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Maninacan

(243 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:47 AM Jan 25

Alcoholic Detective?

Anyone read or heard of recent, last 5 yrs book about alcoholic blackout drunk Female private eye?

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Alcoholic Detective? (Original Post) Maninacan Jan 25 OP

Sorry, only male dlbell Jan 25 #1

Jo *Nesb*, and i like his books too LearnedHand Jan 25 #2

Hmm, I like the Coyote Run series by Marta Acosta, about Maddie Whitney a dog handler txwhitedove Jan 25 #3

dlbell

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1. Sorry, only male

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Sun Jan 25, 2026, 01:00 PM

Jan 25

“Knife” by Jo Nesbit is about a male alcoholic detective.

Those Scandinavians sure love gore in their novels.

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LearnedHand

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2. Jo *Nesb*, and i like his books too

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Sun Jan 25, 2026, 01:11 PM

Jan 25

EDIT: Ugh sorry the subject line doesn’t render letters not in the English alphabet. His name is Jo Nesbø.

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txwhitedove

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3. Hmm, I like the Coyote Run series by Marta Acosta, about Maddie Whitney a dog handler

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Sun Jan 25, 2026, 01:21 PM

Jan 25

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who works her K9s with law enforcement on cases. She has social and alcohol issues, on the spectrum and love her voice. I've read 3 books starting with The Dog Thief.

2 searches kept popping up The Girl from Silent Lake by Leslue Wolfe. Definitely want to read but couldn't tell if there's an alcohol issue.

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