Maggie Estep

A Ruby Murphy Mystery

1 - Hex (Mar-2003)
2 - Gargantuan (May-2004)
3 - Flamethrower (May-2006)

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  Diary of an Imotional Idiot
  

  • Aug-1998
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  A slyly constructed semi-autobiographical story about a young woman skirting the edge of the '90s, dealing with relationships, her less-than-perfect past, and artistic angst, Diary of an Emotional Idiot is edgy and entertaining--a mesmerizing story o...

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  Soft Maniacs
  

  • Sep-1999
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  From Maggie Estep, heralded author of Diary of an Emotional Idiot, comes this darkly funny collection of inter-connected stories. Jody Ray, a young psychiatrist, conceals her own nymphomania -- and a penchant for stiletto boots -- behind a conservat...

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  Hex
  

  • Mar-2003
  • / Mystery
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  A Ruby Murphy Mystery - 1
  

  Having drifted through thirty-three years of life, Ruby Murphy has put down roots in a rootless place: Coney Island. A recovering alcoholic who is fanatical in her love for animals and her misanthropic friends, Ruby lives above a furniture store and ...

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  Love Dance of the Mechanical Animals
  

  • Sep-2003
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  “Maggie Estep is the bastard daughter of Raymond Chandler and Anaïs Nin. Her prose is hard-boiled and sexy; she turns a good phrase and shows some leg. Love Dance of the Mechanical Animals is one hell of a great book! By the way, when Chandler and...

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  Diary of an Emotional Idiot
  

  • Oct-2003
  • / Literary
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  Gargantuan
  

  • May-2004
  • / Mystery
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  A Ruby Murphy Mystery - 2
  

  Maggie Estep’s critically praised heroine, Ruby Murphy, is back! Back in Coney Island with a bunch of endearing misfits, back at the racetrack ogling thoroughbreds, and back learning that, on the seamy side of the sport of kings, survival can be a ...

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  Flamethrower
  

  • May-2006
  • / Mystery
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  A Ruby Murphy Mystery - 3
  

  In the newest Ruby Murphy mystery, New York’s inadvertent sleuth discovers more about her shrink than she could have ever imagined as the doctor turns the tables, enlisting her help in the hunt for a one-legged man who’s been kidnapped and hidden...

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  Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology
  

  • Feb-2009
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  From provocative peeks into the lives of jockeys, trainers, owners, and breeders, to the down and dirty doings of bookies and gamblers, here is a literary tribute to a favorite national pastime. Editors Maggie Estep (Diary of an Emotional Idiot; Flam...

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  Alice Fantastic
  

  • May-2009
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  An “entertaining” novel about a family of three women “navigating relationships, a half-dozen lovers and innumerable dogs” (Publishers Weekly).   Alice Hunter is a thirty-six-year-old professional gambler living in Queens, New York. She ...

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