Joyce and Jim Lavene

Author Information for Joyce and Jim Lavene

Homepage : http://www.sharynhowardmysteries.com/
Residence: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Comment: Joyce and Jim are NASCAR fans who live just twenty miles away from Lowe's Motor Speedway.

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    Books In Classes: [Mystery] [Non-Fiction] [Romance] [Reference]
    Books In Genres: [Cozy] [Amateur Sleuth] [Writer's Resources] [Humorous] [Woman Main Character] [Dogs]
    Books In Database: 18
    Note: The database is maintained by one person on a part time basis so we don't always have every book by an author listed.

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Hooked Up (©2008)
	Mystery Humorous Cozy Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Author(s): Joyce and Jim Lavene Series: Stock Car Racing Mysteries (Lavene)

Bibliography - Fiction Books by Joyce and Jim Lavene

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     Garden Mysteries (Lavene)
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Flowers in the Night (©1999) 300 pp.
	Romance Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

Book Series : Garden Mysteries (Lavene)

- Books include gardening tips

# 3 Poisoned Petals (©2007) 272 pp.
	Mystery Woman Main Character Amateur Sleuth Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner]

# 2 Fruit of the Poisoned Tree (©2006) 272 pp.
	Mystery Woman Main Character Amateur Sleuth Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB

# 1 Pretty Poison (©2005) 440 pp.
	Mystery Woman Main Character Amateur Sleuth Dogs Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Dawn Dowdle] [Harriet Klausner] Book Description / Blurb Meet Peggy Lee: botanist, detective's widow, and owner of The Potting Shed, an urban gardener's paradise in downtown Charlotte. It's a busy fall day for Peggy. First she gives a quick cafe lecture on African violets, then has a minor bike accident involving a good-looking driver, and finally reaches her shop - only to find a dead man sprawled face down across one of her seasonal displays, apparently done to death with a garden shovel.

Mystery Woman Main Character Amateur Sleuth Dogs Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by: [Dawn Dowdle] [Harriet Klausner]

Book Description / Blurb

Meet Peggy Lee: botanist, detective's widow, and owner of The Potting Shed, an urban gardener's paradise in downtown Charlotte. It's a busy fall day for Peggy. First she gives a quick cafe lecture on African violets, then has a minor bike accident involving a good-looking driver, and finally reaches her shop - only to find a dead man sprawled face down across one of her seasonal displays, apparently done to death with a garden shovel.

Book Series : Sheriff Sharyn Howard

# 11 Before the Last Lap (©2005)
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 10 Last One Down (©2005) 186 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 9 Last Rites (©2004)
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 8 Glory's Last Victim (©2004) 192 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 7 Last Fires Burning (©2003) 192 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 6 Dreams Don't Last (©2002) 192 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 5 For the Last Time (©2002) 192 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 4 Until Our Last Embrace (©2001)
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 3 The Last To Remember (©2001) 192 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 2 One Last Good-Bye (©2000) 192 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

# 1 Last Dance (©1999) 192 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC

Book Series : Stock Car Racing Mysteries (Lavene)

- Cozy / Nascar / Glad, a retired Chicago detective, and his younger wife Ruby travel around the country following the NASCAR circuit and solving mysteries

Hooked Up (©2008)
	Mystery Humorous Cozy Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB

Swapping Paint (©2007) 278 pp.
	Mystery Humorous Cozy Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Location: North Carolina, USA Comment: It's Race Week at the Coca-Cola 600 when driver Ricky Sanders is found murdered and the prime suspect is is another rookie driver, Rubys brother Bobby!