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Karen E. Olson

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http://www.kareneolson.com

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense

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January 2008

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I am the author of the Black Hat Thrillers and the Annie Seymour and Tattoo Shop mystery series. My new book AN INCONVENIENT WIFE, a Modern Tudor Mystery, will be published by Pegasus in Spring 2024.

My first book, SACRED COWS, won the Sara Ann Freed Award for best first mystery and my fourth book, SHOT GIRL, was shortlisted for a Shamus Award.

Kirkus Reviews calls the Black Hat Thrillers "electrifying." ...more

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Black Hat Thrillers!

My series now has a title: The Black Hat Thrillers! My publisher and I had been going in circles about this before HIDDEN was published. Since "Nicole Jones" isn't my protagonist's real name and she uses different aliases in each book, it didn't seem right to use that as a series title. After some back and forth on the issue, we agreed that the series would go untitled. But we revisited this in th Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 03, 2016 10:19 • Tags: black-hat-thrillers, hacker, mystery, suspense, thriller

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Average rating: 3.86 · 6,290 ratings · 834 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Missing Ink (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,864 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pretty in Ink (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ink Flamingos (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 815 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Driven to Ink (Tattoo Shop Mystery, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred Cows (Annie Seymour Mystery, #1) 3.37 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 2005 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden (A Black Hat Thriller, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secondhand Smoke (Annie Seymour Mystery, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2006 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead of the Day (Annie Seymour Mystery, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shot Girl (Annie Seymour Mystery, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowed (A Black Hat Thriller, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Karen Olson voted for Things We Do in the Dark as Best Mystery & Thriller in the Opening Round of the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards. Cast Your Vote
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“I shook my head. "Not Interested" I said.
he straightened up. "Not interested in what?"
In you." I couldn't be more blunt.
Excuse me, miss, but I was going to ask if you would like to sign up for karaoke.”
― Karen E. Olson, The Missing Ink

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