Lydia Adamson Books In Order

Sally Tepper Books In Publication Order

  1. Sleeping Dogs Die (As:Frank King) (1988)
  2. Take the D Train (As:Frank King) (1990)

Alice Nestleton Mystery Books In Publication Order

  1. A Cat in the Manger (1990)
  2. A Cat of a Different Color (1991)
  3. A Cat in Wolf’s Clothing (1991)
  4. A Cat By Any Other Name (1992)
  5. A Cat in the Wings (1992)
  6. A Cat with a Fiddle (1993)
  7. A Cat in a Glass House (1993)
  8. A Cat on the Cutting Edge (1994)
  9. A Cat with No Regrets (1994)
  10. A Cat on a Winning Streak (1995)
  11. A Cat in Fine Style (1995)
  12. A Cat Under the Mistletoe (1996)
  13. A Cat in a Chorus Line (1996)
  14. A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock (1997)
  15. A Cat on a Beach Blanket (1997)
  16. A Cat on Stage Left (1998)
  17. A Cat of One’s Own (1999)
  18. A Cat with the Blues (2000)
  19. A Cat with No Clue (2001)
  20. A Cat Named Brat (2002)
  21. A Cat on the Bus (2002)
  22. A Cat Tells Two Tales (2012)

Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Books In Publication Order

  1. Dr. Nightingale Comes Home (1994)
  2. Dr. Nightingale Meets Puss in Boots (1994)
  3. Dr. Nightingale Rides the Elephant (1994)
  4. Dr. Nightingale Goes to the Dogs (1995)
  5. Dr. Nightingale Goes the Distance (1995)
  6. Dr. Nightingale Enters the Bear Cave (1996)
  7. Dr. Nightingale Chases Three Little Pigs (1996)
  8. Dr. Nightingale Rides to the Hounds (1997)
  9. Dr. Nightingale Races the Outlaw Colt (1998)
  10. Dr. Nightingale Traps the Missing Lynx (1999)
  11. Dr. Nightingale Seeks Greener Pastures (2000)
  12. Dr. Nightingale Follows a Canine Clue (2001)

Lucy Wayles Mystery Books In Publication Order

  1. Beware the Tufted Duck (1996)
  2. Beware the Butcher Bird (1997)
  3. Beware the Laughing Gull (1998)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Down and Dirty (As:Frank King) (1978)
  2. Raya (As:Frank King) (1980)
  3. Night Vision (As:Frank King) (1982)

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Lydia Adamson Books Overview

A Cat in Wolf’s Clothing

There’s a serial killer on the loose in New York who kills cat owners, and when the police run out of ideas they turn to Alice Nestleton, cat sitter, part time actress, and the cagiest crime solving cat expert around. Alice discovers a tangled web of intrigue that leads to an ominous subculture devoted to felines and homicide.

A Cat By Any Other Name

Hopeful actress, occasional cat sitter, and amateur detective Alice Nestleton discovers murder in a catnip garden. By the author of A Cat with a Fiddle and A Cat in the Manger. Reissue.

A Cat in the Wings

When a former ballet star is found murdered backstage at a production of The Nutcracker in Lincoln Center, Alice Nestleton takes a kean interest in the case, especially when her best friend is charged with the murder.

A Cat with a Fiddle

At a remote Massachusetts artists’ colony to deliver a Scottish fold kitten to its new owner, cat sitter Alice Nestleton must soon do some sleuthing when the pianist of a visiting quartet is murdered.

A Cat in a Glass House

In the latest Alice Nestleton mystery, the aspiring actress and sometimes sleuth teams up with a Mandarin speaking city cop to find a missing tabby and solve the murder of a waitress.

A Cat on a Winning Streak

Traveling to Atlantic City for a gig, actress Alice Nestleton is surprised by the appearance of a cat at her sixteenth floor hotel window, and her subsequent search for its owner brings her to the scene of a murder.

A Cat Under the Mistletoe

Actress, cat sitter, and amateur sleuth Alice Nestleton is spending the holidays with a new client: Roberta, a beautiful feline with a big personality disorder. But a visit to the animal therapist turns out to be more than Alice bargains for, as the good doctor is found dead. With suspicion falling on the deceased’s estranged husband and then on Alice herself this novice detective must find the real killer before the catty culprit finds her!.

A Cat in a Chorus Line

Two gorgeous Maine coon cats hold the clues to a killing as actress turned sleuth Alice Nestleton and her significant other, Tony Basillio, become eyewitnesses to the murder of the hateful wife of Broadway mogul Peter Nelson Krispus.

A Cat on a Beach Blanket

The fourteenth book in the popular Alice Nestleton series features the amateur sleuth on a murderer’s trail. Housesitting in the Hamptons turns deadly when an aspiring poet is killed and Alice is the prime suspect! Follow her investigation as she struggles to clear her name and uncover he real killer!

A Cat on Stage Left

Actress, catsitter and amateur sleuth Alice Nestleton finds her summer doldrums melting away like ice cubes on a sidewalk with a shocking murder that happens right on her doorstep. The victim? Mary Singer, the very woman who hired Alice to catsit. The murderer? The chauffeur of Mary’s Rolls Royce, who shoots his employer before Alice’s unbelieving eyes. But when Alice opens the cat carrier to check on the now orphaned feline, all she finds is an odd toy cat on wheels. Now why would anyone pay $2,500 for someone to watch a stuffed animal? With Pancho and Bushy, her new friend Sam Tully, and a Bengal cat in tow, Alice has a lot of ground to cover to trap a clever killer. This is the third hardcover in this successful series Includes 12 line drawings of cats, an extra treat for cat lovers Scheduled to coincide with Signet publication of A Cat on a Beach Blanket

A Cat with the Blues

Alice is catsitting a beautiful Russian Blue at the center of a raging custody battle. But when the doorman at the wealthy couple’s apartment building dies and the contested cat disappears she must go on a nose to the ground hunt for a catnapper…
and maybe…
a killer.

A Cat with No Clue

When actress and amateur sleuth Alice Nestleton whips up an anniversary meal for her actor friends, the happy couple just die of food poisoning. The only witnesses are the couple’s two little kittens. Definitely cute, but certainly not viable on the witness stand. Which means that Alice is the prime suspect. And while the actor in Alice may love the spotlight, this is not the kind of attention she needs…
‘Slyly captivating.’ Publishers Weekly ‘Another gem for cat mystery fans.’ Library Journal

A Cat Named Brat

In this brand new mystery from the author of A Cat with No Clue, New York actress and cat sitting sleuth Alice Nestleton sets out to solve the murder of a nightlife journalist.

‘Adamson’s success is a tribute to her dynamic characters and her ability to leave readers wanting more.’ Booklist

A Cat on the Bus

Alice Nestleton is finally getting everything she wants: a juicy role in a slick new TV series, a debonair leading man on camera and off, and enough money to give up cat sitting for good. Then a simple bus ride turns Alice into the witness of a senseless multiple homicide.

Dr. Nightingale Comes Home

While investigating the strange malady afflicting French Alpine goats, New York state veterinarian Dr. Deirdre Quinn Nightingale encounters a mystery of the two legged variety the murder of old friend Dick Obey.

Dr. Nightingale Meets Puss in Boots

Molson, the beloved puss in Boots, a Manhattan nightclub, lends country veterinarian Deirdre Quinn a paw to catch a killer, after the club’s owner is gunned down by a bicycle messenger.’

Dr. Nightingale Chases Three Little Pigs

Farm vet Didi Nightingale is forced to prove her innocence when she is framed for the murder of a pig farm’s rich owner who claimed in an incriminating letter that Didi, whom he hardly knew, had been his lover.

Dr. Nightingale Rides to the Hounds

When the organizer of the county’s biggest fox hunt is shot dead, Dr. Nightingale unearths bizarre allegations of witchcraft and a possible link to a past murder.

Dr. Nightingale Races the Outlaw Colt

Dr. Deirdre Quinn Nightingale is just setting down to some fun after a long night spent saving some local dairy cows, when a young police officer is gunned down outside a local restaurant. Once again, it’s up to Didi to do some moonlighting to solve the mystery. And along the way, she uncovers something even more baffling a runaway colt mysteriously linked to the murder. Now she finds herself confronting a cold hearted killer burning with revenge and with a sinister plan to strike again! .

Beware the Tufted Duck

The first in a new series of mysteries by the author of the Alice Nestleton series introduces ex librarian Lucy Wayles, an eccentric birdwatcher with a penchant for solving crimes, beginning with the strange death of a fellow birder.

Beware the Laughing Gull

Amateur sleuth Lucy Wayles and her bird watching group are surprised by the sudden announcement that one of their members is planning to get married after their morning session of birding. But before the bride can say I do, she’s shot down during the ceremony. When the police are unable to find the killer, Lucy hatches a plan to trap the killer herself!.

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