The narrators of Paco Ignacio Taibo II's wonderfully inventive novel, Four Hands, are Greg Simon and Julio Fernandez: investigative journalists uncovering an elaborate plot by an obscure American government agency to vilify the Sandinista leadership in Nicaragua.
As the march of boots echoes from overseas, all nations that border the Pacific and beyond are invited to build pavilions on Treasure Island at the Golden Gate International Exposition, an event dedicated to the pursuit of world peace and brotherhood.
When a missing ancient manuscript is discovered in Rome, Lang Reilly sets out on a dangerous quest to London, Prague, and Rome to find those who would rather kill him than have him reveal its frightening contents.
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Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins reveal the darker side of Victorian London-and a killer's identity-in this "e;well-crafted adventure"e; (Publishers Weekly).
In 1970s Chicago, a young man searches for the woman he lost-and finds a mystery: "e;Clever and surprising, a pleasure of a read"e; (Michael Allen Dymmoch, award-winning author of the Caleb & Thinnes novels).
A man out to save his own skin meets a woman who may be the end of him in a rollicking historical romantic mystery that "e;will utterly delight the reader"e; (Abilene Reporter-News).
This moody murder mystery set during an overnight train journey in 1950s South America "e;delights like strong coffee savored in a cosmopolitan cafe"e; (Publishers Weekly).
While on a visit to a country estate, a lady and her maid ';devise a clever plan to catch the killer' in this mystery set in post-WWI England (Kirkus).
A Victorian-era undertaker plans a funeral for an eccentric duke's pet raven-but the bird's death is soon followed by murder: "e;A most unusual heroine.
A living man is rescued from a coffin on its way to the cemetery-in a puzzling whodunit with an "e;interesting exploration of Victorian mourning practices"e; (Kirkus Reviews).
In this historical mystery series debut, when murder almost occurs at her doorstep, a young innkeeper in ancient Roman Britain must find who's responsible.
"e;Parker's deft evocation of a lost era in Western American history-the life of the mining boom town-and her complex characterization make Leaden Skies an absorbing read.
