"Fans of Anna Lee Huber and Rhys Bowen will love this engaging historical mystery that follows Freddie Archer as she solves crimes surrounded by real-life celebrities of Broadway, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Algonquin Round Table. "
"Prudence Davies is one of Ellison Jones's least favorite people on earth. She's vindictive. She's mean. And the two share a twisted history. Or, they did.
When Prudence is murdered after a very public spat, Ellison finds herself a murder suspect. Worse, the investigating officer has it in for Ellison's homicide detective husband.
Old secrets. Old lies. New drama.
Can Ellison find the killer or will the bad blood between her and Prudence mean the end to all she holds dear?"
"An enticing historical mystery that follows a crime-solving female reporter in the glamorous world of 1920s Manhattan, from the author of The Deep End.
"Sex and the City, circa 1920." -Kirkus Reviews
This writer just found her next scoop … and it's deadly.
New York, 1925: Freddie Archer frequents speakeasies and wild parties with her friends Dorothy Parker and Tallulah Bankhead. And the best part is that it's all in a day's work. Freddie writes the nightlife column for Gotham Magazine.
But Freddie's latest piece just won her a bit more attention than she bargained for-from the police. A man mentioned in her column has been murdered. And Freddie is asked to keep an eye out for his fashionable female dinner companion. She's told in no uncertain terms to stay out of the case herself.
So naturally, Freddie throws herself into an investigation that takes her from the elegant stores that line Fifth Avenue to the tenements south of Houston Street. Now, between sipping gin rickeys with Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and casting Broadway shows with Groucho Marx, she's dodging bullets and dating a potentially dangerous bootlegger.
Freddie wanted adventure and excitement. But will she survive it?"
"A dead body in the trunk of a car. It's the Kansas City mob's signature.
So why is a member of Ellison's circle found shot to death in a sedan at the country club?
Did Baxter Phelps have ties to the mafia? Did they make him an offer he couldn't refuse? Is Baxter's widow Helen in danger?
As Ellison is drawn into a dangerous investigation, she can't help but think maybe this time Mother is right. She should mind her own business."
"When Ellison's friend Kay Morrison visits Kansas City from New York, there are certain women who turn green with envy. After all, Kay works in the fashion industry, she actually attended the Battle of Versailles, and her clothes are to die for. Maybe literally.
Ellison is convinced someone is trying to kill her friend. Kay is convinced that finding too many bodies has made Ellison paranoid.
Both of them are right.
Can Ellison catch a killer before it's too late?"
"Thanksgiving night in Kansas City means the Plaza Lighting Ceremony.
When Ellison Jones and her family go to her great-aunt's apartment to see the lights come on, she doesn't anticipate a murder (she never does). But when a shirt-tail relative falls from a seventeenth-floor balcony, she and Anarchy are drawn into the investigation.
Can they catch a killer before anyone else dies?"
"Ellison Russell Jones's best friend Libba has a questionable track record when it comes to men. But finally—finally—she's selected a good one.
Charlie Ardmore hales from a fine family, plays a mean game of golf, and is a cardiologist.
Even Mother approves.
But when Charlie's patients start dying, the whispers begin. Is Charlie a killer?
Could Harrington Walford, Ellison's beloved father and one of Charlie's patients, be the next to die?
Can Ellison stop a killer in time?"
"Frances Walford's daughter, Ellison Russell, has developed the truly deplorable habit of finding bodies. And Frances can't help but scold her about it.
But when Ellison goes to Europe, Frances finds a corpse of her own.
Can she help catch a killer and keep her involvement a secret?
This is a short novella told from Frances's point of view. Chronologically it falls between The Deep End and Guaranteed to Bleed."
"Ellison Jones is used to sirens in the night (unfortunately, they're usually coming to her house).
So, it's a surprise when the sirens that wake her from the dead come from across the street.
Nosy neighbor Marian Dixon's house is on fire.
Luckily, the Dixons are out of town.
Unluckily, there's a body found in the ashes—a body not killed by the fire.
With Ellison's husband, Detective Anarchy Jones, investigating, the neighbors are eager for a quick resolution. But a cunning killer has other plans.
Can Ellison and Anarchy uncover the truth, or will their lives (and the rest of the block) go up in flames?"
"No good deed goes unpunished.
The trouble started in Greece with a favor for her new father-in-law. When Poppy Fields picked up a package in Athens, she had no idea how many people were interested in its contents. Desperately interested. Murderously interested.
Now she's on the run, racing across Turkey in a cat-and-mouse game with multiple killers. Because what's in the package could change the world."
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