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Micky Knight Series

12 primary works • 12 total works
Micky Knight, a lesbian private investigator in New Orleans, Louisiana:

Book 1

Death by the Riverside
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4.22 · 1278 Ratings · 113 Reviews · published 1990 · 9 editions
Among the moss-covered trees and wrought-iron balu…

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    Book 2

    Deaths of Jocasta
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    4.34     · 862 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 1992 · 14 editions
    Micky Knight had a pleasant evening to look forwar…

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    Book 3

    The Intersection of Law and Desire
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    4.34     · 761 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1995 · 13 editions
    In the Big Easy, nothing comes easy, not life, not…

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    Book 4

    Lost Daughters
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    4.27     · 634 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 1998 · 10 editions
    "Micky Knight is a to-die-for creation . . . a Caj…

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    Book 5

    Death of a Dying Man
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    4.26     · 534 Ratings · 36 Reviews · published 2009 · 5 editions
    New Orleans PI Micky Knight just had to get into a…

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    Book 6

    Water Mark
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    4.38     · 484 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2010 · 8 editions
    It’s just one more body in one more destroyed hous…

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    Book 7

    Ill Will
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    4.27     · 394 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2012 · 7 editions
    First, do no harm. But as New Orleans PI Micky Kni…

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    Book 8

    The Shoal of Time
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    4.11     · 262 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2013 · 5 editions
    Michele “Micky” Knight, a New Orleans PI, meets an…

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    Book 9

    The Girl on the Edge of Summer
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    4.30     · 199 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    Micky Knight reluctantly takes on two cases, one f…

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    Book 10

    Not Dead Enough
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    4.50     · 169 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    A woman wants to find her missing sister. That sho…

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    Book 11

    Transitory
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    4.48     · 109 Ratings · 36 Reviews · 2 editions
    The cops blow it off, another Black transgender wo…

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    Book 12

    The Smallest Day
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    4.60     · 43 Ratings · 9 Reviews · 1 edition
    One person dead, another the target.

    Micky Knight i…

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