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She Came Too Late: An Emma Victor Mystery (Emma Victor Mysteries)

Mary Wings

In 1987 Mary Wings introduced the character of Emma Victor, and a legend was born. Emma Victor was described by Publishers Weekly as "an interesting and thoroughly likable protagonist" and by Inside Books as "one of the best new detectives around. She's smart and funny and she can sling a one-liner like nobody's business." Wings was hailed as "one of the most exciting authors to find her niche in lesbian mystery writing." She Came Too Late is the first of five sharp-witted and fast-paced books in the Emma Victor series, which counts among its fans, Sandra Scoppettone, Sally Gearhart, and Barbara Wilson. Wisecracking and willful, Emma sets about tracking down a killer as she unearths secrets about high-society Bostonians and a financially failing women's clinic. Discover what legions of fans around the world already know: Emma Victor is a force to be reckoned with, and her creator, Mary Wings, is a talent of gigantic proportions.
She Came by the Book

Mary Wings

Protecting the sealed papers of an assassinated gay politician, lesbian P.I. Emma Victor is attacked just before another woman is murdered during the opening of an archive dedicated to the politician's memory. Reprint. AB. K. PW.
Divine Victim

Mary Wings

The narrator's lesbian lover, Marya, inherits a large, eerie Montana home, and the two women find a house full of unsolved mysteries. By the author of She Came Too Late.
She Came in Drag (Emma Victor Mysteries)

Mary Wings

It's Halloween in San Francisco . . . Be very afraid.

Halloween is creeping up on San Francisco's Castro neighborhood, setting the perfect stage for mischief, mayhem--and murder. Emma Victor is hired to protect a rock diva who's been outted...in a parade of drag queen lookalikes!

"Emma snoops around a far dicier metropolis than Tony Bennett celebrated, one teeming with self-styled biker dykes and histrionic drama queens."--People

"Wonderful writing."--Sandra Scoppettone

"Wings has a saucy, witty way with dialogue and description."--Elle
She Came to the Castro (Emma Victor Mysteries)

Mary Wings

A mayoral candidate becomes a target for blackmail--but before Emma can nab him, the culprit turns up dead. Now the election is drawing near, and Emma is the one running for her life.
She Came in a Flash

Mary Wings

Emma Victor, the witty, intrepid heroine of the acclaimed She Came Too Late, is hot on the trail of Lana Flax, her best friend's kid sister, a onetime physics prodigy turned member of the yellow-clad cult of the Vishnu Divine Inspiration Center. When Lana finally turns up-dead-Emma begins to wonder if cult members turn on with something stronger than yogurt and higher consciousness.
Mary Wings was born in Chicago and now lives in San Francisco. She is the author of four other Emma Victor Mysteries: She Came Too Late, She Came by the Book, She Came to the Castro, and She Came in Drag. She is also the author of Divine Victim.
Brought to Book: Murderous Stories from the Literary World

This anthology of short crime stories by women writers includes contributions from Mary Wings, Barbara Wilson, and Stella Duffy, amongst others. It features plots where an author wreaks an awful revenge on an interfering editor, a murderer blights a sales conference, and a treacherous breach of faith occurs at an awards dinner.