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Dianne Emley

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Los Angeles, California, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Los Angeles Times bestselling author Dianne Emley is a Los Angeles native, growing up in the multicultural Northeast side, where she attended public schools. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy and an MBA, both from UCLA, and has held a variety of day jobs, mostly in business middle management. For years during the early morning before she headed to the office, she wrote fiction. Her first book, Cold Call, a mystery about Iris Thorne, a sexy, single L.A. investment counselor in the "greed is good" late 1980s, was sold at auction to Pocket Books/Simon and Schuster and published in 1993. It was followed by four more in that series.

Dianne was inspired to take her writing in a new direction and began writing about Nan Vining—a haunted and driven h ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 2,056 ratings · 359 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	The First Cut (Nan Vining Mysteries, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 705 ratings — published 2006 — 21 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
	Cut to the Quick (Nan Vining Mysteries, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 2006 — 11 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
	Killing Secrets (Nan Vining Mysteries #5) 4.11 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2015	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 Night Visitor 3.88 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Deepest Cut (Nan Vining Mysteries, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2009 — 13 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
	Lying Blind (Nan Vining Mystery #6) 4.16 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2017	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
	Love Kills (Nan Vining Mysteries, #4) 3.94 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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
	Una ferita aperta 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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	Jusqu'au sang (Belfond Noir) (French Edition) by Dianne Emley (Goodreads Author), Éric Moreau (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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PUSHOVER – High Finance Meets Mayhem In This Page-Turning Mystery

In Pushover, the fifth in my Iris Thorne Mystery series, Iris’ ex-fiancé invites her to participate in a lucrative venture in the red-hot, emerging 1990’s Russian market where she quickly learns that every life has a price.

Pushover was my final Iris Thorne mystery and a turning point in my writing career. I loved Iris and the continuing characters in the series, but I was becoming weary of writing

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message 9: by Christine

Jun 05, 2015 02:19PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request

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message 8: by Dianne

Aug 06, 2012 07:43AM

Beth wrote: "Hi Dianne,
Thanks for befriending this fellow mystery/suspense author here as well as elsewhere!"

Nice to catch up with you here, Beth.

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message 7: by Dianne

Aug 06, 2012 07:42AM

Zoë wrote: "Hi Dianne. Lovely to catch up with you here. Thanks for Friending me! How's the writing going?"

Same, here, Zoe! The writing is going... you know, one word at a time. :-)

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message 6: by Zoë

Aug 04, 2012 02:44AM