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Sue Hinkin

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Ann Arbor MI, The United States

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https://www.suehinkin.com/

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Thriller, Mystery, Suspense

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Tess Gerritsen, Michael Connolly, Sue Grafton, Karin Slaughter

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Voted Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Writer of the Year, Sue Hinkin was raised in Chicago and is a former college administrator, TV news photographer, and NBC-TV art department manager. She was also a Cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute. Her thrillers featuring Los Angeles TV news journalist Bea Middleton and her BFF, photographer Lucia Vega, have garnered numerous awards. Book 6, the final story in the Middleton and Vera series, The Snake Handler's Wife, will be released October 1,2025. See more at www.suehinkin.com. Hinkin now lives in Littleton, Colorado where she is the grandmother of twin girls who already love a good book. ...more

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Average rating: 4.32 · 163 ratings · 65 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Deadly Focus 4.42 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mermaid Broker 3.80 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Low Country Blood (Vega and Middleton #2) 4.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rx for Murder 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burn Patient (Vega and Middleton #3) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snake Handler's Wife (A Vega and Middleton Mystery Book 6) 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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