Flea (2001). Series finale.

  • The Long-legged Fly (1992)

    Featuring Lew Griffin, New Orleans detective. Griffin searches for well known black leader Corene Davis.

  • Moth (1993)

    Featuring Lew Griffin. Griffin searches for the run-away daughter of an ex-girlfriend.

• Sancton, Thomas

  • Count Roller Skates (1956)

• Saul, John

  • The Right Hand of Evil (1999). Horror novel set in Louisiana.
• Schilling, Vivian
  • Sacred Prey (1994)
• Schlegal, Jorgen Ulrik
  • The Luger (1989)
• Shaik, Fatima
  • Melitte (1997)

    Historical fiction set in Louisiana in the late 1700s. A young girl questions the institution of slavery.

• Shankman, Sarah
  • He Was Her Man (1993). Sleuth Sam Adams.
  • The King is Dead (1992). Sleuth Sam Adams.
  • Now Let's Talk of Graves (1990)

    A mystery set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, featuring Atlanta detective Samantha Adams.

• Shaw, Linda

  • Fire at Dawn (1987). 

    • A female physician is involved in mystery and murder. Romantic suspense.

• Shoemaker, Willie
  • Stalking Horse (1994)

    A New Orleans jockey with a scandalous past tries to make good by investigating the Mob.

• Shuman, Malcolm. Official website
  • Assassin's Blood (1999) [as Malcolm Shuman] Features Alan Graham. 
    • Malcolm Shuman on Twilight at Mystery.com

     

  • Burial Ground (1998) [as Malcolm Shuman]

    A wealthy plantation owner believes there are Tunica Indian burial sites on his property. But, someone doesn't want the graves to be found.

  • The Caesar Clue (1990) [as M. K. Shuman]

    A Micah Dunn mystery.

  • Death Notice (1990) [as M. S. Karl]

    A Pete Brady mystery.

  • Deep Kill (1991) [as M. K. Shuman]

    New Orleans private investigator Micah Dunn's local mechanic is accused of molesting a teenager and Dunn sets out to clear his name.

  • Deerslayer (1991) [as M. S. Karl]

    A Louisiana newspaperman is enjoying a day of hunting when he discovers a  body.

  • Frenchman's Blood (1989) [as M. K. Shuman] . This book has been advertised but never published, per the author.
  • Killer's Ink (1988) [as M. S. Karl]

    A Pete Brady mystery.

  • The Last Man to Die (1992) [as M. K. Shuman]

    Featuring Micah Dunn, New Orleans private investigator. Dunn's life is put into danger while he is investigating a decades old case.

  • The Last Mayan (2001)[as Malcolm Shuman].

    • Alan Graham revisits a Mayan archaeological dig in hopes of laying some memories to rest, becomes involved in a murder.
  • The Maya Stone Murders (1989) [as M. K. Shuman]
  • The Meriwether Murder (1998) [as Malcolm Shuman]
    • A Baton Rouge archaeologist, Dr. Alan Graham, discovers a mysterious gravestone simply labeled "Louis". He believes it to be Meriwether Lewis, the famous explorer.

  • Past Dying (2000) [as Malcolm Shuman].

    • Alan Graham investigates a UFO sighting and murder in a remote Louisiana parish.
  • Malcolm Shuman: Author Interview With Amazon.com. Also check out Digging Into Popular Culture (Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne eds.; 1991).
• Skinner, Robert F.
  • Blood To Drink: A Wesley Farrell Novel (Poisoned Pen Press, 2000).
  • Cat-Eyed Trouble (1998)

    When a young New Orleans social worker ends up dead, nightclub owner Wesley Farrell has a personal interest in the case–she was his former lover. In attempting to avenge her murder, he is led through the maze of the city's underworld.

  • Daddy's Gone a Hunting (1999).
  • Pale Shadow (2001).
  • Skin Deep, Blood Red (1997)
  • The Righteous Cut (2002)

    New Orleans nightclub owner Wesley Farrell endangers his life when he is blackmailed by the Mob.

    Skinner is also the author of several works of literary criticism and biography including The Hard-Boiled Explicator: A Guide to the Study of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald (1985) and Two Guns From Harlem: The Detective Fiction of Chester Himes (1989)

• Sledge, L. D.
  • Dawn's Revenge (1998)
• Smith, Craig
  • Ladystinger (1992)

    New Orleans con artist Maggie Rohrer puts all her wits to the test when she is assigned to poison a mob accountant in Jamaica.

• Smith, Julie (1944- )

  One of Julie Smith's Louisiana series features Skip Langdon, a New Orleans cop. While Smith now lives and writes in California, her stories highlight both the lively culture and the dark doings in the Big Easy.

  • The Axeman's Jazz (1991)

    New Orleans homicide detective Skip Langdon investigates a case where both the murder victims were members of 12-step recovery programs.

  • Crescent City Kill (1997)

    New Orleans detective Skip Langdon investigates a mysterious group known only as The Jury.

  • 82 Desire (1998)

    New Orleans detective Skip Langdon investigates a case of political corruption–and murder.

  • House of Blues (1995)

    Features New Orleans detective Skip Langdon. After a famous restaurant owner in the city is murdered, three members of his family also disappear.

  • Jazz Funeral (1994)

    Featuring New Orleans detective Skip Langdon. When the producer of the annual Jazz Festival is stabbed, Detective Langdon searches for the killer.

  • The Kindness of Strangers (1996)

    Featuring New Orleans detective Skip Langdon. Langdon is on leave from the NOPD as she tries to uncover the truth behind a mayoral candidate.

  • Mean Woman Blues (2003)
  • New Orleans Beat (1995)

    New Orleans detective Skip Langdon investigates a murder that is linked with an internet group.

  • New Orleans Mourning (1990)

    NOPD detective Skip Langdon investigates when the King of Carnival is killed during Mardi Gras.

  Julie Smith's Talba Wallis series features a jazz singer who is also a private detective.

  • Louisiana Bigshot (2002)

  • Louisiana Hotshot (2001)

  • Louisiana Lament (2004).

• Snelling, Laurence

  • The Return of Lance Tennis (1965)
• Speart, Jessica
  • Gator Aide (1997)

    Wildlife agent Rachel Porter is called in to investigate a dead alligator found chained to a bathtub. Porter puts herself in danger when she discovers that the alligator was used for drug smuggling.

• Spencer, Elizabeth
  • The Snare (1972) (reprinted 1993)
• Spindler, Erica
  • Bone Cold (2001)

    • Stalkers in New Orleans.

  • Chances Are (1997)

    Veronique Delacroix is a fiesty New Orleans woman who accepts an unconventional dare from a business mogul.

  • Forbidden Fruit (1996)

    Follows three generations of women in a New Orleans family and their runins with the law.

  • Cause for Alarm (1999). 

    Set in DC and in Mandeville, Louisiana, this romantic suspense novel follows the fortunes of a couple who adopt the child of a CIA agent.

     

• St. George, Margaret
  • For the Love of Beau (1998)(Delta Justice).

    A career woman and a stubborn bachelor fall in love while sorting out who set fire to his horse farm.

• Steen, Sandy
  • Letters, Lies & Alibis (1997)(Delta Justice).

    Travis Hardin sets out to avenge a decades old wrong and falls in love in the process.

  • Son of the Sheriff (1998)(Delta Justice).

    A young divorcee is charmed by a man from her past.

• Stewardson, Dawn

  • The Valentine Hostage (Richmond: Silhouette, 1999)(Eyewitness)(Silhouette Intrigue; I222).
• Stone, Duel
  • The Huey P. Long Assassination Conspiracy Unveiled : the Unforgettable and Unfortunate Life of Jessica Lauren Fields (1997)

    A historical novel based on the true account of the murder of controversial Louisiana governor, Huey Long.

• Stone, Elisabet

  • Poison, Poker and Pistols (1946)
• Stone, Robert
  • A Hall of Mirrors (1966)
• Sutcliffe, Katherine
  • Fever (2001).