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Singer, Shelley was born on February 6, 1939 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Ralph Singer and Dorothy Rose (Lewis) Singer Fenick.
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Spit in the Ocean: Jake Samson Series, Book 4
(Someone broke into the North Coast Sperm Bank, stole the ...)
Someone broke into the North Coast Sperm Bank, stole the frozen stock and "set it free" in the ocean. Jake Samson and his partner, Rosie, head up the storm-swept California coast to get to the bottom of the crime. Was it just a prank? The work of religious fanatics? Were the ransacked files the retribution of a disgruntled donor? But when one of the bank's employees takes a fatal plunge and Jake and Rosie barely survive one of their own, it doesn't take a genius to realize someone wants them off the case and out of town...permanently.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LCSVCO/?tag=2022091-20
Suicide King
(With his star-quality looks and magnetic personality, thi...)
With his star-quality looks and magnetic personality, third-party gubernatorial candidate Joe Richmond makes quite an impression. Especially when he's found hanging naked and quite dead from a tree in his favorite campaign manager's backyard. Everything points to suicide: the rope around the neck, the stool he'd kicked over,. But Jake Samson and his partner, Rosie, are hired to prove otherwise. Politics even the New Age politics of California's VIVO ecology party is a game Jake prefers to avoid. But, when a trail or scandal and secret financing lead him deep into the candidate's private life, he discovers he's not the only in the game...he's playing for his own life.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0373260407/?tag=2022091-20
Suicide King (The Jake Samson & Rosie Vicente Detective Series Book 5)
(Suicide King is the FIFTH cozy mystery in the Jake Samson...)
Suicide King is the FIFTH cozy mystery in the Jake Samson and Rosie Vicente detective series. "Political pundits will relish the fifth fast-paced whodunit ... another solid performance." -Publishers Weekly Laid-back P.I. Jake Samson's never been a big fan of politics: fun and profitable if you understand the game, futile and frustrating if you don't. But his longtime friend and (unlicensed) sidekick Rosie Vicente invites him to a posh California fundraiser for the energetic gubernatorial candidate of the liberal underdog Vivo party. Hearing that Joe Richmond’s charisma rivals JFK's, Jake can't resist. And what's worse, Jake's actually impressed by Richmond's rhetoric and charm. It's all fun and political games until Pam Sutherland, Richmond's aide, finds her boss in her backyard, hanging naked from an acacia tree. The police rule the death a suicide; Jake and Pam suspect foul play. Pam quickly hires Jake to find the culprit, leading him through an intriguing web of campaign shenanigans, backroom wheeling and dealing, affairs, a possible German mafia connection, and a fair amount more danger than our hero could possibly have imagined.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KKRHPJ2/?tag=2022091-20
Royal Flush: A Jake Samson and Rosie Vicente Mystery (Jake Samson and Rosie Vicente Series)
(Now author Shelley Singer has brought Jake and Rosie back...)
Now author Shelley Singer has brought Jake and Rosie back in her new mystery, Royal Flush, sixth in the series and the first to be published by Perseverance Press/John Daniel and Company. Since their last appearance, the San Francisco Bay Area duo has been through some changes. First Rosie, then Jake left Oakland for Marin County, north of the Golden Gate. Jake has never bothered to get his private eye license--but Rosie did, and now he's working for her. Happily for readers, their relationship is still solid. "Their respect for each other's privacy and integrity is so deeply ingrained that they are careful with their affection, would not quite call it love, and so their wisecracking takes on a softened, humane edge."--San Francisco Chronicle Jake and Rosie's latest poker-titled case, Royal Flush, calls on all their strength and commitment to one another, as they must go underground to infiltrate a dangerous neo-Nazi group. On their skill and intelligence depend the life of a misguided but essentially good kid and possibly the lives of several political assassination targets. But the gang's incompetence may be even more deadly than their megalomaniac plans. Today's news headlines echo in Royal Flush: violent youth, pop culture and technology, easy availability of weapons, extremist ravings, and dissemination of hatred for outsiders. Singer's light touch with serious issues makes Royal Flush as enjoyable a read as all of her previous books. New readers will join with longtime fans in hailing the latest installment of this beloved and trend-setting series.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1880284332/?tag=2022091-20
Spit In The Ocean: A Laid-Back Bay Area Mystery (The Jake Samson & Rosie Vicente Detective Series Book 4)
( Spit In The Ocean: The Jake Samson Series Book 4 Spit I...)
Spit In The Ocean: The Jake Samson Series Book 4 Spit In The Ocean is the FOURTH hard-boiled but “wonderfully wry” Jake Samson Detective Mystery by award-winning author Shelley Singer. “ Breathtaking action is offset by the wise-cracking Jake and Rosie. The tension will keep you reading all night long. Compelling characterization by Singer makes this series a must-read, with authentic details and witty dialogue.” -Mystery Time IT WAS A JOB THE BARROW GANG MIGHT HAVE ENVIED… The vault emptied out, not a shot fired. In fact, it resembled a burglary more than a bank job, but when you rob a sperm bank, that’s sometimes all it takes. Here’s the set-up: The North Coast Sperm Bank in tiny Wheeler, California has been knocked over, and the perp’s tossed its assets in the ocean, leaving a religious-nut note of explanation. Just a prank, says Wheeler law enforcement. But the bank says: Not so fast, that stuff was valuable! Ex-Chicago-cop Jake Samson and his ever-sharp Watson, Rosie Vicente, hired by the bank to find out who made the unauthorized withdrawal, blow into town as a savage storm is approaching. While local law enforcement deals with the storm’s mayhem – which includes the discovery of a sperm bank employee who apparently slipped in the mud and fell to her death, Jake and Rosie are up to their knees in colorful locals. “Jake Samson is sensitive and funny, a little wise, a little wary and pretty wonderful.” -Publishers Weekly WHO WILL LIKE IT: Fans of Thomas Perry, Harlan Coben, Stephen Dobyns, CJ Box, Timothy Hallinan, Lawrence Block, Steve Hamilton and Tony Dunbar; as well as lovers of San Francisco mysteries like Bill Pronzini's "Nameless" Detective series, Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone series, Susan Dunlap's Jill Smith series, and Julie Smith's Rebecca Schwartz series.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I6JM302/?tag=2022091-20
Suicide King: A Jake Samson Mystery
(Near Fine/VG+. First Edition. DJ has 2 vertical, closed 3...)
Near Fine/VG+. First Edition. DJ has 2 vertical, closed 3/4" tears at upper and lower edges of rear panel. A Jake Samson Mystery.
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Free Draw: A Jake Samson Mystery
(Jake Samson and his carpenter-sidekick, Rosie Vicente, th...)
Jake Samson and his carpenter-sidekick, Rosie Vicente, the Bay Area's unique detective duo, are back! Unafraid, unlicensed, and, in this case, unpaid, our two eccentric detectives set out to clear a friend of a murder charge. The victim is found stabbed to death in a damp redwood canyon in woodsy, wealthy Marin County, outside San Francisco. It's up to Jake and Rosie to find the real killer, and they've got a number of suspects: the victim's fellow executives at a questionable correspondence school, his divided and bitter family, and his quirky Marin County neighbors - a truly odd assortment of California woods dwellers.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00179D5BY/?tag=2022091-20
Interview with Mattie (Barrett Lake Mystery)
(When Mattie, a twelve-year-old runaway who had been inter...)
When Mattie, a twelve-year-old runaway who had been interviewed by an alternative newspaper, turns up dead, teacher-sleuth Barrett Lake begins looking around for a mysterious killer who preys on street children.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451184920/?tag=2022091-20
There Must be Some Mistake/ Spit in the Ocean/ Cry at Dusk
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Following Jane (Barrett Lake Mystery)
(When one of her students vanishes, schoolteacher Barrett ...)
When one of her students vanishes, schoolteacher Barrett Lake teams up with experienced private detective Francis Boz to investigate.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451175239/?tag=2022091-20
- Free Draw (A Jake Samson Mystery) (Jake Samson and his carpenter-sidekick Rosie Vicente, the...)
- Royal Flush
- Spit In The Ocean (Someone broke into the North Coast Sperm Bank, stole the ...)
- Following Jane
- Searching for Sara (A Barrett Lake Mystery) (High-school history teacher Barrett Lake discovers Sara, ...)
Shelley Singer
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1961.
Career
Teacher mystery writing University California Extension, Berkeley, since 1993. With College of Marin, California, since 1994. Writing teacher Writers on the Net, since 1996.
Manuscript consultant, Fairfax, California, 1990—2006, Petaluma California, since 2010.
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Free Draw: A Jake Samson Mystery
(Jake Samson and his carpenter-sidekick, Rosie Vicente, th...)
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Free Draw (A Jake Samson Mystery)
(Jake Samson and his carpenter-sidekick Rosie Vicente, the...)
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Searching for Sara (A Barrett Lake Mystery)
(High-school history teacher Barrett Lake discovers Sara, ...)
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Interview with Mattie (Barrett Lake Mystery)
(When Mattie, a twelve-year-old runaway who had been inter...)
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Royal Flush: A Jake Samson and Rosie Vicente Mystery (Jake Samson and Rosie Vicente Series)
(Now author Shelley Singer has brought Jake and Rosie back...)
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Spit In The Ocean: A Laid-Back Bay Area Mystery (The Jake Samson & Rosie Vicente Detective Series Book 4)
( Spit In The Ocean: The Jake Samson Series Book 4 Spit I...)
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Following Jane (Barrett Lake Mystery)
(When one of her students vanishes, schoolteacher Barrett ...)
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Suicide King
(With his star-quality looks and magnetic personality, thi...)
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Spit in the Ocean: Jake Samson Series, Book 4
(Someone broke into the North Coast Sperm Bank, stole the ...)
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Spit In The Ocean
(Someone broke into the North Coast Sperm Bank, stole the ...)
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Suicide King (The Jake Samson & Rosie Vicente Detective Series Book 5)
(Suicide King is the FIFTH cozy mystery in the Jake Samson...)
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Suicide King: A Jake Samson Mystery
(Near Fine/VG+. First Edition. DJ has 2 vertical, closed 3...)
- Royal Flush
- Following Jane
- There Must be Some Mistake/ Spit in the Ocean/ Cry at Dusk
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Free Draw: A Jake Samson Mystery
Membership
Member Mystery Writers American, Sisters in Crime, American Crime Writers' League, Private Eye Writers American (Shamus award nominee 1996). Science Fiction Writers America, California Writers Club.
Connections
1 child, Sonya Drew Singer-Solomon.
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1961