Jane Rubino is an author of mystery novels set in New Jersey, featuring entertainment reporter ‘Cat’ Fortunati Austen as an accidental detective. The books feature Cat's close knit Italian-American family and the diverse people of New Jersey. Cat is a widow and a relationship with homicide detective Victor Cardenas develops in the books.Cohen, Richard. "Jane Rubino". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Gale Biography In Context. Web. accessed 10 Aug. 2012.
With her daughter, Caitlen Rubino-Bradway, she has also written Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, inspired by Jane Austen's novella ‘'Lady Susan’' and the short story "What Would Austen Do?" that appeared in the anthology "Jane Austen Made Me Do It." Rubino has also written several short stories for MX Publishing's Sherlockian anthologies, The MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories.
Books Death of a DJ, 1995 Fruitcake, 1997 Cheat the Devil, 1998 (Contributor) Homicide for the Holidays, 2000 Plot Twist: A Cat Austen/ Victor Cardenas Mystery, 2000 Knight Errant: The Singular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2001 Deadly Morsels: Cake Job, 2003 Raise the Dead, 2004 Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, 2009 Hidden Fires: A "Holmes Before Baker Street" Adventure, 2022
See also List of female detective characters List of female detective/mystery writers Mystery fiction Crime fiction
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