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Matera, Lia

Overview
Works:36 works in 112 publications in 6 languages and 7,714 library holdings
Genres:Mystery fiction  Legal stories 
Classifications:ps3563.a83537, 813.54
Most widely held works by Lia Matera
Last chants : a Willa Jansson mystery by Lia Matera( Book )
14 editions published between 1987 and 2007 in English and held by 1,169 libraries worldwide
Lawyer Willa Jansson, the wisecracking sleuth, stages a phony kidnaping with herself in the role of hostage to permit a falsely accused friend to escape from police. But now they have to evade the real killer.
Designer crimes : a Laura Di Palma mystery by Lia Matera( Book )
6 editions published between 1995 and 1997 in English and held by 729 libraries worldwide
Lawyer Laura Di Palma investigates an unusual vigilante operation in San Francisco. Employees unable to obtain recourse through regular channels can seek redress from "designer crimes," the punishment tailored to fit the offending employer.
Face value : a Laura Di Palma mystery by Lia Matera( Book )
6 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 693 libraries worldwide
San Francisco lawyer Laura Di Palma takes on the case of a woman who has been victimized by a guru named Brother Mike.
The good fight : a Laura DiPalma mystery by Lia Matera( Book )
5 editions published between 1990 and 1994 in English and held by 657 libraries worldwide
Prior convictions by Lia Matera( Book )
6 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and Japanese and held by 649 libraries worldwide
A hard bargain by Lia Matera( Book )
4 editions published between 1991 and 1993 in English and held by 607 libraries worldwide
Irreconcilable differences( Book )
2 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in English and held by 546 libraries worldwide
A collection of stories on personal violence. The protagonists are mainly spouses settling scores, but one story, Joyce Carol Oates' Tusk, features a revengeful boy in school, armed with a knife.
Where lawyers fear to tread by Lia Matera( Book )
10 editions published between 1987 and 1999 in English and Danish and held by 259 libraries worldwide
Hidden agenda by Lia Matera( Book )
5 editions published between 1988 and 1992 in English and Danish and held by 176 libraries worldwide
Counsel for the defense and other stories by Lia Matera( Book )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 170 libraries worldwide
Star witness by Lia Matera( Sound Recording )
5 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 169 libraries worldwide
Willa Jansson is horrified to learn her new client, up on charges of vehicular manslaughter, claims he was kidnapped by aliens and has no memory of the fatal hit-and-run crash.
A radical departure by Lia Matera( Book )
7 editions published between 1988 and 1993 in 4 languages and held by 135 libraries worldwide
The smart money by Lia Matera( Book )
5 editions published between 1988 and 1992 in English and German and held by 131 libraries worldwide
Havana twist by Lia Matera( Sound Recording )
9 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in English and held by 109 libraries worldwide
Hoping to find her mother and risking her career, Willa Jansson travels to communist-ridden Cuba and from there follows her mother to Mexico and back to Havana again.
Last chants by Lia Matera( Sound Recording )
2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 104 libraries worldwide
Willa Jansson gets herself in trouble when she helps her friend Arthur, a mythology professor, evade arrest. Arthur's assistant, it seems, a Kwakiutl shaman, has been murdered. The pair hide out until the real killer appears.
Facelifting by Lia Matera( Book )
2 editions published between 1991 and 1994 in German and held by 6 libraries worldwide
Am Rande des Gesetzes Kriminalroman ; [ein Laura-Di-Palma-Kriminalroman by Lia Matera( Book )
2 editions published in 1991 in German and Undetermined and held by 4 libraries worldwide
Designermorde : Kriminalroman by Lia Matera( Book )
1 edition published in 2001 in German and held by 4 libraries worldwide
Havanna Twist : Roman by Lia Matera( Book )
1 edition published in 2000 in German and held by 4 libraries worldwide
Der aufrechte Gang ein Laura-Di-Palma-Kriminalroman by Lia Matera( Book )
1 edition published in 1991 in German and held by 4 libraries worldwide
 
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Last chants : a Willa Jansson mystery
Languages
English (77)
German (19)
Japanese (6)
Danish (5)
Undetermined (3)
Finnish (2)
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Designer crimes : a Laura Di Palma mysteryFace value : a Laura Di Palma mysteryPrior convictionsA hard bargainIrreconcilable differencesWhere lawyers fear to treadHidden agendaCounsel for the defense and other stories
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