Michael Kilian
The Shiloh Sisters
One evening in 1862, the wife of an influential congressman visits General Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters. She fears for her…
A Sinful Safari
Bedford Green, an art gallery owner in 1920s Greenwich Village, reluctantly agrees to accompany his beautiful assistant Sloane Smith on…
The Uninvited Countess
The story starts with humorous banter between art dealer Bedford Green and his “famously tall and lovely assistant” Sloane. It’s…
The Ironclad Alibi
Disaffected Virginian Harrison Raines returns to the fray as a Union spy in Michael Kilian’s latest novel featuring the energetic…
A Grave at Glorieta
Michael Kilian’s U.S. Civil War secret agent, Harrison Raines, journeys to New Mexico to combat Confederate agents in his fourth…
The Weeping Woman
Michael Kilian’s day job consists of writing a weekly newspaper column, mostly commenting with a rather attractive, sly shallowness on…
A Killing at Ball’s Bluff: A Harrison Raines Civil War Mystery
Ball’s Bluff was a relatively insignificant affair when compared with the carnage at Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg. Civil War historians…
Murder at Manassas: A Harrison Raines Civil War Mystery
The author, a longtime Washington correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, puts his passion for American history and his impressive knowledge…
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