Last updated 04/17/03
"D" Authors
A New Orleans masquerade ball is the setting for this compilation of three stories, each revolving around a couple at the ball. Top authors Jennifer Blake, Janet Dailey and Elizabeth Gage contribute.
It has been ten years since Madeline Belanger left the Louisiana bayous to start a new life. Upon her return, she finds her ex-husband a prominent judge who has set his sites on her. Part of the Delta Justice series.
Daingerfield, Foxhall
Photographer Andy Derain leaves the Big Apple for his New Orleans home, wanting a more simple life. But simple is not in the cards for Andy, as he finds himself entangled in a web of murders.
Andy Derain receives a postcard from a resort town on the Grand Cayman Islands that summons him to help an old friend from his past life as a fashion photographer.
A romance revolving around a young Louisiana woman.
When young Bobbi Devereaux winds up dead, a powerful New Orleans politician and a state policeman get involved.
Private investigators Dub Greenert and his girlfriend Vonna are on the trail of a kidnapper, whose victim is a liberal New Orleans attorney.
This historical thriller explores racism in Louisiana.
J. Madison Davis is also the author of Dick Francis (1989)
Davis, Albert Belisle
5th in the Dino LaStanza series. Follows the top New Orleans homicide detective on the case of a white supremacist leader who may be involved with the crime of a horrible burning.
A mystery set in New Orleans.
Dino LaStanza investigates the murder of two prostitutes.
An account of the murder of a young girl and a deranged hitchhiker. Non-fiction.
A Hardy Boys mystery set at a New Orleans computer convention.
The Voodoo Plot (1982)(Hardy Boys Mystery; 72)
Donaldson's mysteries chronicle the doings of a New Orleans psychologist in the Coroner's office and her detective buddies.
New Orleans medical examiner Andy Broussard and psychologist Kit Franklin team up in this mystery.
New Orleans medical examiner Andy Broussard and psychologist Kit Franklin team up in this mystery.
When Kit agrees to meet the man who has been sending her roses anonymously, she never expects to have him fall dead at her feet–literally. Upon investigating the death, she discovers that the man had the virus Ebola. In her search for the origin of the deadly disease, she encounters another killer, this one of the human variety.
A man shows up dead with four tiles from the game Scrabble on his chest. New Orleans Medical Examiner Andy Broussard and his partner Kit Franklin begin investigating the case when a second victim is found–with only three tiles on his chest. The letters must be clues, but can the truth be known before the killer strikes again?
New Orleans investigator is working in her garden when she discovers human remains that are at least ten years old. With the help of her friend Andy Broussard, the story of the deceased is pieced (!) together.
Forensic pathologist Andy Broussard is confused by conflicting fingerprints on a corpse–they belong to another man, one who is serving a life sentence at Angola State Prison. Who was the man who now lies in the morgue and what involvement did he have to an inmate?
Derrick, Lionel
- The Penetrator: Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
Donaldson, Don J.
Douglas, Amanda
New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet had no idea what he was getting into when he took on a case researching casino licenses for the Mob. All he wanted to do was pay his daughter's tuition and his alimony. But this time, he got much more than he bargained for.
New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet teams up with an unlikely ally, Daisy, as he works to bring down the head of organized crime in the Crescent City.
Representing drug dealers is just part of the job for lawyer Tubby Dubonnet. That is, until one million dollars ends up in Tubby's possession just before his client is murdered.
One of New Orleans' infamous downpours leaves three bankrobbers stranded in the French Quarter with no getaway car. In the heat of the moment, a woman is shot. Lawyer Tubby Dubonnet investigates the crime.
When Tubby Dubonnet's old friend Mickey O'Rourke messes up a defense case for a man accused of murder, Tubby gets involved in the bizarre case.
Sophie Dunbar's writing is lighter and more romantic than Julie
Smith's. Her sleuth is a hairdresser.
Claire Claiborne runs an upscale beauty salon in New Orleans. When one of her clients winds up dead, the beautician and her husband try to solve the murder.
Beautician Claire Claiborne gets tangled in a web of blackmail, counterfeiting and murder when she investigates the death of her manicurist.
Claire Claiborne and her husband Dan are enjoying a second honeymoon when a series of homicides involving local beauty pageant contestants yanks them back to reality.