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Elaine Viets
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born
January 01, 1950
gender
female
place of birth
St. Louis, The United States
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genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Murder, Fiction
about this author
As a young girl, Elaine Viets was taught the virtues of South St. Louis: the importance of hard work, housecleaning, and paying cash. She managed to forget almost everything she learned, which is why she turned to mystery writing.
Living in South Florida has not improved her character. But it has given her the bestselling Dead-End Job series. Like her amateur detective, Helen Hawthorne, Elaine actually works those rotten jobs. Perhaps her early training has given her a lifelong fascination with jobs. She and Helen both know working for a living can be murder.
To research her novels, Elaine has been everything from a salesclerk to a survey taker. Her first book in the series is SHOP TILL YOU DROP, a novel of sex, murder...more
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avg rating: 3.61
| 3,237 ratings
| 429 reviews
| 31 distinct works
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