Minotaur
The Yard Dog
Hook Runyon is a railroad agent, a yard dog. His name is a nickname he inherited after an unfortunate accident…
The Messengers of Death
If you missed the opportunity to spend a week in rural Provence during the 1960s, don’t despair. Instead, set a…
Requiem in Vienna
Editors' choice
In 1899 Vienna, the director of the Court Opera, conductor-composer Gustav Mahler, appears to be the intended victim of a…
Sherlock Holmes: The American Years
This collection of new short stories is inspired by the premise that Sherlock Holmes, at least once but possibly more…
Print the Legend
Editors' choice
Since I have never been a Hemingway fan, the plot of Print the Legend only mildly intrigued me. I was…
The Fire Kimono
Tokyo, March, 1700: a storm uproots a huge tree near a Shinto shrine, nearly injuring an elderly priest and uncovering…
The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise
Fin-de-siècle Paris was a macrocosm of art, literature, dancers in the Moulin Rouge and lovers walking along the Seine. However, a…
The Murdered House
This dense novel bears the weight of tragedy, from the shocking murder of a family in remote upper Provence, France…
Tears of Pearl
This fourth mystery starring Lady Emily Ashton begins in 1892, after her marriage to Colin Hargreaves. The newlyweds’ plan for…
City of Dragons
Readers searching for a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, smart-mouthing female version of the classic Sam Spade private detective need look no further…
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