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Janet Dawson

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Mystery & Thrillers, Crime, Historical Fiction

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Janet Dawson is the author of The Sacrificial Daughter, first in a new series featuring geriatric care manager. She has also written thirteen novels featuring Oakland private investigator Jeri Howard. Her first, Kindred Crimes, won the St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America contest for best first private eye novel. The most recent book in the series is The Devil Close Behind.

Her Jill McLeod historical mystery series features a Zephyrette sleuthing aboard the long-distance train called the California Zephyr in the early 1950s. The first in that series is Death Rides the Zephyr.

In the past, Dawson was a newspaper reporter and a Navy journalist. She has worked in the legal field and on the staff of the University of California Berke ...more

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	Kindred Crimes (Jeri Howard Mystery, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,559 ratings — published 1990 — 13 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
	Till the Old Men Die (Jeri Howard Mystery, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 1,161 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	Jeri Howard Books 1-5 (Jeri Howard Mystery #1-5) 4.55 avg rating — 878 ratings — published 2018	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
	Take a Number (Jeri Howard Mystery, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	Where The Bodies Are Buried 4.27 avg rating — 742 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	A Killing At The Track (Jeri Howard #9) 4.22 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 2000 — 4 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
	A Credible Threat 4.17 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1996 — 5 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
	Nobody's Child (Jeri Howard Mystery #5) 4.25 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 1995 — 12 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
	Jeri Howard Books 6-9 (Jeri Howard Mystery #6-9) 4.48 avg rating — 462 ratings	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
	Don't Turn Your Back On The Ocean (Jeri Howard #4) 4.16 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 1994 — 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

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Voting for September 2020 Group Read - a book with the letters C-R-I-M-E in the title.

Crimson Lake by Candice Fox

13 votes, 48.1%

Crime on the Fens by Joy Ellis

6 votes, 22.2%

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

2 votes, 7.4%

The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

2 votes, 7.4%

Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson

2 votes, 7.4%

A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith

1 vote, 3.7%

The Minutes of the Lazarus Club by Tony Pollard

1 vote, 3.7%

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