Introduction George Gates was a travel writer who specialized in places where people disappeared — Judge Crater, the Lost Colony. Then his eight-year-old son was murdered, the killer never found, and Gates gave up disappearance. Now he writes for the town paper, stories of redemptive triviality about flower festivals and local celebrities, and spends his [...]
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Martin, Andrew — Murder at Deviation Junction: A Jim Stringer Mystery
“Andrew Martin draws readers . . . into the romance, mystery and danger of the railroad age . . . no matter how deeply Jim plunges into the poverty and filth of England’s industrial age, he never loses his sense of wonder at the monstrous beauty of its great machines.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times [...]
Fulmer, David — Lost River: A Valentin St. Cyr Mystery
“Valentin’s fourth case immediately draws the reader into its tapestry of the Big Easy in a memorable bygone era.” – Kirkus Reviews “Enjoyable . . . With his usual lucid prose, Fulmer details the grubby ‘crib’ life that exploited scores of women prostitutes while padding rich men’s wallets . . . those looking for some [...]
