Carolyn Wheat

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1983
  • Latest Book:
    August 2005
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Full Series List in Order

Cass Jameson

1 - Dead Man's Thoughts (Jul-1983)
2 - Where Nobody Dies (Aug-1986)
3 - Fresh Kills (Jun-1995)
4 - Mean Streak (May-1996)
5 - Troubled Waters (Aug-1997)
6 - Sworn to Defend (Aug-1998)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Dead Man's Thoughts

    Cass Jameson - 1

    Attorney Cass Jameson was discouraged sometimes by the parade of down-and-out characters that passed through her Brooklyn office--but she always found solace in her relationship with Nathan, a fellow lawyer whose cheerful outlook inspired her to keep...

  • Where Nobody Dies

    Cass Jameson - 2

    It's bad enough when a twelve-year-old girl loses her mother. But to have her father arrested fin the murder is heartbreaking--and that's why Cass Jameson is putting every effort into proving Brad Ritchie's innocence. Even though he was her opponent ...

  • Cousin Cora

    in Master's Choice: Volume II

    An outstanding array of crime fiction by some of today's leading authors is accompanied by short stories from the acclaimed writers who inspired them and features works by Ian Rankin, Joyce Carol Oates, Mary Higgins Clark, Evan Hunter, Edgar Allan Po...

  • Cat Lady

    in Cat Crimes 2
    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    From the pens of today's most prolific, popular, and feline-fancying mystery writers comes CAT CRIMES 2, a chilling collection of original stories that will leave cat- and mystery-lovers purring for more. Inside you'll encounter the Bogart drawl of P...

  • Fresh Kills

    Cass Jameson - 3

    Wracked by guilt, Cass searches for a young mother’s killer On the western edge of Staten Island, not far from the city dump, lies a watery patch of earth known as Fresh Kills. It’s an old Dutch name, and it has nothing to do with violence -- unt...

  • Fresh Kills Hc

    Reluctantly assisting a colleague in what seems to be a routine adoption case, criminal lawyer Cass Jameson is alarmed when the young birth mother she represents is murdered and an illegal adoption ring is uncovered...

  • Mean Streak

    Cass Jameson - 4

    Riordan broke Cass's heart when he left her for a younger--and blonder--woman. Now he wants her to defend him--but not before he arranges a makeover, a new wardrobe, and a crash course on federal law for her. Controlling, manipulative, and dangerousl...

  • Accidents Will Happen

    in Malice Domestic 5

    Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Phyllis A. Whitney, author of more than seventy bestsellers, presides over a salon of today's wittiest writers of mystery in this sparkling new addition to the series. MALICE DOMESTIC 5 once again delivers the ...

  • Ghost Station

    in Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries

    “An absolutely first-rate anthology. . . a thoughtful and intelligent paean to crime fiction.” — New York Sun#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George serves up a century's worth of superb crime fiction penned ...



  • Troubled Waters

    Cass Jameson - 5

    Brooklyn lawyer Cass Jameson faces the most difficult case of her career when she is called upon to defend her brother Ron against a murder charge. The case takes Cass back to a past in which she and Ron joined forces to protest social injustice... a...

  • Sworn to Defend

    Cass Jameson - 6

    Brooklyn criminal lawyer Cass Jameson finally has an innocent client. When she wins Keith Jernigan's case, Cass feels she's on the side of the angels. Until she discovers that Keith himself is no angel. He stalked his former girlfriend and disfigured...

  • A Is For Adams

    in First Lady Murders

  • Murder on Route 66

    The legendary Route 66 becomes the scene for an original collection of mystery tales by Carolyn Hart, J. A. Jance, Barbara D'Amato, Les Roberts, John Lutz, Judith Van Gieson, Earlene Fowler, Michael Allen Dymmoch, Eleanor Taylor Bland, and other dist...

  • Tales Out of School

    In 1983, Carolyn Wheat burst on the mystery scene with her Edgar-nominated novel about Cass Jameson, one of the first female lawyers in a crime series. Wheat's work is filled with sympathy for the underdog. In Three Time Loser, Cass is torn between h...

  • Women Before the Bench

    A collection of short legal fiction features all-new stories by some of the top writers in the field, including Perri O'Shaughnessy, Jonnie Jacobs, Taffy Cannon, Michael A. Kahn, Claire Youmans, Rochelle Krich, Carroll Lachnit, Jeremiah Healy, Margar...

  • The Other C.B.

    in The Sunken Sailor

    Fourteen masters of the mystery and suspense genre--including Jan Burke, Carolyn Hart, Simon Brett, and Edward Marston--each contribute an individual chapter to a round robin mystery about a weekend house party in a small English village that is turn...

  • A Long and Constant Courtship

    in Death By Dickens

    The plot Dickens... In the pages of his novels, Charles Dickens railed against injustice in all its forms--the miserliness of Ebenezer Scrooge, the indifference of the aristocracy, the cruelty of Fagin. He captured the bitter unfairness of the class...

  • Small Time in His Heart

    in Show Business Is Murder

    Lights...Camera...Murder! Behind the velvet ropes and closed curtains, buried in the back lots, you'll find the darker side of the spotlight. It's where stars are created overnight, and burn out just cis quickly. Where deals are made to be broken,...

Award-Winning Books by Carolyn Wheat

Accidents Will Happen
1996 Agatha Award -- Short Story
1997 Anthony Award -- Short Story


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Carolyn Wheat has published 18 books.

Carolyn Wheat does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Small Time in His Heart, was published in August 2005.

The first book by Carolyn Wheat, Dead Man's Thoughts, was published in July 1983.

Yes. Carolyn Wheat has 1 series.
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