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Works by Lia Matera

 

 

Novels:

 

 

Havana Twist

   1998, Simon & Schuster; 1999, Pocket Books

 

Star Witness

   1997, Simon & Schuster; 1998, Pocket Books

 

Last Chants

   1996, Simon & Schuster; 1997, Pocket Books

 

Designer Crimes

   1995, Simon & Schuster; 1996, Pocket Books

 

Face Value

   1994, Simon & Schuster; 1995, Pocket Books

 

A Hard Bargain

   1992, Simon & Schuster; 1993, Ballantine Books

 

Prior Convictions

   1991, Simon & Schuster; 1991, Ballantine Books

   Edgar Award Nominee.

 

The Good Fight

   1990, Simon & Schuster; 1991, Ballantine Books

   Anthony and Macavity Nominee.

 

Hidden Agenda

   1988 Bantam Books; 1992, Ballantine Books

 

The Smart Money

   1988, Bantam Books; 1991, Ballantine Books

 

A Radical Departure

   1988, Bantam Books; 1991, Ballantine Books

   Edgar and Anthony Award Nominee.

 

Where Lawyers Fear To Tread

   1987, Bantam Books; 1991, Ballantine Books

   Anthony and Macavity Award Nominee.

 

 

 

 

Anthologies:

 

 

 

Irreconcilable Differences

   Lia Matera, ed; 1999, HarperCollins; 2001, Avon Books

     Twenty original crime short stories by contemporary writers.

 

Counsel For The Defense

   2000, Five Star Books

     Original short stories by the author, including 1996 Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award winner, "Dead Drunk".

 

 

Short Stories:

 

 

 

"Dream Lawyer"

Diagnosis: Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket Books, 1999; The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman,  Forge, 2000;

First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet Books, 2002

 

"If It Can't Be True"

Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera,

HarperCollins, 1999, Avon Books, 2001

 

"Dead Drunk"

Guilty As Charged, ed. Scott Turow, Pocket Books, 1996;

The Year's Twenty-five Finest Crime and Mystery Stories,

ed. Joan Hess, Carroll & Graf, 1997;

A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, Penguin Putnam, 2002

 

"Performance Crime"

Women on the Case, ed. Sarah Paretsky,

Doubleday, 1996, Dell, 1997

 

"The River Mouth"

The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994, Harper Paperback, 1995;

A Moment on the Edge, ed. Elizabeth George,

HarperCollins, 2004

 

"Do Not Resuscitate"

Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart,

Berkley Books, 1995, Berkley Books, 1997

 

"Easy Go"

Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi and Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Books, 1992, Bantam Books, 1993

 

"Destroying Angel"

                   Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley Books, 1990

 

"Counsel For the Defense"

Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley Books, 1989

 

 

 

 

Foreign Editions:

 

 

 

British:

 

 

Face Value, Virago Press, London 1995 (trade paper)

 

Face Value, Virago Press, London, 1996 (paper)

 

Designer Crimes, Virago Press, London, 1996 (trade paper)

 

Designer Crimes, Virago Press, London, 1997 (paper)

 

 

 

Danish:

 

 

Dodelig Proces (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Forgalet Modtryk, Copenhagen, 1990

 

Skjult Dagsorden (Hidden Agenda), Forgalet Modtryk, Copenhagen, 1990

 

Definitiv Afsked (A Radical Departure), Forgalet Modtryk, Copenhagen, 1991

 

 

 

Finnish:

 

 

Juristit Murhaavat Elaakseen (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Art House, Helsinki, 1991

 

Kertakaikkiset Jaahyvaiset (A Radical Departure), Art House, Helsinki, 1993

 

 

 

German:

 

 

Facelifting (A Radical Departure), Rotbuch, Berlin, 1991

 

Studentfudder (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Rotbuch, Berlin, 1992

 

Der Aufechte Gang (The Good Fight), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1991

 

Am Rande des Gesetzes (The Smart Money), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1991

 

Altlasten (Prior Convictions), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1993

 

Harte Bandagen (A Hard Bargain), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1993

 

Facelifting (A Radical Departure), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1994

 

Blindes Vertrauen (Face Value), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1996

 

Dunkle Gesange (Last Chants), Econ Verlag, Dusseldorf, 1997

 

Dunkle Gesange (Last Chants), Econ & List Taschenberg Verlag, Munich, 1999

 

Havana Twist, Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag, Munich, 2000

 

Designermorde (Designer Crimes), Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag, Munich, 2001

 

 

German Omnibus Editions:

 

 

Frauenkrimis, Am Rande Des Gesetzes (The Smart Money), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1994

 

Mord Am Golden Gate, Harte Bandagen (A Hard Bargain), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1997

 

 

German Anthologies:

 

 

Haffmans Krimi Jahresband 1997, "Eine Performance" ("Performance Crime"), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 1997

 

Mord a la carte, "Der Todesangel" ("Destroying Angel"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1994

 

Mords Ladies, "Die Vereidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1994

 

Mord aus Liebe, "Der Todesangel" ("Destroying Angel"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1995 (cloth)

 

Mord aus Liebe, "Der Todesangel" ("Destroying Angel"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1997 (paper)

 

Das Beste vom Bosen, "Die Vereidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1997 (cloth)

 

Das Beste vom Bosen, "Die Vereidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1998 (paper)

 

Die Anwalte, "Die Verteidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Sonderausgabe, Munich, 1999

 

 

 

Italian:

 

 

Morte in Facolt· (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Il Giallo Mondadori, Rome, 1990

 

 

 

Japanese:

 

 

(Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Tokyo Sogensha, 1990

 

(Prior Convictions), Tokyo Sogensha, 1991

 

(A Radical Departure), Tokyo Sogensha, 1991

 

(Hidden Agenda), Tokyo Sogensha, 1991

 

 

 

Norwegian:

 

 

En Dare Kan Sporre (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Forgalet Oktober, Oslo, 1993

 

Den Enes Dod (A Radical Departure), Forgalet Oktober, Oslo, 1993

 

Den Som Farer Med Logn (Hidden Agenda), Forgalet Oktober, Oslo, 1994

 

En Dare Kan Sporre (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Oktober Spenning, Oslo, 1994

 

 

 

 

Audio Editions:

 

 

Novels:

 

 

Last Chants (abridged),  Read by Alexa Bauer, Sunset Productions, 1996;

Also Included in Best of Mysteries, Literate Listener Series, Countertop Audio, 1999

 

Star Witness (abridged),  Read by Alexa Bauer, Sunset Productions, 1997

 

Havana Twist (abridged), Read by Susan Anspach, Dove Audio, 1998

 

Havana Twist (unabridged), Read by Anna Fields, Blackstone Audiobooks,

                                                                                                               1999

 

 

Short Stories:

 

 

"Easy Go", Deadly Allies, ed. Robert Randisi and Marilyn Wallace,

Read by Loretta Swit, Dove Audio, 1992

 

"Dead Drunk", Guilty As Charged, ed. Scott Turow, Audio Volume 2,

Read by Judy Kaye, Durkin Hayes Audio, 1997;

For the Good of the Firm, ed. Martin. Greenberg,

Read by Yancy Butler, Dove Audio, 1999

 

"Dream Lawyer", Diagnosis: Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman,

Read by J.J. Kennedy, DH Audio, 1998

 

"If It Can't Be True", Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera,

Read by Amanda Karr, Dove Audio, 1999

 

 

 

 

Other Works:

 

 

In A Word, A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist, But Ought To,

ed. Jack Hitt, Laurel/Dell Books, 1992

(contributed five neologisms)

 



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