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Originally published in England, Meg Gardiner’s Evan Delaney Mystery Series was published in mass market paperback over a series of a few months. Her first novel, when reprinted in the United States, won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original.
Each week I pick a new series and detail it here — giving you the proper order. Click the mouse on the book covers to order these books from the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library.
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China Lake (The Evan Delaney Mystery Series #1)Author: Gardiner, Meg |
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Winner of the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original Evan Delaney learns that not only has her ex-sister-in-law joined a religious cult, but the unstable young mother plans to regain custody of her son and disappear with him into the fold of the fanatical group. But when murder raises the stakes, Evan is dragged even deeper into the nightmare. |
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Mission Canyon (The Evan Delaney Mystery Series #2)Author: Gardiner, Meg |
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After a hit-and-run accident leaves a friend dead, Evan Delaney wants justice. But she underestimates the power of the person responsible. When the witnesses begin dying one by one, Evan is unprepared for the dark places retribution will take her. |
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Jericho Point (The Evan Delaney Mystery Series #3)Author: Gardiner, Meg |
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When a woman’s body washes up on the shore of California’s Jericho Point, she’s identified as Evan Delaney. Except that Evan is very much alive — apparently the victim of an identity thief who’d been scamming Hollywood elite. The thief may be dead, but the crimes she was murdered for — committed in Evan’s name — are turning Evan’s life into a nightmare. Now it’s all Evan can do to survive in the shadow of a dead woman’s lies. |
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Crosscut (The Evan Delaney Mystery Series #4)Author: Gardiner, Meg |
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Evan Delaney knew China Lake was a tough place to grow up. She never knew how tough until she returns to the desert military base for her high school reunion and learns that several of her classmates have died young. Then, on the first night of the reunion, another one dies — this one savagely butchered. And she’s just the first. Someone has an ax to grind. And Evan’s graduating class has something to fear. |
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Kill Chain (The Evan Delaney Mystery Series #5)Author: Gardiner, Meg |
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When Evan Delaney’s father disappears, the cops think he’s fled the country to avoid prosecution. But Evan is sure he’s been abducted or killed for reasons associated with his work for Naval Intelligence. As Evan hunts for clues, she’s attacked by an armed man. The attacker ends up dead — and turns out to be a federal agent. Now Evan is on the run, implicated in his murder. And then she’s contacted by a sinister duo — a madam and gigolo mother-and-son team who claim her father was mixed up in their very dirty business. Can Evan save her father’s reputation — and his life? |
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Is there a book 6 (after Kill Chain) as it leaves lots of unanswered questions??