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Investigative Reporters

The investigative reporter may be considered a private detective (without license) and is often listed as an amateur with journalistic skills. In most cases, the reporter or former reporter is assigned a rather ordinary story, but something happens to change that…usually a murder or another crime. Often the reporter simply has a hunch or stumbles on a clue that makes the issue more complex than it should be. They are cozies, hard-boiled, and in between.

The following is a list of authors who fit into this category. The titles in each series is given. Please read one or more of these authors and/or titles, and come prepared to discuss your impressions of them with the group.

AUTHOR PROTAGONIST TITLES
Gerry Boyle Jack McMorrow Deadline (1993)
Bloodline (1995)
Lifeline (1996)
Potshot (1997)
Borderline (1998)
Thomas Gately Briody Michael Carolina Rogue's Isles (1995)
Rogue's Justice (1996)
Rogue's Wager (1997)
Jan Brogan Addy McNeil Final Copy (2001)
Edna Buchanan Britt Montero Contents Under Pressure (1992)
Miami, It's Murder (1994)
Suitable for Framing (1995)
Act of Betrayal (1996)
Margin of Error (1997)
Garden of Evil (1999)
You Only Die Twice (2001)
Ice Maiden (2002)
Jan Burke Irene Kelly Goodnight, Irene (1993)
Sweet Dreams, Irene (1994)
Dear Irene (1995)
Remember Me, Irene (1996)
Hocus (1997)
Liar (1998)
Bones (1999)
Flight (2001)
Tom Coffey Ted Lowe Serpent Club (1999),
Michael Connelly Jack McEvoy The Poet (1996)
C.R. Corwin Dolly Madison Sprowls Morgue Mama: The Cross Kisses Back (2003)
John Michael Craft Mark Manning Flight Dreams (1997)
Eye Contact (1998)
Body Language (1999)
Name Games (2000)
Boy Toy (2001)
Hot Spot (2002)
Barbara D'Amato Cat Marsala Hardball (1990)
Hard Tack (1991)
Hard Luck (1992)
Hard Woman (1993)
Hard Case (1994)
Hard Christmas (1995)
Hard Bargain (1997)
Hard Evidence (1999)
Hard Road (2001)
Pete Dexter Ward James The Paperboy (1995)
Brendan DuBois Carl Landry

Lewis Cole 		Resurrection Day (1999)
Dead Sand (1995)
Black Tide (1995)
Shattered Shell (1996)
Killer Waves (2002)
Brenda English Sutton McPhee Corruption of Faith (1997)
Corruption of Power (1998)
Corruption of Justice (1999)
Robert Ferringo Quinn Dead Man's Dance (1995)
Antonia Fraser Jemima Shore Quiet as a Nun (1977)
Wild Island (1978)
Splash of Red (1981)
Cool Repentance (1982)
Oxford Blood (1985)
Jemima Shore's First Case and Other Stories (1986)
Your Royal Hostage (1988)
Jemima Shore and the SUnny Grave (1991)
Cavalier Case (1991)
Political Death (1996)
Denise Hamilton Eve Diamond The Jasmine Trade (2001)
Sugar Skull (2003)
Colin Harrison Porter Wren Manhattan Nocturne (1996)
Carolyn G. Hart Henrie O. Dead Man's Island (1993); See Cozy Mysteries for series list.
Barry Hoffman Deidre Caffrey Hungry Eyes (1997)
Jody Jaffe Nattie Gold Horse of a Different Killer (1995)
For others in this series, please see Human & Animal Teams.
Charles Kenney Frank Cronin Hammurabi's Code (1995)
Code of Vengeance (1997)
Douglas Kiker Mac McFarland Murder on Clam Pond (1986)
Death at the Cut (1988)
Death Below Deck (1991)
Andrew Klavan Steve Everett True Crime (1995)
Mike Lupica Peter Finley Dead Air (1986)
Extra Credits (1988)
Limited Partner (1990)
Leslie Meier Lucy Stone Back to School Murder(1997).
Ron Nessen Knight & Day Knight and Day (1995)
Press Corpse (1997)
Death With Honors (1998)
Mike Phillips Sam Dean Blood Rights (1989)
Late Candidate (1990)
Image to Die For (1997)
Sylvia Porter Judith Hayes Hidden Agenda (1985)
John R. Riggs Garth Ryland Glory Hound (1987)
Haunt of the Nightingale (1988)
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1989)
One Man's Poison (1991)
Hunting Ground (1992)
Dragon Lives Together (1992)
Dead Letter (1992)
Cold Hearts and Gentle People (1994)
Killing frost (1995)
Snow on the Roses (1996)
Kevin Robinson Stick Foster Split Seconds (1991)
Mall Rats (1992)
Matter of Perspective (1993)
Gayle G. Roper Merry Kramer Caught in the Middle (1997)
Sidney Sheldon Dana Evans The Sky is Falling (2000)
Triss Stein Kay Engels Digging Up Death (1998)
David Stout
Will Schaefer		 Night of the Ice Storm (1991)
Dog Hermit (1993)
Andrew Taylor Jill Francis Air That Kills (1995)
Steve Thayer Rick Beanblossom Silent Snow (1999)
Mary Willis Walker Molly Cates Red Scream (1994)
Under the Beetle's Cellar (1995)
All the Dead Lie Down (1998)
Jean Warmbold Sarah Calloway June Mail (1986)
Stephen Wilcox T.S.W.Sheridan Dry White Tear (1989)
St. Lawrence Run (1990)
Green Mosaic (1994)
John Morgan Wilson Benjamin Justice Simple Justice (1996)
Revision of Justice (1997)
Justice at Risk (1999)
Limits of Justice (2000)
R.D.Zimmerman Todd Mills Closet (1995)
Tribe (1996)
Hostage (1997)
Outburst (1998)
Innuendo (1999)


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