Works by Lia Matera
Novels:
Havana Twist
1998, Simon & Schuster; 1999, Pocket Books
Star Witness
1997, Simon & Schuster; 1998, Pocket Books
Last Chants
1996, Simon & Schuster; 1997, Pocket Books
Designer Crimes
1995, Simon & Schuster; 1996, Pocket Books
Face Value
1994, Simon & Schuster; 1995, Pocket Books
A Hard Bargain
1992, Simon & Schuster; 1993, Ballantine Books
Prior Convictions
1991, Simon & Schuster; 1991, Ballantine Books
Edgar Award Nominee.
The Good Fight
1990, Simon & Schuster; 1991, Ballantine Books
Anthony and Macavity Nominee.
Hidden Agenda
1988 Bantam Books; 1992, Ballantine Books
The Smart Money
1988, Bantam Books; 1991, Ballantine Books
A Radical Departure
1988, Bantam Books; 1991, Ballantine Books
Edgar and Anthony Award Nominee.
Where Lawyers Fear To Tread
1987, Bantam Books; 1991, Ballantine Books
Anthony and Macavity Award Nominee.
Anthologies:
Irreconcilable Differences
Lia Matera, ed; 1999, HarperCollins; 2001, Avon
Books
Twenty original crime short stories by
contemporary writers.
Counsel For The Defense
2000, Five Star Books
Original short stories by the author,
including 1996 Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award winner, "Dead
Drunk".
Short Stories:
"Dream Lawyer"
Diagnosis: Dead, ed. Jonathan Kellerman, Pocket Books, 1999; The World's
Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, ed. Ed Gorman, Forge, 2000;
First Cases, Volume 4, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Signet Books,
2002
"If It Can't Be True"
Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera,
HarperCollins, 1999, Avon Books, 2001
"Dead Drunk"
Guilty As Charged, ed. Scott Turow, Pocket Books, 1996;
The Year's Twenty-five Finest Crime and Mystery Stories,
ed. Joan Hess, Carroll & Graf, 1997;
A Century of Noir, ed. Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins,
Penguin Putnam, 2002
"Performance Crime"
Women on the Case, ed. Sarah Paretsky,
Doubleday, 1996, Dell, 1997
"The River Mouth"
The Mysterious West, ed. Tony Hillerman, HarperCollins, 1994,
Harper Paperback, 1995;
A Moment on the Edge, ed. Elizabeth George,
HarperCollins, 2004
"Do Not Resuscitate"
Crimes of the Heart, ed. Carolyn G. Hart,
Berkley Books, 1995, Berkley Books, 1997
"Easy Go"
Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi and Marilyn Wallace,
Doubleday Books, 1992, Bantam Books, 1993
"Destroying Angel"
Sisters
in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley Books, 1990
"Counsel For the Defense"
Sisters in Crime, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley Books, 1989
Foreign Editions:
British:
Face Value, Virago Press, London 1995 (trade paper)
Face Value, Virago Press, London, 1996 (paper)
Designer Crimes, Virago Press, London, 1996 (trade paper)
Designer Crimes, Virago Press, London, 1997 (paper)
Danish:
Dodelig Proces (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Forgalet Modtryk,
Copenhagen, 1990
Skjult Dagsorden (Hidden Agenda), Forgalet Modtryk,
Copenhagen, 1990
Definitiv Afsked (A Radical Departure), Forgalet Modtryk,
Copenhagen, 1991
Finnish:
Juristit Murhaavat Elaakseen (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Art House,
Helsinki, 1991
Kertakaikkiset Jaahyvaiset (A Radical Departure), Art House,
Helsinki, 1993
German:
Facelifting (A Radical Departure), Rotbuch, Berlin,
1991
Studentfudder (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Rotbuch, Berlin,
1992
Der Aufechte Gang (The Good Fight), Wilhelm Heyne
Verlag, Munich, 1991
Am Rande des Gesetzes (The Smart Money), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag,
Munich, 1991
Altlasten (Prior Convictions), Wilhelm Heyne
Verlag, Munich, 1993
Harte Bandagen (A Hard Bargain), Wilhelm Heyne
Verlag, Munich, 1993
Facelifting (A Radical Departure), Wilhelm Heyne
Verlag, Munich, 1994
Blindes Vertrauen (Face Value), Wilhelm Heyne
Verlag, Munich, 1996
Dunkle Gesange (Last Chants), Econ Verlag,
Dusseldorf, 1997
Dunkle Gesange (Last Chants), Econ & List
Taschenberg Verlag, Munich, 1999
Havana Twist, Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag, Munich, 2000
Designermorde (Designer Crimes), Ullstein
Taschenbuchverlag, Munich, 2001
German Omnibus Editions:
Frauenkrimis, Am Rande Des Gesetzes (The Smart Money), Wilhelm Heyne
Verlag, Munich, 1994
Mord Am Golden Gate, Harte Bandagen (A Hard Bargain), Wilhelm Heyne
Verlag, Munich, 1997
German Anthologies:
Haffmans Krimi Jahresband 1997, "Eine
Performance" ("Performance Crime"), Wilhelm Heyne Verlag,
Munich, 1997
Mord a la carte, "Der Todesangel"
("Destroying Angel"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1994
Mords Ladies, "Die
Vereidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Scherz Verlag,
Munich, 1994
Mord aus Liebe, "Der Todesangel"
("Destroying Angel"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1995 (cloth)
Mord aus Liebe, "Der Todesangel"
("Destroying Angel"), Scherz Verlag, Munich, 1997 (paper)
Das Beste vom Bosen, "Die
Vereidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Scherz Verlag,
Munich, 1997 (cloth)
Das Beste vom Bosen, "Die
Vereidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Scherz Verlag,
Munich, 1998 (paper)
Die Anwalte, "Die
Verteidigerin" ("Counsel for the Defense"), Sonderausgabe,
Munich, 1999
Italian:
Morte in Facolt· (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Il Giallo
Mondadori, Rome, 1990
Japanese:
(Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Tokyo Sogensha, 1990
(Prior Convictions), Tokyo Sogensha, 1991
(A Radical Departure), Tokyo Sogensha, 1991
(Hidden Agenda), Tokyo Sogensha, 1991
Norwegian:
En Dare Kan Sporre (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Forgalet Oktober,
Oslo, 1993
Den Enes Dod (A Radical Departure), Forgalet Oktober,
Oslo, 1993
Den Som Farer Med Logn (Hidden Agenda), Forgalet Oktober,
Oslo, 1994
En Dare Kan Sporre (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread), Oktober Spenning,
Oslo, 1994
Audio Editions:
Novels:
Last Chants (abridged), Read by Alexa Bauer,
Sunset Productions, 1996;
Also Included in Best of Mysteries, Literate Listener
Series, Countertop Audio, 1999
Star Witness (abridged), Read by Alexa Bauer, Sunset
Productions, 1997
Havana Twist (abridged), Read by Susan Anspach, Dove
Audio, 1998
Havana Twist (unabridged), Read by Anna Fields,
Blackstone Audiobooks,
1999
Short Stories:
"Easy Go", Deadly Allies, ed. Robert Randisi
and Marilyn Wallace,
Read by Loretta Swit, Dove Audio, 1992
"Dead Drunk", Guilty As Charged, ed. Scott Turow,
Audio Volume 2,
Read by Judy Kaye, Durkin Hayes Audio, 1997;
For the Good of the Firm, ed. Martin. Greenberg,
Read by Yancy Butler, Dove Audio, 1999
"Dream Lawyer", Diagnosis: Dead, ed. Jonathan
Kellerman,
Read by J.J. Kennedy, DH Audio, 1998
"If It Can't Be True", Irreconcilable Differences, ed. Lia Matera,
Read by Amanda Karr, Dove Audio, 1999
Other Works:
In A Word, A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist, But Ought
To,
ed. Jack Hitt, Laurel/Dell Books, 1992
(contributed five neologisms)