Duluth: Spinsters Ink, (1996). The second novel featuring Tyler Jones, feminist, lesbian, writer and amateur sleuth. When her dying mother her to go to Minnesota to "rattle the family skeletons" she leaves San Fransisco for the shores of Lake Superior, where she discovers unknown relatives, a family history of rape, illegitimacy, and imprisonment - and someone who will kill to keep the closet doors closed. Nominated for the Edgar, winner of the Benjamin Franklin award. 258 pp. ISBN: 1-883523133.