A Shot to Die For
Published 2005
Winner, Readers' Choice Award for Best Traditional Novel

Ellie chats with a young woman at a highway rest stop. A pickup pulls up, the rear window opens, and the woman is shot dead.
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An Image of Death
Published 2004
Ellie receives a videotape that shows the murder of a young woman. AN IMAGE OF DEATH also features Georgia Davis as a police officer.
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Common Scents
Published 2005
Officer Georgia Davis investigates possible abuse in a nursing home.
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Dumber Than Dirt
Published 2000
A dark comedy about a young restaurant worker who finds a body in the car he steals.
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House Rules
Published 2006
A dark comedy about a couple visiting Vegas who find a stash of cocaine in the desert.
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Inocencia Facil
2012; Spanish Version of EASY INNOCENCE
Cuando encuentran a la bella e inteligente Sara Long apaleada a muerte, es facil inculpar al hombre con el bate. Pero Georgia Davis, expolicia y recientemente convertida en investigadora privada, es contratada para indagar el incidente por peticion de la hermana del acusado.
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The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared
Published 2000
In 1938 sixteen year old Jake Foreman develops a crush on actress Miriam Hirsch, but she only has eyes for Skull.
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The Ellie Foreman Mysteries
All four Ellie Foreman mysteries together in one volume.
An Eye for Murder, A Picture of Guilt, An Image of Death, and A Shot to Die For packaged together.
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The Jade Elephant
Published 2007
A lifelong thief seeks redemption by returning a jade elephant he stole from a woman.
"Standouts include THE JADE ELEPHANT..." Publishers Weekly
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The Last Page
The Last Page – A Novella
Library Director Barbara Aron falls down the steps to the library’s basement, but was it a heart attack? Or was she pushed?
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The Murder of Katie Boyle
Published 2009
How did Ellie Foreman and Georgia Davis first meet? You'll find out in this short story.
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War Secrets
War Secrets is an anthology published in 2013 by Mystery Writers of America
The prequel to A BITTER VEIL takes place in a Leipzig physics lab during pre-war Nazi Germany
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Featured Book: War Secrets

There’s nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it’s a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist’s mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of…THE MYSTERY BOX

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The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared

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Featured Pages

Featured pages highlights events, appearances, crime writing workshops I run and other topics you will find interesting.

Writing Lite Video Series

Libby’s new video series, WRITING LITE, is designed to give crime writers a few “light-bulb” moments they can apply to their own work. Each installment is three minutes or less, and she offers practical tips in each one. She hopes to have a new installment every week or so. Check out Libby’s writing workshops.

Chicago Blues

Blue is the new noir, and nobody does Blues like Chicago. This collection of dark stories, from today’s best Chicago crime fiction authors, captures the depths to which people sink when they run out of options. Edited by Libby Fischer Hellmann.

Events and Appearances

Places to find Libby in the coming months for speaking, interviews and book signings.

Selected Books

Scroll through for covers and excerpts from a selection of my crime novels

My Blog

The latest articles from my blog. Just click on the title to read the full post.
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