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Mary Abigail Padgett (born May 13, 1942, in Vincennes, Indiana) is an American author of mystery novels who features in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007). Biography Padgett graduated in 1964 from Indiana University Bloomington with a degree in education, then earned a master's in counselling from the University of Missouri in 1969; between the two she taught high school English in St. Louis. She then had several different jobs before becoming a court investigator for Child Protective Services in San Diego, a post she left in 1988 to concentrate on writing and advocacy for children and the mentally ill. Writing Padgett's first series concerns Barbara "Bo" Bradley, a child protection advocate investigator in San Diego who suffers from bipolar disorder. Her second series features Blue McCarron, a reclusive lesbian social psychologist. Padgett maintains a blog. Bibliography Bo Bradley series Child of Silence (1993) Strawgirl (1994) Turtle Baby (1995) Moonbird Boy (1996) The Dollmaker's Daughters (1997) Stork Boy (2019) Blue McCarron series Blue (1998) The Last Blue Plate Special (2001) Ultimate Blue (2022) Taylor Blake Magical Mystery The Paper Doll Museum (2012) Morgan's Bay A Kiss at Morgan's Bay (2018) A Secret at Morgan's Bay (2018) Other novels Bone Blind (2011) An Unremembered Grave (2014) Collections Mandy Dru Mysteries (2015) References External links Official website . Discover the Abigail Padgett popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Abigail Padgett books.

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  • Mandy Dru Mysteries synopsis, comments

    Mandy Dru Mysteries

    Abigail Padgett

    Five short stories introducing Mandy Dru, whose mom really wanted to name her Nancy.  Lawyer dad, concerned about copyright infringement, urged a different name for the daught...

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    Stork Boy

    Abigail Padgett

    San Diego Child Abuse Investigator Bo Bradley agrees to accompany significant other Dr. Andrew LaMarche on a twoweek business trip to France. Bo, who lives with a bipolar diso...

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    Strawgirl

    Abigail Padgett

    Second in the awardwinning Bo Bradley mystery series, STRAWGIRL throws child abuse investigator Bo into the curious world of cults, and pits her against the most loathsome of antag...

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    Moonbird Boy

    Abigail Padgett

    In the fourth Bo Bradley mystery, Bo fights her way out of the dark side of her bipolar disorder when a friend is murdered, throwing his attentiondeficithyperactivity disordered so...

  • Child of Silence synopsis, comments

    Child of Silence

    Abigail Padgett

    In the first awardwinning Bo Bradley Mystery, Child of Silence, an old Paiute woman finds a fouryearold boy tied to a mattress in an abandoned shack in the hills above San Diego, a...

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    Turtle Baby

    Abigail Padgett

    In the third Bo Bradley mystery, a poisoned eightmonthold Maya baby boy living with paid caretakers on the American side of San Diego's Mexican border grabs Bo's heart and sends he...