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  • Bibliography:
    5 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1988
  • Latest Book:
    January 1997
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Full Series List in Order

Dave & Mom

1 - A Nice Murder for Mom (Nov-1988)
2 - Mom Meets Her Maker (Feb-1990)
3 - Mom Doth Murder Sleep (Apr-1991)
4 - Mom Among the Liars (Nov-1992)
5 - My Mother The Detective (Jan-1997)

Book List in Order: 5 titles



  • Middleaged, Bronx-born New York detective Dave leaves the violence of the city streets for a change of pace as investigator for the district attorney's office in the small Southwestern town of Mesa Grande. But he soon encounters as much mayhem, and e...



  • I HAD THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MOM THIS YEAR. A MURDER. Not only was Dave's mother a great cook, but she had an amazing knack -- between the chopped liver and the strudel -- for solving his most difficult murder cases. Possibly because no detail, no mat...



  • MOM LOVED MURDER LIKE MOST PEOPLE LOVE CROSSWORD PUZZLES As chief investigator for the Mesa Grande, Colorado, public defender's office, Dave's reputation for solving the toughest cases had followed him all the way from New York City. So had is mot...



  • STRANGE BEDFELLOWS Everybody talks under the influence of Mom's chicken pot pie--especially her son, Dave, an investigator with the public defender's office in Mesa Grande, Colorado. Discussing cases with Mom has become routine--her logic and rat-...



  • Such a Mystery! Mom never wanted her son Dave to become a policeman. -- For all the brains it takes, believe me, you might as well be in business with your uncles. Besides, All those gangsters and dope fiends and bookies and hatchet murderers and oth...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Yaffe has published 5 books.

James Yaffe does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, My Mother The Detective, was published in January 1997.

The first book by James Yaffe, A Nice Murder for Mom, was published in November 1988.

Yes. James Yaffe has 1 series.