Elaine Viets 1950-   Elaine Viets was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She has been a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She is the creator of: 1. The ‘Dead-End Job’ mysteries. 2. 'Josie Marcus', a mystery shopper. 3. ‘Francesca Vierling’, a newspaper columnist in St. Louis, Missouri. Visit also the author’s own site.

Titles and year of publication:
 

‘Dead-End Job’ Novels
1) Shop Till You Drop	2003
2) Murder Between the Covers	2003
3) Dying to Call You	2004
4) Just Murdered	2005
5) Murder Unleashed	2006
6) Murder with Reservations	2007
7) Clubbed to Death	2008
8) Killer Cuts	2009
9) Half-Price Homicide	2010
10) Pumped for Murder	2011
11) Final Sail	2012
‘Josie Marcus’ Novels
1) Dying in Style	2005
2) High Heels Are Murder	2006
3) Accessory to Murder	2007
4) Murder with All the Trimmings	2008
5) The Fashion Hound Murders	2009
6) An Uplifting Murder	2010
7) Death on a Platter	2011
8) Murder is a Piece of Cake	2012
‘Francesca Vierling’ Novels
1) Back Stab	1997
2) Rubout	1998
3) Pink Flamingo Murders	1999
4) Doc in the Box	2000