Created by Wendi Lee
Almost thirty “good Italian girl” ANGELA “ANGIE” MATELLI is a former Marine turned Boston private eye who knows how to take care of herself, and isn’t afraid to give justice a little nudge in the right direction every now and then. Her best pal is Raina, the East Boston police dispatcher and, despite the sticky, interfering tentacles of a loving family, does try to keep in touch with her kid sister Rosa.
Angie was one of the more interesting female eyes of her era, part of the 80/90s boom of female eyes, with aa real working-class sense of spunk that added greatly to the series. She made her debut in a short story published in the premiere issue of Noir, a now-defunct comic book-size mystery magazine, and went on to appear in five novels and a handful of other short stories.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Wendi Lee also writes the Jefferson Birch series, about a private eye in the days of the Old West. Lee has been a full-time writer for over ten years, and teaches writing workshops. She’s worked as an associate editor of Mystery Scene and wrote a well-received American historical called The Overland Trail for the Tor/Forge’s Women of the West series. Wendi is a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, The Mystery Writers of America, The Western Writers of America and Women Writing the West. She lives with her family in Muscatine, Iowa.
NOVELS
- The Good Daughter (1994) | Buy this book
- Missing Eden (1996) | Buy this book
- Deadbeat (1999) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
- He Who Dies (2000) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
- Habeas Campus (2002) | Buy this book | Kindle it!
SHORT STORIES
- “Salad Days” (Winter 1994, Noir)
- “The Disappearance of Edna Guberman” (1994, Murder For Mother)
- “Check Up” (1996, Lethal Ladies)
- “The Other Woman” (1997, Vengeance Is Hers)
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- Ah, Boston, You’re My home…
Beantown Eyes
Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
