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Meg Gardiner


USA flag (b.1957)

Meg Gardiner writes thrillers set in California. The Evan Delaney novels, featuring a Santa Barbara freelance journalist, include 2009 Edgar Award winner China Lake. The Jo Beckett series features a San Francisco forensic psychiatrist. The Dirty Secrets Club won the RT Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Procedural Novel of 2008 and was chosen one of the year's Top Ten Mysteries and Thrillers by Amazon.com. Originally from Oklahoma, Gardiner practiced law in Los Angeles and taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She lives near London.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Evan Delaney
   1. China Lake (2002)
   2. Mission Canyon (2003)
   3. Jericho Point (2004)
   4. Crosscut (2005)
   5. Kill Chain (2006)
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Jo Beckett
   1. The Dirty Secrets Club (2008)
   2. The Memory Collector (2009)
   3. The Liar's Lullaby (2010)
   4. The Nightmare Thief (2011)
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UNSUB
   1. UNSUB (2017)
   2. Into the Black Nowhere (2018)
   3. The Dark Corners of the Night (2020)
   4. Shadowheart (2023)
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Novels
   Ransom River (2012)
   The Shadow Tracer (2013)
   Phantom Instinct (2014)
   Heat 2 (2022) (with Michael Mann)
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Meg Gardiner recommends
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A Very Bad Thing (2024)
J T Ellison
"Once again, J T Ellison hits it out of the park."
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Missing White Woman (2024)
Kellye Garrett
"With Missing White Woman, Kellye Garrett raises her already sky-high game to a new level. Taut, suspenseful, and packed with heart, devious twists, and unforgettable characters, this novel grabbed me tight and wouldn't let go. A single-sitting read."
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The Lock Box (2024)
Parker Adams
"A safecracking heroine, a devilish stew of villains, and a fiendishly deadly heist -The Lock Box has everything I love in a thriller. I couldn't put it down."

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Anthologies containing stories by Meg Gardiner
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Deadly Anniversaries (2020)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
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Echoes of Sherlock Holmes (2016)
(Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, book 1)
edited by
Laurie R King and Leslie S Klinger

Awards
Barry Awards Best Thriller winner (2018) : UNSUB


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