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This page lists novels featuring the art gallery curator Elena Oliverez.

The Tree of Death

Marcia Muller

1983

A Elena Oliverez novel.

"Hot-tempered curator Elena Oliverez threatens to kill her boss, Frank DePalma, when he orders her to put a particularly hideous piece of sculpture--donated by a wealthy patron of the new Museum of Mexican Arts--on display for the museum opening. So when someone kills Frank with the sculpture, Elena must conduct her own investigation to clear her name--or die trying."

The Legend of the Slain Soldiers

Marcia Muller

1985

A Elena Oliverez novel.

"Ciro Sisneros seems the most harmless of men—a Chicano historian immersed in writing a book about the Great Depression and the Mexican-American agricultural workers of that era. Then why, when he dies of a fall at pool-side in Leisure Village Mobile Home Park, a senior citizens' community near Santa Barbara, does Gabriela Oliverez insist that he has been murdered? True, Ciro had been warned by an anonymous caller to stop work on his book—something he had no intention of doing. Gabriela wants her daughter, Elena, to put aside the urgent demands of her job as curator of the Museum of Mexican Art and find out why the book was a threat."

Beyond the Grave

Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini

1986

A John Quincannon and Elena Oliverez novel.

"A collaborative mystery that bridges the San Franciscos of 1894 and 1986. Muller and Pronzini masterfully parallel the investigations of turn-of-the-century detective Quincannon and Chicana amateur sleuth Elena Oliverez."

Deceptions: A Short Story Collection

Marcia Muller

1991

"A collection of short stories ranging from the straight-forward detective to the off-beat mystery. Includes Sharon McCone and Elena Oliverez stories as well as an original introduction by the author. Marcia Muller."