"The small man standing on the narrow ledge stared fixedly forward with eyes made wide and blank by terror."At 2pm on a Monday in 1966, Ned Balfour wakes in Corsica beside a beautiful woman.In the sam
It's Christmas Eve on Nantucket and prominent businessman Jackson Blum is about to live out his own version of A Christmas Carol. No visions, no ghosts, just the past, represented by the exhumed skele
It's Christmas Eve on Nantucket and prominent businessman Jackson Blum is about to live out his own version of A Christmas Carol. No visions, no ghosts, just the past, represented by the exhumed skele
When the first Posadas County Mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top spot. Bu
When the first Posadas County Mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top spot. Bu
When Asheville, NC, private eyes Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson are asked by an eighty-year-old client to investigate the suspicious death of her brother, they warn her there is little chance of s
Miss Tither, the village busybody, is not the best-loved resident of Hilary Magna. She has made many enemies: bombarding the villagers with religious tracts, berating drunkards, and informing the spou
The Countess of Prague is the wonderfully exciting introduction to Beatrice von Falklenburg, known to her intimates as Trixie, who will lead us from Prague through Europe and occasionally beyond on a
This book tells the story of crime fiction published during the first half of the twentieth century. The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than many critics have
A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris – belonging to the city’s chief of police. And a drown
This book tells the story of crime fiction published during the first half of the twentieth century. The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than many critics have
Erica Donato, aspiring historian, is looking into the proud and troubled history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She is shocked to witness the murder of an aging power broker on the Navy Yard grounds, and
Sulari Gentill, author of the 1930s Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, jumps to the post-modern in Crossing the Lines. A successful writer, Madeleine, creates a character, Edward, and begins to imagine his l
Sulari Gentill, author of the 1930s Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, jumps to the post-modern in Crossing the Lines. A successful writer, Madeleine, creates a character, Edward, and begins to imagine his l
This book tells the story of crime fiction published during the first half of the twentieth century. The diversity of this much-loved genre is breathtaking, and so much greater than many critics have
It’s 1928 in Melbourne and Phryne is asked to investigate the puzzling death of a famous author and illustrator of fairy stories. To do so, Phryne takes a job within the women’s magazine that employed
"As one for whom certain story lines and characters have become as real as life itself, Crossing the Lines was a pure delight, a swift yet psychologically complex read, cleverly conceived and brillian
Every law firm has its backroom bench of brilliant workaholic nerds ferocious in their commitment to the law and to their clients. Such a player is Milton Bernstein of Abbott & Windsor. He's highly va
Rick van Lam is bui doi, "a child of dust," as the Vietnamese scornfully called a mixed-blood kid whose father was an unknown American GI. But Rick was lucky-in time he was sent to America. And he's e
Rick van Lam is bui doi, "a child of dust," as the Vietnamese scornfully called a mixed-blood kid whose father was an unknown American GI. But Rick was lucky-in time he was sent to America. And he's e
1929: Girls are going missing in Melbourne. Little, pretty, golden haired girls. And not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalene Laundry. People ar
Surviving the 1941 Blitz and the predator in her small Shropshire village, policeman's daughter Grace Baxter moves to Newcastle-on-Tyne. Situated on the northern bank of the River Tyne, the ancient no
Cal Claxton’s old farmhouse sits high in Oregon’s Red Hills where some of the finest and most coveted acreage for growing the premier pinot noir grape are located. When the owner and gifted vintner of
“Norman Lindsay is a complete and utter bastard!” So opens Sulari Gentill's Australian Western: Miles of Course. It's 1933 and Australia is being roiled by the same political currents as are upending
Locked-room mysteries and other impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to
Cal Claxton’s old farmhouse sits high in Oregon’s Red Hills where some of the finest and most coveted acreage for growing the premier pinot noir grape are located. When the owner and gifted vintner of
“Norman Lindsay is a complete and utter bastard!” So opens Sulari Gentill's Australian Western: Miles of Course. It's 1933 and Australia is being roiled by the same political currents as are upending
Aspiring race car driver Kate Reilly goes looking for a full-time ride in the American Le Mans Series—and stumbles over a dead driver. When she takes that driver’s job just hours later, she also takes
Last night Hieronymus Bosch met the rich and famous.In RANDOM ROAD, six, naked bodies, hacked to pieces, are found in an exclusive, gated Connecticut community. For Geneva Chase, a journalist on the e
It’s Christmas, and Phryne has an invitation to the Last Best party of 1928, a four-day extravaganza being held at Werribee Manor house and grounds by the Golden Twins, Isabella and Gerald Templar. Sh
Robert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artifacts and devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert’s wife,
Lonely and broke, Allie Harper has just rescued herself a hot blind guy who’s got a one-way ticket to $550-million-worth of murder and mayhem in his grocery bag.What kind of luck is that?Really, reall
Lonely and broke, Allie Harper has just rescued herself a hot blind guy who’s got a one-way ticket to $550-million-worth of murder and mayhem in his grocery bag.What kind of luck is that?Really, reall
Last night Hieronymus Bosch met the rich and famous.In RANDOM ROAD, six, naked bodies, hacked to pieces, are found in an exclusive, gated Connecticut community. For Geneva Chase, a journalist on the e
Last night Hieronymus Bosch met the rich and famous.In RANDOM ROAD, six, naked bodies, hacked to pieces, are found in an exclusive, gated Connecticut community. For Geneva Chase, a journalist on the e
To think of the film The Sting is to hear Scott Joplin’s ragtime music. In the final Ragtime Mystery, a story that flashes back and forth in time, the focus is on a battered black duffel stuffed with
Running late to a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, Phryne Fisher meets some thugs in dark alley and handles them convincingly before they can ruin her silver dress. She then finds
A woman waits under five feet of dirt-a woman who is by now nothing but bones stained the deep red of Oklahoma clay. A delicate silver necklace, a handful of ancient pearls, and a priceless figurine r
Poisoned Pen Press commemorates twenty years of publishing excellence with its first ever short story anthology. Featuring over thirty Poisoned Pen Press authors past and present, it includes stories
A woman waits under five feet of dirt-a woman who is by now nothing but bones stained the deep red of Oklahoma clay. A delicate silver necklace, a handful of ancient pearls, and a priceless figurine r
