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Kate Delafield Series

10 primary works • 14 total works
When Katherine V. Forrest's Amateur City was published in 1984, introducing LAPD detective Kate Delafield, it not only marked the beginning of one of mystery fiction's most successful series, it also created one of the most lucrative genres in gay publishing: the lesbian mystery. With this series, Forrest's complex and determined lesbian detective …

Book 1

Amateur City
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3.71 · 1198 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 1984 · 20 editions

When Katherine V. Forrest’s Amateur City was pu…

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    Book 2

    Murder at the Nightwood Bar
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    3.92     · 936 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 1987 · 22 editions
    Kate Delafield investigates the murder of a homele…

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    Book 3

    The Beverly Malibu
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    4.00     · 663 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 1989 · 18 editions

    Katherine Forrest's third groundbreaking mystery r…

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    Book 4

    Murder by Tradition
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    4.12     · 567 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 1991 · 24 editions
    When a successful gay restaurateur is stabbed to d…

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    Book 5

    Liberty Square
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    4.01     · 422 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 1996 · 15 editions
    Long before high-profile lesbian cops such as Laur…

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    Book 6

    Apparition Alley
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    3.95     · 420 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1997 · 17 editions
    From two-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author…

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    Book 7

    Sleeping Bones
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    4.01     · 339 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1999 · 13 editions
    Los Angeles's Kate Delafield, a lesbian homicide d…

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    Book 8

    Hancock Park
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    4.00     · 327 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 2004 · 14 editions
    Detective Kate Delafield and her partner, Joe Came…

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    Book 9

    High Desert
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    4.20     · 289 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    In this long-awaited new installment of the legend…

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    Book 9.5

    Lesbians on the Loose: Crime Writers on the Lam
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    3.97     · 32 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions
    These tales of murder, mayhem, and suspense by som…

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    Book 10

    Delafield
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    4.44     · 147 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2022 · 5 editions
    “Kate,” Detective Joe Cameron said, “there was alw…

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    Book 1-3

    Kate Delafield Mystery Bundle #1
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    5.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    The first three titles in Katherine V. Forrest’s K…

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    Book 4-6

    Kate Delafield Mystery Bundle #2
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · published 2013 · 1 edition
    Katherine V. Forrest’s suspenseful series continue…

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    Book 7-8

    Kate Delafield Mystery Bundle #3
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    0.00     · published 2013 · 1 edition
    The last two titles in the series before the much …

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