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Laurali R. Wright / L.R. Wright
Full Series List in Order
A Karl Alberg Mystery
1 - The Suspect (Jun-1985)2 - Sleep While I Sing (Nov-1986)
3 - A Chill Rain in January (Apr-1990)
4 - Fall From Grace (Nov-1991)
5 - Prized Possessions (Sep-1993)
6 - A Touch of Panic (Oct-1994)
7 - Mother Love (Sep-1995)
8 - Strangers Among Us (Dec-1996)
9 - Acts of Murder (Jul-1998)
Book List in Order: 14 titles
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The Suspect
- Jun-1985
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This Edgar Awardâ€"winning debut kicks off a cult favorite crime series with a noirish tale of murder set along Canada’s Sunshine Coast. To Karl Alberg, the coastal town of Sechelt, just north of Vancouver, looks like the perfect place to soothe a ...
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Sleep While I Sing
- Nov-1986
- / Law Enforcement
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A murder on Canada’s Sunshine Coast hits close to home for a former city cop in a mystery of “excellent writing, inventive plots and realistic characters” (Publishers Weekly). Karl Alberg was a big-city cop, for Pete’s sake. He solved crimes ...
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A Chill Rain in January
- Apr-1990
- / Law Enforcement
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The Canadian cop is up against a small-town femme fatale in a thriller “rich in humorous and poignant aspects as well as fierce suspense” (Publishers Weekly). It’s sunny days for Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg, even as everyone else in Canada is sh...
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Fall From Grace
- Nov-1991
- / Law Enforcement
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MOUNTIE KARL ALBERG WAS EXPECTING A ROOM WITH A VIEW--INSTEAD, HE GOT A CORPSE WITH A TALE Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg takes his on-again/off-again Significant Other, town librarian Cassandra Mitchell, on a boat trip to a sun-drenched cove on the P...
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Prized Possessions
- Sep-1993
- / Police Procedural
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DESIRE. COMPULSION. OBSESSION. WILL STAFF SERGEANT KARL ALBERG'S KEEN DETECTIVE SKILLS SUFFICE? Prized Possessions is a psychological thriller of electric tension between the sexes. Meet Emma O'Brea, "the best wife there ever was," whose husband has...
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A Touch of Panic
- Oct-1994
- / Law Enforcement
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Karl Alberg investigates the mysteries of love -- and some peculiar goings-on -- in his supposedly sleepy town. Gordon Murphy is charming, intelligent, the recent winner of the lottery -- and searching for the perfect woman. Four times he thought he...
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Mother Love
- Sep-1995
- / Police Procedural
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A housewife’s murder draws a Canadian detective into a twisted family history in this novel by the award-winning “master of the psychological thriller” (Booklist).Maria Buscombe was a housewife living in Sechelt, British Colombia, until seven y...
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Strangers Among Us
- Dec-1996
- / Police Procedural
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A teenager arrested for his parents’ murder has a Canadian cop investigating the dark heart of his sunny seaside village in this acclaimed mystery series. Vancouver's “Sunshine Coast” is famous for its beautiful vistas, but closer inspection re...
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Acts of Murder
- Jul-1998
- / Police Procedural
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A serial killer stalks the Sunshine Coast in the final novel of this Edgar Awardâ€"winning series by the “master of the psychological thriller” (Booklist, on Mother’s Love). The ninth and final book in the Karl Alberg series makes a wonderfully...
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Never Scared
- May-2012
- / Thriller
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Alexa Martinez was raised to believe that murder, deceit, and lies were a part of life. A trained killer, she follows in her father's footsteps, specializing in political assassinations for Martinez Security--contracted through the CIA. She thrives o...
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Award-Winning Books by Laurali R. Wright / L.R. Wright
1986 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Novel