Works by Gay Toltl Kinman
The Mystery of the Missing Miniature Books
Type of work: Middle reader mystery
Published by: RFI West, 2000
ISBN: 1-58697-155-7
Setting: Mirasol, California, near Los Angeles.
Brief plot description: Alison Leigh Powers, 11, Super Sleuth, finds herself in the unusual world of miniature book collecting - stealing and sleuthing. The sixth-grader helps her mother, a librarian and book conservator, organize a collection of rare miniature books. She learns that each book is less than 3" high, valuable, and very easy for anyone to steal. And someone does!
The Mystery of the Missing Arabian
Type of work: Middle reader mystery
Published by: RFI West, 2001
ISBN: 1-58697-296-0
Setting: Mirasol, California, near Los Angeles.
Brief plot description: Alison Leigh Powers, 11, Super Sleuth, rescues a valuable Thoroughbred racehorse from horsenappers. Then they steal it back! Alison has to save the horse again - and herself.
The Mystery of the Octagon House
Type of work: Middle reader mystery
Published by: RFI West, 2001
ISBN: 1-58697-297-9
Setting: Mirasol, California, near Los Angeles.
Brief plot description: Alison Leigh Powers, 9, Super Sleuth, wants to see the inside of the Octagon House. Her parents have told her not to bother the owners - but what harm could she do by taking him a plate of her mother's wonderful chocolate chip cookies? She finds him all "'tied up." They have to hide in the house from kidnappers whom Alison names "the Nasties."
Castle Reiner
Type of work: Gothic novel
Published by: Clocktower Fiction, 2001
ISBN: 0-7433-0108-0
Setting: The California coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Brief plot description: Vinney (Lavinia Fergusson Cathcart), hired in London to be the governess for a boy, Tom, arrives at the California castle, only to find a strange environment, and a few unexplained deaths including that of Tom's mother, Beth. The owner of the castle and the cousin of Beth's both show an interest in Vinney - for all the wrong reasons. While sidestepping any attachment with either, she investigates the deaths only to find herself in danger which means she must trust one of the two men. But which one?
Desserticide AKA Just Desserts & Deathly Advice
Type of work: Non-fiction
Published by: No Crime Unpublished, 4/00 (order at www.sistersincrimela.com)
ISBN: 0-9679037-0-X (distributed by Midpoint Distributors)
Brief description: Real recipes on one side and how to murder someone on the other.
"Miss Parker and the Cutter Sanborn Tables"
Type of work: Short story, appearing in "A Deadly Dozen"
Published by: Uglytown Productions, 4/00
ISBN: 0-9663473-2-3
Setting: Library School at USC in Los Angeles.
Brief plot description: Two library school students, Kris and Hsing, solve the murder of their professor by using the clue from a library procedure that she taught them.
Awards: Agatha Award nominee.
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Last updated:
July 12, 2002
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