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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1996
  • Latest Book:
    November 2013
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A Theresa Galloway Mystery

1 - Somebody Else's Child (Mar-1996)
2 - Blood Will Tell (Jan-1997)
3 - Other Duties as Required (Sep-2000)

Book List in Order: 4 titles



  • Learning about a murder and kidnapping in her elderly mother's hometown, amateur sleuth Theresa Galloway is forced to agree when her mother insists that she has a better chance of solving the crime than the police do. Original....



  • FAMILY SECRETS THAT LEAD TO MURDER Her mother said there'd be days like this, but today's shock of her life is the red-haired stranger who moved into her mother's Sacramento home, claiming to be her father's "love child." Being an African-American...




  • Smelling Herself is told through the voice of Bernadine, a precocious eleven-year-old wordsmith. Being an African American girl and living in West Oakland projects in 1964 can be a vulnerable and scary affair. Bernadine’s convinced that the solutio...




Award-Winning Books by Terris McMahan Grimes

Somebody Else's Child
1997 Anthony Award -- First Novel
1997 Anthony Award -- Paperback Original


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Terris McMahan Grimes has published 4 books.

Terris McMahan Grimes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Smelling Herself, was published in November 2013.

The first book by Terris McMahan Grimes, Somebody Else's Child, was published in March 1996.

Yes. Terris McMahan Grimes has 1 series.