Order of Susan Dunlap Books

Susan Dunlap is an American author of mystery novels. She writes the Jill Smith and the Darcy Lott series. While she was working as a social worker, an Agatha Christie novel inspired her to try to write her own mysteries. Susan lives near San Francisco.

Susan Dunlap made her debut as a published novelist in 1981 with the novel Karma, introducing readers to Jill Smith. Below is a list of Susan Dunlap’s books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Jill Smith Books

Karma	(1981)
As a Favor	(1984)
Not Exactly a Brahmin	(1985)
Too Close to the Edge	(1987)
A Dinner to Die for	(1987)
Diamond in the Buff	(1990)
Death and Taxes	(1992)
Time Expired	(1993)
Sudden Exposure	(1996)
Cop Out	(1997)

Publication Order of Vejay Haskell Books

An Equal Opportunity Death	(1984)
The Bohemian Connection	(1985)
The Last Annual Slugfest	(1986)

Publication Order of Kiernan O’Shaughnessy Books

Pious Deception	(1989)
Rogue Wave	(1991)
High Fall	(1994)
No Immunity	(1998)

Publication Order of Darcy Lott Books

A Single Eye	(2006)
Hungry Ghosts	(2008)
Civil Twilight	(2009)
Power Slide	(2010)
No Footprints	(2012)
Switchback	(2015)
Out of Nowhere	(2016)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Fast Friends

(2004)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Celestial Buffet and Other Morsels of Murder	(2001)
Karma and Other Stories	(2002)
No Safety and Other Short Stories	(2014)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Deadly Allies 2

(1994)

Note: Deadly Allies 2 was edited with Robert J. Randisi.

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Susan Dunlap Synopsis: Karma by Susan Dunlap is the first novel in the Jill Smith series by Susan Dunlap. A thirty-something junk-food maven and brash, brainy Berkeley cop, Jill Smith usually doesn’t spend much time contemplating her navel. But she accepted an invitation to see the new guru in town. She was as shocked as the rest of the packed house when the young man’s spirit rose to heaven before their very eyes… with a little earthly aid from the dagger buried deep in his swirling red robes. His followers say it was hi karma to die. Now Jill Smith’s seeking enlightenment – looking deep into prime causes such as love, hate, ambition, and dark dreams. Among a host of devoted disciples, rough real-estate dealers, rival soul savers, and beautiful consorts, she’s searching for the answer to a cop’s prayers: the person whose karma is to kill.