Poisoned Pen Press
Sweeping Up Glass
After reading Carolyn Wall’s debut novel, I literally could not move. With its haunting images of racial bias from the…
Seven for a Secret
In 6th-century Byzantium, John Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian discovers that name-dropping can be fatal. John confides his evening thoughts…
Raisins and Almonds
This is the ninth installment in Kerry Greenwood’s series featuring Phryne Fisher, a wealthy, fashionable private investigator in Melbourne,…
The Angel Gang
“Turn on the radio, would you, Denny? … Find something loud, with horns.” So begins this Jazz Age crime…
Listen to the Mockingbird
Every good mystery begins with a murder, and Penny Rudolph’s Listen to the Mockingbird doesn’t disappoint: a young stranger…
The Drop Edge of Yonder
The engaging Oklahoma farm wife and mother of ten, Alafair Tucker (The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, Hornswoggled), is…
Blood and Circuses
This is the 6th in a series of sixteen mysteries Kerry Greenwood has written featuring the Honourable Phryne Fisher, a…
The Venus Deal
As World War II home front San Diego deals with blackouts and shortages, 37-year-old ex-cop Tom Hickey is moonlighting as…
Stream Of Death
This is the first paperback edition of Stream of Death. The story is set in bucolic Peekamoose Heights, a village…
Justice for the Damned
In the spring of 1272, Eleanor, the 22-year-old prioress of Tyndal Abbey, travels to Amesbury Priory to recover from a…
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