Ellen McKenzie and her fiancé, Chief of Police Dan Dunham, are on their way to the very upscale Harvest Festival Dinner, hosted by Ellen’s niece, Sabrina, and her husband, Mark Tortelli. New to Silver Springs Winery, [...] Read More →
When a former student turns up in David Mapstone’s office, she seems to have the perfect case for this history-professor-turned-deputy: a letter left by her deceased father, confessing to a forty-year-old murder and providing directions to [...] Read More →
Faye Longchamp has lost nearly everything except for her quick mind and a grim determination to hang onto her ancestral home, Joyeuse, a moldering plantation hidden along the Florida coast. No one knows how Faye’s great-great-grandmother [...] Read More →
Ike Schwartz thought he could return to his hometown and ditch the demons that pursue him. More than anything, he wanted to blot out the pain and anger that came when his wife of less than [...] Read More →
When the body of a boy from one of Greece’s most prominent families turns up in a dumpster in one of Athens’ worst neighborhoods, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis of the Greek Police’s Special Crimes Division is [...] Read More →
Stubbornness has its price. So does pride. And Stephen Cline will pay heavily for both when he drops out of college against his father’s wishes and lands a job as barn manager at Foxdale Farm, one [...] Read More →
It’s the 1920s 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 [...] Read More →
Raymond Chandler called it “The Simple Art of Murder, ” but It never has been simple to write mysteries. This volume explores the crimes in novels that are rooted in the worlds of art, architecture, and [...] Read More →
Nominated for the 1998 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work. “If you ever wanted to know more about the life and work of your favorite classic mystery author, here is the book for you… it provides a wealth of solid information and anecdotes… the papers all make unwaveringly entertaining, informative reading—a must for classic mystery lovers of all stripes”.—”The Drood Review of Mystery”. **Lightning Print On Demand Title
Follow five writers—Joanne Dobson, John Dunning, Nicholas Kilmer, Nancy Pickard, and William G. Tapply—along the professional paths that led to their books and the creation of characters who live on in the mind once the book’s [...] Read More →
