The Turquoise Tattoo

Devon MacDonald Mystery #1

by Nancy Baker Jacobs

Grieving over the deaths of her husband and son, Minnesota investigator Devon MacDonald and her partner, Sam Sherman, become involved in a search for Dr. Benjamin Levy's missing child, a case that becomes complicated when their client is arrested for murder

Genres: Mystery

239 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Nancy Baker Jacobs is the award-winning author of 13 crime novels, including the Devon MacDonald private eye series; FLASH POINT (featuring arson investigator Susan Delancey) and STAR STRUCK (introducing "Hollywood Star" reporter Quinn Collins); and seven suspense novels. Her latest suspense offering, RICOCHET, was chosen by the Mystery Writers of America as a finalist for its Mary Higgins Clark Award.

As Nancy C. Baker, she's also written six nonfiction books on subjects ranging from black market adoption to breast cancer.

Nancy Baker Jacobs has worked as a private detective, a university professor and administrator, and a journalist. She lives on California's Monterey Peninsula.

Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tragedy-haunted schoolteacher becomes a Twin Cities private investigator, searching for a dying sperm donor's children and finding neo-Nazi survivalists.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fledgling P.I. Devon MacDonald is drawn into a complicated case involving the search for a compatible bone-marrow donor, a situation arising from Benjamin Levy's long-ago sperm bank donation and his son's present-day leukemia and it all takes place in Minneapolis/St Paul area - fun to read about Grand Avenue, etc!