Lydia Adamson

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  • Bibliography:
    39 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1990
  • Latest Book:
    October 2012
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Full Series List in Order

An Alice Nestleton Mystery

1 - A Cat in the Manger (Nov-1990)
2 - A Cat of a Different Color (May-1991)
3 - A Cat in Wolf's Clothing (Nov-1991)
4 - A Cat by Any Other Name (Apr-1992)
5 - A Cat in the Wings (Nov-1992)
6 - A Cat With a Fiddle (May-1993)
7 - A Cat With No Regrets (Oct-1994)
8 - A Cat in a Glass House (May-1994)
9 - A Cat on the Cutting Edge (Oct-1994)
10 - A Cat in Fine Style (Nov-1995)
11 - A Cat on a Winning Streak (May-1995)
12 - A Cat in a Chorus Line (May-1996)
13 - A Cat Under the Mistletoe (Oct-1996)
14 - A Cat on a Couch (1996)
15 - A Cat on a Beach Blanket (Jul-1997)
16 - A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock (Oct-1997)
17 - A Cat on Stage Left (May-1998)
18 - A Cat of One's Own (Feb-1999)
19 - A Cat With the Blues (Dec-2000)
20 - Cat With No Clue (Dec-2001)
21 - A Cat Named Brat (Jul-2002)
22 - A Cat on the Bus (Dec-2002)

A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery

1 - Dr. Nightingale Comes Home (Feb-1994)
2 - Dr. Nightingale Rides the Elephant (Aug-1994)
3 - Dr. Nightingale Goes to the Dogs (Feb-1995)
4 - Dr. Nightingale Goes the Distance (Aug-1995)
5 - Dr. Nightingale Enters the Bear Cave (Feb-1996)
6 - Dr. Nightingale Chases Three Little Pigs (Aug-1996)
7 - Dr. Nightingale Rides to the Hounds (Feb-1997)
8 - Dr. Nightingale Meets Puss in Boots (Aug-1997)
9 - Dr. Nightingale Races the Outlaw Colt (Feb-1998)
10 - Dr. Nightingale Traps the Missing Lynx (Nov-1999)
11 - Dr. Nightingale Seeks Greener Pastures (Jul-2000)
12 - Dr. Nightingale Follows a Canine Clue (Jul-2001)

A Lucy Wayles Mystery

1 - Beware the Tufted Duck (Oct-1996)
2 - Beware the Butcher Bird (Jun-1997)
3 - Beware the Laughing Gull (Aug-1998)

Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • A Cat in the Manger

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 1

    THE CORPSE WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS Off-off Broadway actress-turned-sleuth Alice Nestleton is just crazy about cats, particularly her Maine coon cat Bushy and zany alleycat Pancho. Now she's hoping for a merry little Christmas peacefully cat-sitting at...

  • A Cat of a Different Color

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 2

    BODY OF A DEAD CAT LOVER Beautiful Off-Off Broadway actress-sleuth Alice Nestleton gasps as a sinister shadow looms at the top of her apartment house stairs. But it's only a moonstruck student from her acting class who comes bearing a gift-a gorge...

  • A Cat in Wolf's Clothing

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 3

    THERE WAS A CROOKED CORPSE Dubbed "one of Manhattan's finest little-known actresses," beautiful cat-sitter turned sleuth Alice Nestleton has been called into action again. This time the New York City cops have put her onto a case that's right up h...

  • A Cat by Any Other Name

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 4

    A CAT'S EYE FOR MURDER Alice Nestleton, beautiful off-off Broadway actress-turned-amateur detective, has been forced into a life of crime--sleuthing that is--with some cat-sitting on the side. But this hot summer in New York she has taken a hiatus...

  • A Cat in the Wings

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 5

    Available Digitally for the First Time Murder takes a bow at the ballet, and cat-sitting sleuth Alice Nestleton pirouettes into danger… An actress led into a life of crime (sleuthing, that is) and cat-sitting, Alice Nestleton has returned to the ...

  • A Cat With a Fiddle

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 6

    Available Digitally for the First TimeA holiday in rural Massachusetts seems like just the thing for talented actress turned cat-sitter Alice Nestleton -- until a killer strikes a sour note… Alice Nestleton has recently died… at the box office, t...

  • Dr. Nightingale Comes Home

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 1

    GOING TO THE DOGS -- FOR MURDER Deirdre "Didi" Quinn Nightingale needs to solve a baffling mystery to save her struggling veterinary practice in rural New York state. Bouncing her red Jeep along country roads, she is headed for the herd of beautiful...

  • A Cat in a Glass House

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 8

    TAKEOUT ORDER FOR DEATH Alice Nestleton, after years in off-, off-off-, and far-beyond-Broadway theater, sees stardom beckoning at last. Her agent has sent her to a trendy Triheca Chinese eatery to land a movie part with an almost-major film produ...

  • Dr. Nightingale Rides the Elephant

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 2

    MURDER AS HIGH AS AN ELEPHANT'S EYE Excitement is making Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale, D.V.M., feel like a child again. There'll be no sick cows today. No clinic. No rounds. She is going to the circus. But shortly after she becomes veterinarian on c...



  • A Cat on the Cutting Edge

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 9

    Down on her luck and coping with a temperamental cat, Alice Nestleton contacts the Village Cat People for assistance, but when their representative is murdered on Alice's doorstep, the Cat People want Alice to investigate...

  • A Cat With No Regrets

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 7

    C'EST MEOW -- FOR MURDER Everything's coming up roses for Off-Broadway actress Alice Nestleton when she lands a part in a major motion picture. With her two finicky felines and the three Abyssinians owned by producer Dorothy Dodd tagging along, ...

  • Dr. Nightingale Goes to the Dogs

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 3

    SIT, HEEL MURDER! Veterinarian Deirdre "Didi" Quinn Nightingale has the birthday blues. It's her day, and it's been a disaster. First she's knee-deep in mud during a "bedside" visit to a stud pig. Then she's over her head in murder when she finds ...

  • A Cat on a Winning Streak

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 11

    COME 7, COME 11, COME, KITTY, KITTY Out-of-work actress Alice Nestleton is willing to go as far as Atlantic City for a gig. Relaxing in a fabulous suite, she is startled by a slinky cat crawling up to her sixteenth-floor window. Alice's quest for ...

  • Dr. Nightingale Goes the Distance

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 4

    ON A HIGH HORSE ... FOR MURDER Intending to forget about her sick cats and ailing cows for one night, Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale, DVM., is all dressed up for a champagne-sipping pre-race gala at a posh thoroughbred farm. She never expects death to...

  • A Cat in Fine Style

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 10

    MURDER AND THE GLAMOUR PUSS Alice Nestleton is putting on the dog: posing in elegant duds for a New York boutique's new ad. But she's surprised to find Bobbin, tie clothes designer's once-beloved cat, exiled to the loft where the fashion shoot is ...

  • A Cat on a Couch

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    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 14

  • Dr. Nightingale Enters the Bear Cave

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 5

    DEATH CKAWS Veterinarian Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale is happily taking a break from her practice to join a research team tagging pregnant black bears in the northern Catskills. Awaiting her are the thrill of adventure, the fun of taking her friend ...

  • A Cat in a Chorus Line

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 12

    Two gorgeous Maine coon cats hold the clues to a killing as actress-turned-sleuth Alice Nestleton and her significant other, Tony Basillio, become eyewitnesses to the murder of the hateful wife of Broadway mogul Peter Nelson Krispus. Original....

  • Dr. Nightingale Chases Three Little Pigs

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 6

    MURDER IN A PIG'S EYE! A lovely little milk cow is terribly sick, and looking around the rundown dairy farm, Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale, D.V.M., isn't surprised. She is, however, shocked when her favorite vet-school professor, the elderly Hiram Be...



  • Beware the Tufted Duck

    A Lucy Wayles Mystery - 1

    SWAN SONG FOR A BIRDER Birding enthusiast and transplanted Southerner Lucy Wayles is eagle-eyed when it comes to spotting clues, swift at deductions, and wise as an owl about the ways and means of murder. She is also ready to save a bird in need, ...

  • A Cat Under the Mistletoe

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 13

    Alice Nestleton--actress, cat sitter, and amateur sleuth--is ringing in the holidays with a new client: a lovely tortoiseshell cat named Roberta. But sometimes this fickle feline turns into the kitty from hell, which is where Manhattan animal therapi...

  • Dr. Nightingale Rides to the Hounds

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 7

    BARKS, BLESSINGS -- AND BULLETS Taking her sow, horse, and assorted yard dogs to be blessed at Lubin's Field is one of the highlights of the Easter holidays for Deirdre Nightingale, D.V.M. Didi is looking forward to meeting many of her clients on th...

  • Beware the Butcher Bird

    A Lucy Wayles Mystery - 2

    In the second novel in the Lucy Wayles series, the ornithusiast and her quirky cohort of bird-watchers witness the death of a famous field guide illustrator over a dinner in his honor and must nab a cagey criminal. Original....

  • A Cat on a Beach Blanket

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 15

    While housesitting in the Hamptons, Alice Nestleton finds herself the primary suspect in the murder of Bea Verdi, a sensitive young poet, and she sets out to clear her name, with the help of some feline friends...

  • Dr. Nightingale Meets Puss in Boots

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 8

    A WHISKER FROM DEATH Farm animals--cows, horses, pigs, and a goat or two--are country vet Deirdre Nightingale's specialties. So she knows a swine when she sees one--whether human or animal. But a trip to New York City will let her observe an old f...

  • A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 16

    Acting jobs and cat-sitting assignments have been elusive for Alice Nestleton lately...but there's plenty of sleuthing work to be done. A prominent theater director has requested her help for his pet charity: Sustenance House. It seems an anonymous b...

  • Dr. Nightingale Races the Outlaw Colt

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 9

    DEATH IN DAPPLED GRAY Veterinarian Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale knows what made Aden Fox's cows sick. They wandered through a broken fence and grazed on poisonous Perilla Mint. What mystifies Didi is what smashed the fence: horse's hooves. There are...

  • A Cat on Stage Left

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 17

    Alice Nestleton, off-Broadway actress and amateur sleuth, is between roles during a sweltering New York City summer-- until a strange feline plunges her into a case that's downright drilling. With her bank account nearly bare, Alice says yes when Mar...

  • Beware the Laughing Gull

    A Lucy Wayles Mystery - 3

    FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER Lucy Wayles, retired librarian and hawk-eyed leader of the Olmsted Irregulars, New York City's oddest birdwatchers, admires our fine feathered friends and sharply observes that humans often love unwisely, act unjustly, and en...



  • A Cat of One's Own

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 18

    When Amanda Avery decides to adopt a cat, she turns to her old friend Alice Nestleton--who quickly matches her up with an unusual-looking feline named Jake, and kindly offers her assistance with the intricacies of litterbox behavior, finicky eating, ...

  • Dr. Nightingale Traps the Missing Lynx

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 10

    A SNAKE ON THE LOOSE? For a rural vet, business is sparse in midwinter months. So Dr. Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale leapt at the chance to earn a fat fee by appearing at a posh local fundraiser. Six mixed-breed bobcat kittens were to be auctioned off...

  • Dr. Nightingale Seeks Greener Pastures

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 11

    GOOD HORSE SENSE? Dr. Deirdre "Didi" Nightingale is finding the dwindling dairy industry hard on her practice--and her pocketbook. Thinking that racehorses might be the winning ticket to more business, she heads to a vet conference in Atlantic Cit...

  • A Cat With the Blues

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 19

    Alice Nestleton is cat-sitting a beautiful Russian Blue--who also happens to be the center of a raging custody battle. Sidney and Beatrice Woburn are fighting over Frenchy, and just about everything else...so Alice, at the request of the lawyers, is ...

  • A Case of Feline Psychopathology

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    WHAT I SOLVED ON MY SUMMER VACATION. Detectives make their reputations solving cases of murder and mayhem. Ever wonder what happens when they try to get away from it all? In this summertime crime spree, twenty of today's best mystery writers--f...

  • Dr. Nightingale Follows a Canine Clue

    A Deirdre Quinn Nightingale Mystery - 12

    When the body of her free-spirited friend Rose turns up in a shallow grave alongside her two dogs, veterinarian-turned-sleuth Deirdre Nightingale sets out to find the killer, but she soon discovers that Rose may have been leading a double life as a w...

  • Cat With No Clue

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 20

    Actress and amateur sleuth Alice Nestleton thinks up the perfect anniversary gift for her elderly actor friends, Alex and Lila. She has a chef whip up a replica of the meal the couple shared on their first date. For better or worse, they eat every bi...

  • A Cat Named Brat

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 21

    New York guidebook author Louis Montag can't seem to get any writing done--not with his hyper cat, Brat, pawing at words on his computer t screen. Enter actress and sleuth Alice Nestleton. For a few hours a week, she agrees to house-sit and look afte...

  • A Cat on the Bus

    An Alice Nestleton Mystery - 22

    Alice Nestleton, once mockingly referred to as the Cat Woman by the local law enforcement, is finally getting everything she wants: a juicy role in a slick new TV series, a debonair leading man on camera and off, and enough money to give up cat-sitti...

  • A Cat Tells Two Tales

    For the first time in one volume, two twisting tales featuring off-off Broadway actress turned sleuth Alice Nestleton and her crime-solving cats Bushy and Pancho… A Cat in a Manger It’s the holiday season and Alice is hoping for a merry littl...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lydia Adamson has published 39 books.

Lydia Adamson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Cat Tells Two Tales, was published in October 2012.

The first book by Lydia Adamson, A Cat in the Manger, was published in November 1990.

Yes. Lydia Adamson has 3 series.
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