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  • Bibliography:
    41 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1999
  • Latest Book:
    November 2021
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About the Author

Born and raised in scenic Minnesota, Edna Curry's novels are often set there among the lakes, evergreens and river valleys. She especially enjoys the Dalles area of the St. Croix Valley, gateway to the Wild River, which draws many tourists who give her story ideas.

Full Series List in Order

Lacey Summers, PI Mysteries

1 - Yesterday's Shadow (Jul-1999)
2 - Dead Man's Image (Jun-2002)
3 - Dead In Bed (Feb-2011)
4 - Eccentric Lady (Dec-2012)

Lady Locksmith Mysteries

1 - The Lilliput Bar Mystery (Feb-2011)
2 - Body in the Antique Trunk (Sep-2014)
3 - The Missing Banker (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 41 titles



  • Two Mystery/Suspense Novels: Yesterday's Shadow: While doing research for her beloved uncle, Lacey meets Mark, a handsome stranger, and is very attracted to him. Then she discovers her apartment was burglarized, her uncle killed and both she and her ...



  • Widowed Lisa is overwhelmed by the demands of her deteriorating mansion and spoiled adult children who returned to the nest.A recurring nightmare and a quarrel with her children push her over the edge. She seeks refuge in her hometown where she meet...



  • Paul Menns's quiet life is shattered when he reads the local paper and discovers his picture on the front page as a murder suspect. He discovers further that the dead man's name is his own. Accused of killing a man with a description matching his own...



  • Version 2- formatting corrected. Why would anyone want to kill someone as lovely as Jane Doe? She comes to in a cold, raging river, instinctively fighting for her life, with no idea how she got there or who she is. She needs to stay alive until she c...



  • Why would anyone want to kill someone as lovely as Jane Doe? She comes to in a cold, raging river, instinctively fighting for her life, with no idea how she got there or who she is. She needs to stay alive until she can get her memory and former life...



  • After secretly donating sperm so his sterile identical twin brother, Don, can pretend to father a child, Dave Langer finds himself in a legal quandary. Don and his wife Jenny have died, and Jenny asked her sister to adopt the baby boy, Cory. Dave has...



  • She stood beside him, her perfume drifting into his breathing space. He couldn't avoid noticing her nearness. Awareness prickled along his skin, raising goose-bumps on his arms. He felt her watching him and lifted his eyes to meet hers. He read regre...



  • After her father's death, Lili Adams finds he had sold her inheritance of their grocery store. Now, they discover someone is stealing from it and Lili is a suspect. She not only must learn to work with the attractive but irritating new owner, but she...



  • Businesswoman Clara Carter knows her husband is cheating on her and is also sure someone is embezzling from her company. Is it her own husband, Sam? She hires a Minneapolis PI to investigate. Then she's found dead in her bed. PI Lacey Summers is stru...






  • Kirk is sent to investigate suspected embezzlement at his twin brother, Ken's, building supply store in Minneapolis. There, he's mugged and wakes up in the hospital with amnesia. Ken's assistant, Rosie, identifies Kirk as Ken, her fiance. Since Kirk ...



  • The largest logjam in the world occured in 1886 on the St. Croix River at Taylors Falls, Minnesota. Reporters and sightseers arrived from all over the world. This event spawned the current tourist industry in the St. Croix Valley and also fueled the ...



  • Cassie Jenning’s job as a small-town locksmith often puts her in odd and scary situations. In this story, she was behind the Lilliput Bar when the owner was shot. Now Sheriff Ben would like nothing better than to solve the case quickly by arresting...



  • This download contains five short stories to read aloud to your child. One is about a canary, one about a mouse family and the other three about children and their cats.Suitable for children about age 5-8....



  • Mary has to spend a whole year with her Aunt and family in a small Minnesota town because her father left to work in Brazil. Life here is nothing like it was in Milwaukee! Her cousin Jane is condescending and Mary misses her friends. Then she finds a...




  • Who's bugging who? Diane Foerman's feet were firmly planted in her home state, Minnesota, but that didn't stop the travel guide from dreaming of visiting far off places. And it seemed her dreams were finally within her grasp until... Jeff Banni...



  • The peace of a Minneapolis suburb is destroyed when a series of burglaries turns deadly. Detective Bob Miller has his hands full finding the killer....



  • Mystery novelist Candi finds herself in trouble way over her head when her sister, Jolene, drops off her baby asking Candi to keep it safe from its father and disappears. She needs to meet her deadline and doesn't have time to bail Jolene out of trou...







  • When Bob invites his world traveler boss and his wife to dinner, his Minneapolis suburban housewife, Carol, panics. How will she measure up?...



  • Sweet, moonlit kisses or cold-blooded murder?Who says you can't have both? Set in the land of lakes, immerse yourself in this unique collection of page-turning tales of both love and mystery by seven multi-published and award-winning authors.In for a...



  • Rough and ready logger Will needs to float his logs downriver to his sawmill or go bankrupt. The largest logjam ever thwarts his plans. Now he's stuck in Taylors Falls for six weeks trying to break this jam. Saboteurs, reporters and tourists complica...



  • Puerto Vallarta Romance leads tour guides Diane and Jeff on an adventure full of romance, intrigue, mystery and suspense. You'll find yourself unable to put down Diane and Jeff's story as you travel with them to beautiful Puerto Vallarta where Diane ...





  • This is a collection of my own short stories. It contains a variety of stories from sweet romantic women's fiction, Candlelight and Silverware, 2 murder mysteries, Circletop Capers and Love, Fish and Fangs, a teen story, Moonlight Madness and 3 liter...



  • Teacher Jan reluctantly gives up vacation time to accept the task of cleaning out her late uncle's farmhouse. There she meets Kyle, who sat behind her in grade school and pulled her pigtails. Now he's the hard hat man who will develop the farm into a...



  • Lila and Linda were inseparable all their young lives. But now as adults, the ultimate betrayal has happened-Lila enticed Linda's husband away and now he wants to take their son as well. Linda can't let that happen. Show More Show Less...



  • Large man is angry to learn Jolie is back. He should have killed her twenty years ago. Graphics designer, Jolie meets Bart at work and they begin dating. He discovers her sleeping on the job and learns she has insomnia. Nightmares she'd had during ch...



  • Lacey's new client, Patti, comes to her in a panic because her Aunt Agnes is missing. Patti calls Sheriff Ben stupid for refusing to investigate. Is Patti lying? The case gets more weird when Agnes's body is found, her nasty nephew and brother and hi...






  • Twins LaRae and Lauri were identical in looks and voices, but had very different interests and personalities. When they fell in love with the same man, Jass, they went separate ways. LaRae married him and had a daughter, Susie, now 5, while Laurie m...



  • Weird and scary things always happen to locksmith Cassie Jennings. But a body in an antique trunk? And now the killer who put it there is targeting her. Fed up with the violence and corruption of the 'big city,' Homicide Detective Chance Martin moved...



  • Lucy Johnson wakes up in a strange hospital in St. Paul with bruises and a concussion. Her last memories are of 1955, yet everyone tells her it's 2015. A policeman questions her about the hit and run car accident, but she doesn't remember. He thinks ...



  • Detective Chance Martin hopes for a quieter life, but he hasn’t found it. And his sweetheart, Cassie Jennings, isn’t helping matters. With her job as a locksmith, being in odd and scary situations is a daily routine. However, when Cassie keeps fi...



  • Large man is angry to learn Jolie is back. He should have killed her twenty years ago.Graphics designer, Jolie meets Bart at work and they begin dating. He discovers her sleeping on the job and learns she has insomnia. Nightmares she'd had during chi...



  • Short StoryThe Lilliput Bar reports money missing on several occasions, but there’s no evidence of a break-in. Chance suspects an inside job, but Jack, the owner, insists he trusts all his employees. Besides, no one could have broken in because he ...




  • Detective Chance burned out on homicide duty in Minneapolis and now works for the Canton County sheriff’s department, hoping for less stress. But he doesn’t always find it, though he did find a sweetheart who often finds and shares clues.She’s ...



  • Identical twins, Candi and Sally look alike but have different personalities and interests. Sally is the rebel, Candi the obedient good girl. Both resent their father's bossiness. He wants them to study law and follow his footsteps as a lawyer. They ...



  • Forced to Flee…When an anonymous stalker makes her life as a California actress and cover girl unbearable, Annessa decides to disappear. She goes to extensive lengths to take on a new identity and build a new life.But who can she trust?...An a...






  • A young woman comes to in a cold, Minnesota lake and fights her way to shore. Shivering, barefoot and afraid, she can't remember who she is or how she got into the lake. She sees a house and goes there, seeking help and warmth.Don, a handsome doctor ...



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    A futuristic novel set in Minnesota featuring Minnesota Detective Dave Barns and Computer specialist Nell Summers, granddaughter of Lacey Summers from my Lacey Summers, PI Series. The year is 2093 and everyone's DNA is recorded in the World Database ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Edna Curry has published 41 books.

Edna Curry does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Girl in the Lake, was published in November 2021.

The first book by Edna Curry, Yesterday's Shadow, was published in July 1999.

Yes. Edna Curry has 2 series.