Books

	On Location Author: Elizabeth Sims Published: August 3, 2010 by St Martin's Minotaur Series Name: Rita Farmer Mysteries Category: suspense Main Character: Rita Farmer, George Rowe, Gena Farmer, Petey Belanger, Daniel Clements, Lance deSauvenard, Kenner deSauvenard Can actress Rita Farmer use her Hollywood skills to change her identity and set a trap for the bad guys in the woods? Click for more info.

	The Extra Author: Elizabeth Sims Published: June 23, 2009 by St Martin's Minotaur Series Name: Rita Farmer Mysteries Category: Mystery Main Character: Rita Farmer, George Rowe, Amaryllis B. Cubitt Studying to be a lawyer, Rita Farmer is so broke that she's taking bottom-of-the-barrel acting jobs to keep herself and her son afloat. Decked out in police uniform as an extra on a movie shoot, she wanders into a rough part of town only to be pulled into a vicious assault. Rita chases off the men but the boy they attacked isn’t out of danger yet. Rita’s heart goes out to him and his grandmother Amaryllis B. Cubitt, the director of an urban mission that Rita had turned to for help years ago. Click for more info.

	The Actress Author: Elizabeth Sims Published: May 27, 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur Series Name: Rita Farmer Mysteries Category: Mystery Main Character: Rita Farmer, George Rowe, Daniel Clements, Gary Kwan Struggling actress Rita Farmer is starting to feel desperate. If she doesn't get a real paying job soon—horror movie, soap commercial, anything—she's not sure what she's going to do. She's afraid her ex-husband might use her dire financial straits to take away her four-year-old son Petey, and that's the only thing that really matters to her. During storytime at the library (a performance for which Rita gets $50), a familiar-looking man approaches her with an unusual offer—a job, for $1000 a day, coaching a client of his. Click for more info.

	Easy Street Author: Elizabeth Sims Published: November 1, 2005 by Alyson Books Series Name: Lillian Byrd Crime Story Category: Comic Noir Main Character: Lillian Byrd Her old Caprice is convulsing through the last of its death throes, her pet rabbit and constant companion Todd ails, and as usual Lillian Byrd is flat broke. For a few extra bucks she agrees to help an old friend renovate her house, but as you know, nothing ever goes smoothly in the life of Lillian Byrd. By the end of the first day on the job there's a partially demolished wall, a mysterious stash of cash, and a dead body. And Lillian's attentions have been diverted by the appearance of a drop-dead gorgeous neighbor. Click for more info.

	Lucky Stiff Author: Elizabeth Sims Published: September 15, 2004 by Alyson Books Series Name: Lillian Byrd Crime Story Category: Comic Noir Main Character: Lillian Byrd Once again Lillian Byrd is down on her luck, strumming her mandolin for spare quarters alongside Blind Lonnie, Detroit's resident blues guitarist. But a chance encounter with her childhood friend Duane is about to completely turn her life on its heels. One summer night when Lillian was 12, flames ripped through the Polka Dot, a bar owned and run by her parents. Three bodies were found in the ashes: those of her mother, her father, and the barmaid, Trix Hawley. Or so Lillian has always thought. But when Lillian and Duane put their stories together, the past erupts into a wild enigma. Click for more info.

	Damn Straight Author: Elizabeth Sims Published: June 1, 2003 by Alyson Books Series Name: Lillian Byrd Crime Story Category: Comic Noir Main Character: Lillian Byrd Damn Straight won a Lambda Literary Award. After her narrow brush with death in Holy Hell, you'd think Lillian Byrd would have learned to keep her head down, but when a friend in crisis calls from California, Lillian jumps on a plane and wings her way from Detroit to Palm Springs—and danger. It's the long weekend of the Dinah Shore golf tournament, the wildest women's sporting event in the world, when thousands of lesbians descend on the desert community of Rancho Mirage and take over. At a pre-championship party, Lillian leaps into a slippery romance with a top LPGA star. Click for more info.

	Holy Hell Author: Elizabeth Sims Published: January 1, 2002 by Alyson Books Series Name: Lillian Byrd Crime Story Category: Comic Noir Main Character: Lillian Byrd Lillian Byrd is a small-time reporter with a flair for making big-time mistakes—like getting fired for fending off the boss's son with an X-Acto knife and breaking up with her girlfriend for no good reason—so her investigation into the disappearances of women around the Detroit area might not be the best idea. But when one of the missing women turns up dead and Lillian recognizes the curiously mutilated corpse, she's in too deep to get out. Of course, it doesn't help that she's still fighting off the boss's son and ducking the intensely aggressive attentions of the roughest dyke in town. Click for more info.