Delilah West
Created by Maxine O'Callahan

Orange County, California is the stomping ground of street-smart private eye DELILAH WEST, who's been around longer than even Sharon, Kinsey or V.I. She made her first appearance in a short story in AHMM way back in 1974. So far, though, the critical attention and commercial success of her little sisters-in-crime has eluded Deliliah and her creator, Maxine O'Callahan. Too bad.

In July 1999, at the Eyecon, held in St. Louis, the Private Eye Writers of America bestowed The Eye, its Lifetime Achievment Award upon Maxine, and more than one P.I. fan present, according to my sources, was heard to mutter, "It's about time."

NOVELS

• Death Is Forever (1981)
• Run From the Nightmare (1982)
• Hit and Run (1989) . Buy this book
• Set-Up (1991)
• Trade-Off (1996) . Buy this book
• Down For the Count (1997) . Buy this book

SHORT STORIES

• "A Change of Clients" (November 1974, AHMM; also 1999, First Cases 3)
• "Bad News" (1994, Deadly Allies II)
• "Diamonds Are For Never" (1998, Lethal Ladies II)

Thanks to Victoria Esposito-Shea for some help with this one.

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