Deborah Adams Mystery Writer

Deborah Adams

Biography

Macavity Award-winner Deborah Adams' first novel, All the Great Pretenders, was nominated for the Agatha Award in 1993. Since that time, Adams has earned a reputation among readers, critics, and booksellers as a talented author who consistently produces a more compelling story with each new novel.

A seventh-generation Tennessean, Adams brings to her work an appreciation for the lore and traditions of the South. Combining her sharply perceptive observations of human nature with a mature and biting wit, she creates satirical novels that gently tweak the reader's conscience while mercilessly tickling the funny bone.

In addition to writing, Adams is actively involved with a domestic violence prevention organization. In 1995, she competed in her first horseback endurance race, completing the course under particularly grueling conditions (i.e. the fringes of a hurricane). She did not finish in last place.

Adams also teaches online courses through Nashville State Technical Institute--Writing the Mystery Novel, Writing Short Stories, and Tarot for Beginners.

(Bio from Deborah Adams' homepage)

Deborah Adams is a member of the Femmes Fatales with Teri Holbrook, Susan Rogers Cooper, Charlaine Harris, Toni L.P. Kelner, D.R. Meredith, Marlys Millhiser, and Elizabeth Daniels.

Her email address is [email protected]

Books

Jesus Creek Mysteries (Not a character - a town)

All the Great Pretenders

Twin Elms innkeeper Kate Yancy was already busy managing a beauty-queen chambermaid, a religious-fanatic cook, and a handful of eccentric guests. But with the disappearance of a rich girl, the inn at Jesus Creek, Tennessee, becomes chaotic when a psychic arrives--along with a yardful of reporters. (From Amazon.com synopsis)

Nominated for the Agatha Award 1993

Published Ballantine Books 1992

All the Crazy Winters

Foul play returns to Jesus Creek, Tennessee, "the murder capital of the South," in the second offbeat thriller from the author of All the Great Pretenders. Delia Cannon suspects there's a connection between the burning of an antebellum house and the murder of a soft-hearted librarian. What she doesn't suspect is that she already knows too much for her own good. (From Amazon.com synopsis)

Published Ballantine Books 1992

All the Dark Disguises

Third in the highly successful series--set in Jesus Creek, Tennessee--by the author of All the Crazy Winters. Waitress, poet, and purveyor of cosmetics, Kay Martin reluctantly adds sleuth to her list of professions, when a serial killer stalks Jesus Creek--and targets her as his next victim. (From Amazon.com synopsis)

Published Ballantine Books 1995

All the Hungry Mothers

Aliens . . . paranoid old ladies . . . demon possession . . . haunted houses . . . you name it. Fledgling nanny Janet Ayres can't quite believe the nutty Southern enclave of Jesus Creek, Tennessee, where she's come to work. The only island of sanity is the happy home next door--until pure hell comes to roost even there. Fourth in the eccentric Southern Jesus Creek mystery series. (From Amazon.com synopsis)

Published Ballantine Books 1994

All the Deadly Beloved

Cover of All the Deadly Beloved The fifth fiendishly funny whodunit set in the eccentric Southern community of Jesus Creek by the Agatha Award-winning nominated author. Murder at the Jesus Creek nursing home brings Police Chief Reb Gassler on the run--to find out who nursed a deadly grudge against the town's favorite R.N. (From Amazon.com synopsis)

Published Ballantine Books 1995

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All the B lood Relations

Cover of All the Blood Relations When the most successful businesswoman in Jesus Creek is murdered during a tea room opening, policewoman Kay Martin finds a host of suspects and is frustrated by her lack of professional support. (From Amazon.com synopsis)