Victim: mary Pat Sheehan, a con-venience store clerk in her late 20s who, the

autopsy reveals, was secretly pregnantLocation: ■ In a car crash off Harkness Road in the

fictional Adirondack town of Trout RunNovel: ■ “Swallow the Hook” by S.W. Hubbard (2004)Of note: ■ The second in a series of books set in a

fictional Adirondack town featuring the detective Frank Bennett; the author lives in Morristown, N.J.

Victim: Edward maranville, an art expert who specializes in Georgia

O’Keeffe Location: ■ A summer cottage a few miles north of

Lake George VillageNovel: ■ “An Affinity for Murder” by Anne White (2001)Of note: ■ The first of a five book series, all based in

Lake George and featuring writer-turned-sleuth Ellen Davies; White is a graduate of The College of Saint Rose

Victim: the young mother of

an abandoned babyLocation: ■ Payson’s Park,

Cossayahaire, Washington County (fictional location)

Novel: ■ “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Julia Spencer-Fleming (2002)

Of note: ■ The first of eight novels featuring Clare Fergus-son (a priest of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church) and police Chief Russ Van Alsyne set in the fictional Millers Kill in the real Washington County; the author was born in Platts-burgh and lives in Maine

Victim: Lew Ackerman, a

wealthy stable owner, is gunned down during a routine swim

Location: ■ Saratoga Springs YMCA swimming pool

Novel: ■ “Saratoga Swimmer” by Stephen Dobyns (1981)

Of note: ■ The second book in the 10-novel mystery series featuring ex-cop Charlie Brad-shaw, all with Saratoga in the title with some or all the action in the Spa City. Dobyns is also an acclaimed poet.

Victim: Donald Penn, a frustrated writer

Location: ■ Madeline’s, 350 Broadway, Saratoga Springs

Novel: ■ “Breakfast at Madeline’s” by Matt Witten (1999)

Of note: ■ The first novel in the Jacob Burns mystery series includes real settings in the Spa City, including the now-defunct Madeline’s. Witten lived in Saratoga

Springs when writing first book, but now lives in Cali-fornia and writes for TV. He has a film, “Drones,” now in production.

Victim: Francis Xerxes Ryan, a troy businessman who owns

stationery storesLocation: ■ Ryan’s office in TroyNovel: ■ “The Heat of Lies” by Jonathan Stone (2001)Of note: ■ In this second novel featuring Julian Palmer,

the police lieutenant now works in Troy; in the first novel, “The Cold Truth,” she worked in the fictional upstate town of Canaanville

Victim: mrs. Kravett, a retired

high school teacherLocation: ■ Carlton, a

fictional suburb of AlbanyNovel: ■ “Death and Faxes”

by Leslie O’Kane (1996)Of note: ■ Leslie O’Kane is

a Colorado-based author of four mystery series, including seven books featuring Molly Masters, a cartoonist and greeting card entrepreneur, in the suburbs of Albany.

Victim: Sam tindell, poet

and lover of Suzanne LaFleshe

Where: ■ Humanities Building, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany

Novel: ■ “Flesh” by Hollis Seamon (2005)

Of note: ■ College of Saint Rose professor Hollis Sea-mon’s “Flesh” features the sexy deluxe-sized graduate student in literature turned sleuth; Seamon is also the author of the young adult novel “Somebody Up There Hates You”

Victim: Scarlet montana, wife of Albany PD Detective Jake

montana and lover of P.i. Dick moonlightLocation: ■ Apartment in AlbanyNovel: ■ “Moonlight Falls” by Vincent Zandri (2009)Of note: ■ Zandri lives in Albany, the setting of his

Dick Moonlight series of hard-boiled detective novels. His first novel, the thriller “As Catch Can,” was also set upstate. Zandri is also the drummer of the punk band the Blisterz.

Victim: Jonah Lee, the leader of a nonprofit housing organization

Location: ■ Neighborhood Housing Association office, Second Street, Albany

Novel: ■ “The Long Stair: An Albany Mystery” by Kirby White (2005)

Of note: ■ Adirondack-

resident Kirby White’s novel is

both a murder mystery and about inner-city develop-ment. The title refers to a real staircase in Sheridan Hollow that is “at the bottom of a ravine where the city and state have been content to leave it to deteriorate ... a dramatic symbol of what is wrong with a society that” ignores the poor, he writes.

Victim: Steven Kleckner, 24, who worked at

truckey’s Disco on Western AvenueLocation: ■ Apartment on Hudson Avenue, AlbanyNovel: ■ “Death Trick” by Richard Stevenson (1981)Of note: ■ “Death Trick” introduced the gay private

investigator Donald Strachey, who lives and works in Albany, and solves crimes with the help of his lover, Timothy Calahan, a legislative aide for a New York state senator. “Death Trick” is the first of 13 acclaimed Stra-chey mysteries. The author lives in Pittsfield, Mass.

Victim: An un-named woman

Where: ■ In the woods near the home of Charly Poisson, co-owner of La Fermette, outside the fictional Klover, Van Buren County (30 miles from Albany)

Novel: ■ “Appetite for Murder” by Cecile Lamalle (1999)

Of note: ■ The first in a series of three books set in Van Buren County featuring chef-owner-amateur-slueth Charly Poisson and recipes.

Sources: C.J. Lais; Casey Seiler; Times Union archive; Dan Wedge, Dove & Hudson Books, Albany; Alissa Maynard, adult services librarian, Bethlehem Public Library; Stopyourekillingme.com

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