Available Now – The 8th Book in the Hannah Kline Series

Detective Brenda Jordan is called to the scene when a man’s body is found in a homeless encampment. Her examination convinces her that his death was both a murder and an LGBTQ hate crime.

With her partner on vacation, Brenda is in charge and on her own. She must identify the victim, and track the killer. As she delves into some of the darkest corners of Los Angeles, she uncovers a conspiracy that threatens her life and forces her to confront her feelings as a closeted lesbian in the LAPD.

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More Books From the Hannah Kline Mystery Series – Available Now

Lethal Injection by Paula Bernstein

MURDER IN THE FAMILY


Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 1

Hannah Kline is a successful Los Angeles obstetrician and the recently widowed mother of a young daughter. She is barely managing to hold it all together, when her life is shattered once again by a brutal murder of Beth, her beautiful, bright, zany and recently divorced sister-in-law.

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Lethal Injection by Paula Bernstein

MURDER BY LETHAL INJECTION


Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 2

When a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon is found brutally murdered, his ex-wife–Hannah’s friend Sara–is on the suspect list. Hannah knows her old friend isn’t capable of murder and decides to do some investigating on her own.

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Private School by Paula Bernstein

MURDER IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL


Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 3

There’s been a shocking murder at the school of Hannah’s daughter, Zoe. When Hannah discovers a personal connection, she can’t help getting involved. After all, she has the inside track at the Waverly School and Zoe’s safety is at stake.

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Murder in the Goldilocks Zone

MURDER IN THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE

Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 4

Obstetrician Hannah Kline’s fiance, LAPD Detective Daniel Ross, has been put in charge of a high profile investigation into the murder of a Nobel Prize winning professor of Astronomy. The suspects include an unhappy pregnant wife, jealous colleagues and disgruntled graduate students. Hannah discovers the crucial clue, but finds herself with conflicting loyalties.

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The Goldilocks Planet

MURDER IN VITRO

Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 5

The fifth exciting story of the Hannah Kline mystery series

Conceiving a second child is supposed to be easy but when Mother Nature refuses to cooperate, obstetrician Hannah Kline finds herself in the uncomfortable role of an infertility patient. Her in-vitro fertilization procedure is on schedule until her doctor disappears, and Hannah and her partner Detective Daniel Ross, are plunged into the middle of a murder investigation.

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Honeymoon by Paula Bernstein

Murder on Her Honeymoon


Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 6

It was supposed to be a perfect romantic honeymoon for Hannah and her new husband Daniel at a charming B&B famous for its celebrity chef.
No sooner do they arrive than the chef is found dead in the kitchen and they encounter a woman from Daniel’s past who threatens their new marriage.
There are only seven guests and three staff at the B&B and one of them happens to be the killer. Can Hannah and Daniel solve the crime before someone else becomes a victim?

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Murder is a Nightmare

MURDER IS A NIGHTMARE

Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 7

Meet Dr. Andrea Marcus. She’s a psychiatrist, Dr. Hannah Kline’s closest friend, and she has a problem. She’s just accepted a new patient, and she’s taken an instant dislike to him. Blake Harris is narcissistic, arrogant and controlling. He’s in therapy under protest, because his recurrent nightmares are interfering with his sleep and his job as the CEO of a pharmaceutical start-up company. Blake is also sexually obsessed with his new therapist.

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Murder is a Nightmare

MURDER IS A HATE CRIME

Hannah Kline Mystery Series
Book 8

Detective Brenda Jordan is called to the scene when a body is found murdered in a homeless encampment. Her examination reveals an unexpected finding that suggests the murder was a LBGTQ hate crime.
With her partner on vacation, Brenda is in charge and on her own. She must identify the victim, and track the killer. As she delves into some of the darkest corners of Los Angeles, she uncovers a conspiracy that threatens her life and forces her to confront her feelings as a closeted lesbian in the LAPD.

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AVAILABLE NOW: AVENGING ANGELENOS

2021 SISTERS IN CRIME ANTHOLOGY

Featuring “The Queen of Mean” by Paula Bernstein

In this story, an emergency room physician encounters an old high school nemesis during the Covid pandemic, and contemplates the revenge she was unable to orchestrate during her teenage years.

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ALSO AVAILABLE  LAst Resort: Sisters in Crime 2017 Anthology

The LAst Resort: Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Anthology

LAst Resort (Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Anthology 2017

Featuring “On Call for Murder,” a new Hannah Kline short story.

In this new short story, Hannah moves to Los Angeles from Boston to begin her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She assists celebrity doctor Charles Avery on a routine Cesarean Section, and is devastated when her patient develops unforeseen complications and dies. When Dr. Avery is shot to death in his office, Hannah realizes that more than one murder may have taken place and follows the clues to an unexpected solution.

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About Paula Bernstein

Paula Bernstein is a New York native, who migrated to California to attend graduate school at Caltech. After several years of post doctoral work, she escaped her laboratory, and went to medical school. Like her series heroine, Hannah Kline, Paula spent her professional life practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology in Los Angeles. When she retired from her full time practice, she reinvented herself as a writer of medical mysteries.

She is the author of the Hannah Kline Mysteries. Her short story, On Call for Murder, a prequel to her series, was included in the 2017 Sisters in Crime anthology, LAst Resort.