GOLDEN GATE MYSTERIES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CRIME FICTION
SET IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

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La Tourrette, Jacqueline.
The house on Octavia Street. New York: Beaufort Books, 1984.

Lake, Paul.
Among the immortals. Brownsville, Or.: Story Line Press, 1994.

Lamb, John J. |author info|
The clockwork teddy. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2008. (Bear collector’s mystery #4)

Landis, Jill Marie.
Jade. New York: Jove Books, 1991.

Lang, Harry.
The corpse on the hearth. Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith Company, 1946.

Lantigua, John.
Heat lightning. New York: Putnam, 1987.

Larsgaard, Chris.
The heir hunter. New York: Delacorte Press, 2000. |summary|

Latson, Allan C.
Slaves of desire. St. Louis, Mo.: Forum Pub. Co., 1956. |summary|

Laurence, Gerald.
One bang-up job. New York: Berkley Books, 1989.

Laurie, Victoria. |author info|
Ghouls just haunt to have fun. New York: Obsidian, 2009. (Ghost hunter mystery #3)

Lawrence, Cynthia.
Chill before serving. Toronto ; New York: Worldwide, 2005.

Leason, Barney.
Grand cru. New York: Forge, 2001.

Lecard, Marc.
Tiny little troubles. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2008.

Lee, Elsie.
Sam Benedict -- cast the first stone. New York: Lancer Books, 1963.

Lee, Patrick.
Gundown at Golden Gate. New York: Pinnacle Books, 1981. (Six-Gun Samurai #3) |summary|

Lee, Valerie.
www.sex.net. San Francisco: Russian Hill Press, 1998.

Lee, Will.
Cobalt. New York: Vantage Press, 1999.

Leebron, Fred G.
Out west. New York: Doubleday, 1996.

Leffland, Ella.
Mrs. Munck. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. |summary|

Leinster, Murray. [William Fitzgerald Jenkins]
Scalps: a murder mystery. New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930.

Lenhard, Elizabeth. |series info|
Soul of the bride. New York: Pocket Pulse, 2001. [based on the television series Charmed, created by Constance M. Burge]
Charmed again. New York: Simon Pulse, 2002. [based on the television series Charmed, created by Constance M. Burge]
Date with death. New York: Simon Pulse, 2002. [based on the television series Charmed, created by Constance M. Burge]

Lescroart, John T. |author info|
Dead Irish. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1989. |summary|
The vig. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1990.
Hard evidence. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1993.
The 13th juror. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1994. |summary|
A certain justice. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1995. |summary|
Guilt. New York: Delacorte Press, 1997. |summary|
The mercy rule. New York: Delacorte Press, 1998. |summary|
Nothing but the truth. New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. |summary|
The hearing. New York: Dutton, 2001.
The oath. New York: Dutton, 2002. |summary|
The first law. New York: Dutton, 2003. |summary|
The second chair. New York: Dutton, 2004. |summary|
The motive. New York: Dutton, 2005. |summary|
The Hunt Club. New York: Dutton, 2006.
The suspect. New York: Dutton, 2007.
Betrayal. New York: Dutton, 2008. |summary|
A plague of secrets. New York: Dutton, 2009.

Leslie, Jean.
Shoes for my love. Garden City, N.Y.: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, 1948. |summary|

Lethem, Jonathan.
Gun, with occasional music. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. |summary|

Leventhal, Stan.
Faultlines. Austin, Tex.: Banned Books, 1989.
    | setting: San Francisco | Hubin | tpo | find it |

Levin, Donna.
California Street. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.

Lewellen, T. C.
The Billikin courier. New York: Random House, 1968.

Lewis, Kathleen A.
The 27th out. Minneapolis, Minn.: Turtleclub, 1996.
    | setting: San Francisco | series character: Marcy Connelly | Hubin | find it |

Lewis, Shelby.
Sacred love. Washington D.C.: BET Publications, LLC : Arabesque, 2001.
    | setting: San Francisco | romantic suspense | pbo | summary | find it |

Lind, Hailey. [Julie Goodson-Lawes and Carolyn Lawes] |author info|
Feint of art. New York: Signet, 2006.
    | setting: San Francisco | series character: Annie Kincaid | pbo | summary | find it |
Shooting gallery. New York: Signet, 2006.
    | setting: San Francisco | series character: Annie Kincaid | pbo | find it |
Brush with death. New York: Signet, 2007.
    | setting: San Francisco | series character: Annie Kincaid | pbo | find it |

Linscomb, Shadrach.
Sex, guns, and a barber. San Leandro, Calif.: View House Publishing, 2005.

Lipman, Clayre, and Michel Lipman.
House of evil. New York: Lion Books, 1954.

Lipman, Michel. [see Lipman, Clayre]

Lipsky, Eleazar.
The devil’s daughter. New York: Meredith Press, 1969.

London, Jack, and Robert L. Fish.
The Assassination Bureau, Ltd. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. [Completed by Robert L. Fish from notes by Jack London]

Long, Claudia.
Weave her thread with bones. Philadelphia: Xlibris Corporation, 2000.
    | setting: San Francisco | series character: Magda Santos | Hubin | tpo | find it |

Longley, W. B.
Chinatown justice. Toronto: PaperJacks, 1985.

Longstreet, Stephen.
The Pedlock inheritance. New York: McKay, 1972.

Loraine, Philip.
Voices in an empty room. London: Collins [for] the Crime Club, 1973; New York: Random House, 1974.

Loughead, Flora Haines.
The man who was guilty. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886. |summary|

Lovell, B. E.
...And incidentally, murder! New York: Bouregy & Curl, 1952.
A rage to kill. New York: Ace Books, 1957.

Lucas, Michael A.
Devil born without horns. San Francisco: Rudos and Rubes Publishing, 2008.

Lucke, Margaret. |author info|
A relative stranger. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991.
House of whispers. Rockville, Md.: Juno Books, 2008.
Mansion of desire. Rockville, Md.: Juno Books, 2009.

Lupoff, Richard A.
The comic book killer. Martinez, Calif.: Offspring Press, 1988.
The classic car killer. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
The Bessie Blue killer. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. |summary|
The sepia siren killer. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. |summary|
The cover girl killer. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995. |summary|
The Radio Red killer. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997. |summary|
One murder at a time: the casebook of Lindsey & Plum. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997. |summary|

Lutz, Lisa. |author info|
The Spellman files. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. |summary|
Curse of the Spellmans. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. |summary|
Revenge of the Spellmans. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009.

Lynch, Jack.
Bragg’s hunch. New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1982. (Bragg #1)
The missing and the dead. New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1982. (Bragg #2)
Pieces of death. New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1982. (Bragg #3)
Sausalito. New York: Warner Books, 1984.
San Quentin. New York: Warner Books, 1984.

Lynch, Lee.
Sue Slate, private eye. Tallahassee, Fla.: The Naiad Press, Inc., 1989.

Lyon, Dana. [see also Lyon, Mabel Dana]
The frightened child. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. [Reprinted as House on Telegraph Hill. New York: Mercury Publications, 1948]
The tentacles. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. |summary|
The lost one. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958.
    | setting: East Bay; San Francisco Peninsula; Delta Region | summary | find it |

Lyon, Mabel Dana, and Josephine Hughston.
The bathtub murder. San Francisco: Williams Publishing Company, 1933.
 
 

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