Elizabeth Gunn

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Elizabeth Gunn is an American author of mystery novels.

Gunn lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband. Her careful research into police techniques results in "precision-tooled procedurals" according to Marilyn Stasio of The New York Times [1]. One series is set the fictional city of Rutherford, Minnesota. A second is set in Tucson, where she moved in 1999. Her publishers include Walker, Dell, Harlequin, Forge, and Severn House.

Gunn is a former Innkeeper who began her writing career doing freelance travel articles. She grew up in the Southeast Minnesota of her Jake Hines novels.

Contents

[edit] The Jake Hines Mystery Series

The series takes place in and near a fictionalized version of Rochester, Minnesota. It features Jake Hines, a dumpster baby who survived a childhood of foster homes to become a detective with the Rutherford Police Department.

  • Triple Play (1997)
  • Par Four (1999)
  • Five Card Stud (2000)
  • Six-Pound Walleye (2001)
  • Seventh-Inning Stretch (2002)
  • Crazy Eights (2005)
  • McCafferty's Nine (2007)


[edit] The Sarah Burke Mystery Series

Sarah Burke is a divorced Tucson homicide detective, and the protector of her substance-abusing sister's youthful daughter, Denny.

  • Cool in Tucson (2008)

[edit] Anthology contributions

  • "Too Many Santas" in How Still We See Thee Lie (2002)

[edit] External links

  1. ^ "Crime", New York Times, Books, July 22, 2001
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