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Last Stop in Brooklyn: A Mary Handley Mystery (Mary Handley #3)
by Lawrence H. LevyIt's the summer of 1894, and an infidelity case has brought PI Mary Handley to a far corner of Brooklyn: Coney Island. In the midst of her investigation, Mary is contacted by a convicted man's brother to reopen a murder case. A prostitute was killed by a Jack the Ripper copycat years ago in her New York hotel room, but her true killer was never found. Once again it's up to Mary to make right the city's wrongs. New York City's untouchable head of detectives, Thomas Byrnes, swears he put the right man behond bars, but as Mary digs deeper, she finds corruption at the heart of New York's justice system, involving not only the police, but the most powerful of stock titans. Disturbing evidence of other murders begins to surface, each one mimicking Jack the Ripper's style, each one covered up by Thomas Byrnes. As Mary pieces together the extent of the damage, she crosses paths with Harper Lloyd, an investigative reporter. Their relationship grows into a partnership, and perhaps more, and together they must catch a killer who's still out there, and reverse the ruthless workings of New York's elite. It'll be Mary's most dangerous, most personal case yet.
Near Prospect Park: A Mary Handley Mystery (Mary Handley #4)
by Lawrence H. LevyDaring Brooklyn detective Mary Handley teams up with Teddy Roosevelt to solve her husband&’s murder, only to run afoul of nineteenth-century New York&’s elite when she uncovers a dangerous conspiracy. It&’s December 1896, and after marrying a muckraking reporter, detective Mary Handley turns her focus from pursuing new cases to raising her newborn daughter. But when her husband turns up dead, Mary knows her next case must be solving his death. Harper was working on a big story—did it get him killed? She sets out to solve his murder, soon discovering that the investigation goes all the way to the top of the New York food chain. Realizing she&’s outgunned, Mary turns to the one person who might be able to help: Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt. As the two dig deep into the underbelly of New York&’s social scene, they uncover a sinister plot exploiting the city&’s most vulnerable citizens.Don&’t miss any of Lawrence H. Levy&’s enchanting Mary Handley mysteries:SECOND STREET STATION • BROOKLYN ON FIRE • LAST STOP IN BROOKLYN • NEAR PROSPECT PARK
Second Street Station
by Lawrence H. LevyA historical mystery featuring the witty and wily Mary Handley, the first woman detective in Brooklyn, as she tries to prove herself in a man's world while solving a high profile murder. Mary Handley is a not your typical late-nineteenth century lady. She's fiery, clever, daring--and she's not about to conform to the gender norms of the day. Not long after being fired from her job at the hat factory for insubordinate behavior, Mary finds herself at the murder scene of Charles Goodrich, the brother of a prominent alderman and former bookkeeper of Thomas Edison. When Mary proves her acumen as a sleuth, she is hired by the Brooklyn police department--as the city's first female policewoman--to solve the crime. The top brass of the department expect her to fail, but Mary has other plans. As she delves into the mystery, she finds herself questioning the likes of J. P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla. Mary soon discovers the key to solving the case goes well beyond finding a murderer and depends on her ability to unearth the machinations of the city's most prominent and respected public figures, men who will go to great lengths to protect their secrets.Much like Mr. Churchill's Secretary and Maisie Dobbs, Second Street Station presents a portrait of a world plunging into modernity through the eyes of a clever female sleuth. Mary Handley is an unforgettable protagonist whose wit, humor, and charm will delight readers from the very first page.
Love and Madness: The Murder of Martha Ray, Mistress of the Fourth Earl of Sandwich
by Martin LevyIn eighteenth-century England the aristocracy dominated the imagination, their exploits -- and misdeeds -- discussed, debated, and gossiped about in the salons and parlors of London. Now author Martin Levy vividly re-creates one of the most shocking and scandalous events of the period, in a riveting true tale of passion, obsession, murder, and courtroom drama. On a spring evening in the year 1779, a young woman emerged from London's Covent Garden Theatre amid a grand swirl of lords and ladies, their servants and coachmen. From out of the shadows a man emerged, dressed in a black suit. He raised a pistol and fired one fatal shot point-blank into the woman's head. A sudden and brutal murder, it was all the more shocking because of the identities of those involved. The victim was Martha Ray, famed aficionada of fashion and the arts, and longtime live-in mistress of the Earl of Sandwich, high-ranking minister to King George III. The assailant was James Hackman, a respected Anglican minister and Martha Ray's former lover. It was a savage crime that rocked both British high society and the church, and inflamed the interest and imagination of such renowned personages as Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, noted biographer and lover of prostitutes and executions. And it resulted in a courtroom extravaganza unique in the annals of legal proceedings -- where passion was the motive, the madness of "momentary phrenzy" the mitigating circumstance . . . and love the ultimate justification for a crazed act of murder. With consummate skill, author Martin Levy brings to breathtaking life the sights and sounds of an unparalleled era in history -- when hangings were public entertainment and debauchery was a popular pastime of the wealthy and the titled -- and expertly unravels the mystery behind a truly sensational slaying. Fascinating, startling, edifying, and entertaining, Love and Madness is a brilliant tale of crime and punishment as vivid and compelling as the headlines of today.
Gallo
by Eduardo Levy YeyatiUn policial distinto, un libro que se desvía de las convenciones paraser cada vez más efectivo. La historia de un investigador sui generisque asombra. El hombre es tentado y decepcionado por una historia terrible. Cuandofinalmente retoma la pista, los resultados son tan contundentes comoimprevisibles.Escrita con un sentido secreto del tiempo, como si cada oraciónestuviera en posesión de un segundero, Gallo organiza al policial demanera diferente a como generalmente se planteaba en los thrillerslocales. Los hechos están muchas veces al borde de la inverosimilitud,sostenidos por una atmósfera alucinante que recuerda los films de RidleyScott. Los personajes y las circunstancias solicitan continuamentenuestro asombro. Así no es fácil aburrirse. Gallo es un antídoto contrael aburrimiento. Una primera novela que determina su propio canon deperfección.
Little Falls: A Novel
by Elizabeth LewesShe tried to forget the horrors of war--but her quiet hometown conceals a litany of new evils. Sergeant Camille Waresch did everything she could to forget Iraq. She went home to Eastern Washington and got a quiet job. She connected with her daughter, Sophie, whom she had left as a baby. She got sober. But the ghosts of her past were never far behind. While conducting a routine property tax inspection on an isolated ranch, Camille discovers a teenager's tortured corpse hanging in a dilapidated outbuilding. In a flash, her combat-related PTSD resurges--and in her dreams, the hanging boy merges with a young soldier whose eerily similar death still haunts her. The case hits home when Sophie reveals that the victim was her ex-boyfriend--and as Camille investigates, she uncovers a tangled trail that leads to his jealous younger brother and her own daughter, wild, defiant, and ensnared. The closer Camille gets to the truth, the closer she is driven to the edge. Her home is broken into. Her truck is blown up. Evidence and witnesses she remembers clearly are erased. And when Sophie disappears, Camille's hunt for justice becomes a hunt for her child. At a remote compound where the terrifying truth is finally revealed, Camille has one last chance to save her daughter--and redeem her own shattered soul.
I, Anna
by Elsa LewinReeling from a divorce, a woman commits a brutal murder Anna&’s husband has left her, and he took their friends with him. Fifty years old and on her own for the first time in decades, Anna drifts through the world of Manhattan singles parties, where wrinkled women fight for the right to flirt with paunchy, middle-aged men. One night she lets herself be taken home by one of these flabby lotharios, but when the man wants more than ordinary sex, Anna snaps. She bashes his head in, hitting him over and over until his face is nothing but a bloody mess. The next morning, she doesn&’t remember a thing. The detective investigating the murder is transfixed by Anna, and they begin a hesitant love affair. But as more and more evidence points to Anna, and her memory of that fateful night comes creeping back, this budding romance may take a turn for the worse.
A Conviction of Guilt
by Matthew LewinThe unexplained murder of American PI Murdoch Finnegan at his flat in Belsize Park poses a complex mystery for Horatio T. Parker, chief crime reporter (and secret owner) of the Hampstead Explorer. Not only is the murder apparently motiveless, but it also emerges that in his will Finnegan has left Parker - already a multi-millionaire - a curious house in Golders Green. Parker, slightly distracted by the gorgeous Samantha McDuff (a karate expert with an excruciating handshake), begins a dangerous investigation which leads him back to the horrifying abduction and murder of a little girl in 1970s London. Parker's investigative methods are amusingly eccentric, and the story is enlivened by a Jewish policeman-cum-Talmudic scholar and Parker's chauffeur, a cheeky Cockney ex-cabby. But there is no humour in the story's climax, which plumbs the dark depths of fury and retribution. Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.
A Picture of Innocence
by Matthew LewinWhen professional burglar, Albert 'Wheezy' Wallis, is found dead in a car full of exhaust fumes, with handcuff bruises on his wrists, the police assume it's a case of underworld revenge. But Wheezy's old friend - reporter for the Hampstead Explorer and secret millionaire Horatio T. Parker - is not convinced. After suffering a terrifying ordeal himself, Parker becomes more determined than ever to unravel the mystery. Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.
Unseen Witness (Horatio Parker Mysteries Ser.)
by Matthew LewinThere had been nothing to suggest that Hampstead crime reporter Horatio T. Parker's day would be anything out of the ordinary. So when he discovers that he has just inherited £52 million, and that his old friend turned sultry film star Monique Karanekian has been murdered, things take a turn for the bizarre. Shattered by his wife's death, dashing Hampstead MP Malcolm Halifax offers the bewildered Parker a scoop: Monique's personal diaries. Despite being a gossip-fuelled Who's Who of the film world, they seem banal - but when Parker's home is ransacked, and murder is committed, he knows he must have something explosive in his hands. Parker's quest for the truth leads him into the murky depths of blackmail and deceit, and to a long list of people who all had reason to want Monique dead. Now someone's after Parker, someone capable of violence previously unheard of in genteel, leafy Hampstead . . . Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.
A Conviction of Guilt (Horatio Parker Mysteries)
by Matthew Z. LewinThe unexplained murder of American PI Murdoch Finnegan at his flat in Belsize Park poses a complex mystery for Horatio T. Parker, chief crime reporter (and secret owner) of the Hampstead Explorer. Not only is the murder apparently motiveless, but it also emerges that in his will Finnegan has left Parker - already a multi-millionaire - a curious house in Golders Green.Parker, slightly distracted by the gorgeous Samantha McDuff (a karate expert with an excruciating handshake), begins a dangerous investigation which leads him back to the horrifying abduction and murder of a little girl in 1970s London. Parker's investigative methods are amusingly eccentric, and the story is enlivened by a Jewish policeman-cum-Talmudic scholar and Parker's chauffeur, a cheeky Cockney ex-cabby. But there is no humour in the story's climax, which plumbs the dark depths of fury and retribution.Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.
A Picture of Innocence (Horatio Parker Mysteries)
by Matthew Z. LewinWhen professional burglar, Albert 'Wheezy' Wallis, is found dead in a car full of exhaust fumes, with handcuff bruises on his wrists, the police assume it's a case of underworld revenge. But Wheezy's old friend - reporter for the Hampstead Explorer and secret millionaire Horatio T. Parker - is not convinced. After suffering a terrifying ordeal himself, Parker becomes more determined than ever to unravel the mystery.Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.
Unseen Witness (Horatio Parker Mysteries)
by Matthew Z. LewinThere had been nothing to suggest that Hampstead crime reporter Horatio T. Parker's day would be anything out of the ordinary. So when he discovers that he has just inherited £52 million, and that his old friend turned sultry film star Monique Karanekian has been murdered, things take a turn for the bizarre.Shattered by his wife's death, dashing Hampstead MP Malcolm Halifax offers the bewildered Parker a scoop: Monique's personal diaries. Despite being a gossip-fuelled Who's Who of the film world, they seem banal - but when Parker's home is ransacked, and murder is committed, he knows he must have something explosive in his hands.Parker's quest for the truth leads him into the murky depths of blackmail and deceit, and to a long list of people who all had reason to want Monique dead. Now someone's after Parker, someone capable of violence previously unheard of in genteel, leafy Hampstead . . .Originally published under the author name Lew Matthews.
The Albert Samson Mysteries Volume One: Ask the Right Question, The Way We Die Now, and The Enemies Within (The Albert Samson Mysteries)
by Michael Z. LewinA trio of thrilling cases for the Indianapolis private eye from the “fast, funny, and brilliant” three-time Edgar Award finalist (Wall Street Journal). Michael Lewin “has brains and style”—and so does his Indy gumshoe, Albert Samson, so relaxed he doesn’t even carry a gun. In these three mysteries collected in one volume, Samson uses his wits to solve some very seedy crimes (Los Angeles Times). Ask the Right Question: Private investigator Albert Samson gets a shake-up with his new client: sixteen-year-old Eloise Crystal is desperate to find her biological father. What the detective unearths is the kind of dirt that makes people do desperate things. Thrust into a moneyed clan of old secrets and killer deceptions, Samson discovers that the first lie may be Eloise’s. The Way We Die Now: When Vietnam veteran Ralph Tomanek is charged with manslaughter, Samson believes there’s more to the story. But why was a man with a history of PTSD hired as an armed guard in the first place? The answer is a dizzying case of blackmail that lands Samson on the wrong end of the gun. The Enemies Within: Samson’s new client is Bennett Willson, a struggling writer looking for justice. It’s a pretty glitzy case for the cheapest detective in Indianapolis: Strong-arm a big-time Broadway producer who allegedly stole Willson’s play. Unfortunately, Willson proves to be as pure as the Indianapolis slush. What he wants is revenge. For Samson, finding out why could mean the final curtain call. The recipient of a Mystery Masters Award, a Raymond Chandler Society Award, and a Maltese Falcon Society Award, Michael Lewin, “writes with style and sensibility and wit . . . He can frighten the reader, too” (Ross Macdonald).
And Baby Will Fall
by Michael Z. LewinIndianapolis social worker Adele Buffington's caseload is unusually heavy: Solve a murder, find a missing mother and her young daughters, stay alive Adele Buffington is working late when she's startled by an intruder. The next day a man is found murdered. The note pinned to his jacket reads, "Hands off, social workers!" Then, a woman and her two young daughters go missing. When Adele decides to launch her own investigation, with the help--or hindrance--of PI Albert Samson and Lt. Leroy Powder, she quickly finds herself out of her depth, haunted by echoes of her own past and by a killer who could obliterate her future.
Ask the Right Question: Ask The Right Question, The Way We Die Now, And The Enemies Within (The Albert Samson Mysteries #1)
by Michael Z. LewinAn Edgar Award Finalist: A teenager's search for her birth father sends Indianapolis PI Albert Samson on a quest that rattles the skeletons in an old-money family's closet It's a slow afternoon for Indianapolis private detective Albert Samson. He's just awoken from an office doze when a new client walks in. Sixteen-year-old Eloise Crystal recently discovered that her blood type doesn't match either of her parents', and she wants Samson to find her biological father. Skeptical, but one hundred dollars richer, Samson begins some preliminary digging. What he unearths is the kind of dirt that makes people do desperate things--and it thrusts him into a shifting world of lies, deceit, and murderous secrets.
Called by a Panther (The Albert Samson Mysteries #7)
by Michael Z. LewinBusiness is picking up for Indianapolis PI Albert Samson--until three intersecting cases land him on the city's Most Wanted list Unusually, Albert Samson, Indy's least successful PI, is working three cases at once: An ecoterrorist group threatens to bomb the city, an obnoxious poet wants help murdering his wife, and a mysterious package needs a courier. Thankfully, the Scum Front has only blown up fallow cornfields so far. But the poet is not, in fact, married. And why would a beautiful socialite hire him as a delivery boy? The minutes tick down as the three seemingly unrelated cases collide and Samson races to find the missing explosives and nail the culprit.
The Enemies Within: Ask The Right Question, The Way We Die Now, And The Enemies Within (The Albert Samson Mysteries #3)
by Michael Z. LewinPI Albert Samson takes on a new and deceptively dangerous case in the dead of an Indianapolis winter After a Florida vacation spent at the horse races--turning a measly profit of eighty-two cents before expenses--private detective Albert Samson is back in slushy, freezing Indy, where, thankfully, it's a short walk from his living room to his office door. On this night, he opens it to find a hesitant stranger in an overcoat standing there. With some prodding from the PI, Bennett Willson admits he wants Samson to strong-arm the Broadway producer who stole his play. It turns out that the cleverly crafted story is as bogus as the client himself. Samson blows the lid off a simmering brew of hatred and revenge--leaving his own life hanging in the balance.
Eye Opener: An Albert Samson Mystery (The Albert Samson Mysteries #8)
by Michael Z. LewinIndianapolis PI Albert Samson gets his license back just in time to take on a high-profile, big-bucks case After a falling out with a cop cost him his PI license, Albert Samson is thrilled to be reinstated. Within hours, he has two new clients. But the real payday arrives when he is co-opted onto the defense team for a man accused of a series of extremely ugly crimes. Of all the private eyes in town, why have the lawyers handpicked Samson for the biggest case to hit Indianapolis in decades? With cash in hand, Samson starts investigating. But what he finds isn't pretty . . .
Family Business (The Lunghi Family Mysteries #1)
by Michael Z. LewinNo case is too small--or too strange--for the Lunghi family detective agency For the Lunghis of Bath, England, detecting is best discussed around the family dinner table; everyone gets a say. The various members of the Lunghi family are old and cantankerous, young and bolshie, responsible, clever, and even artistic. But relentless curiosity is the one quality they all possess. The Lunghi Detective Agency's latest client, pretty, thirty-something Eileen Shayler, suspects that her husband, Jack Shayler, is in terrible trouble. Jack failed to return the bottle of dishwashing liquid to its proper place under the sink. Thus, he could be having an affair. Or he has a gambling problem and owes money to his bookie. When the case suddenly collides with several others, the Lunghis will find themselves knee-deep in an unsolved murder, a mysterious stakeout, and some damning personal secrets.
Hard Line: A Lt Leroy Powder Novel (The Lt. Leroy Powder Novels #2)
by Michael Z. LewinReluctantly heading up the Indianapolis PD's Missing Persons Bureau, Lt. Leroy Powder investigates a series of unusual cases while training a female sergeant Indianapolis police lieutenant Leroy Powder's new job in Missing Persons calls for tact, sensitivity, and diplomacy: three traits no one would use to describe the lieutenant. He also has to break in a new sergeant, Carollee Fleetwood. Taking a bullet for her partner in the line of duty made Fleetwood a hero. It also relegated her to a wheelchair. But this cop gives as good as she gets, and won't take any sass from her unconventional superior as, together, the two take on a series of very strange cases.
Late Payments (The Lt. Leroy Powder Novels #3)
by Michael Z. LewinA child reports a missing father, Indianapolis's disabled are being killed off, and Lt. Leroy Powder's sergeant is hassling him: just an ordinary day for the cranky cop Lt. Leroy Powder, the crankiest and most arrogant cop on the Indianapolis PD, is presented with a seemingly routine case: A twelve-year-old kid wants to report his dad missing. But Powder knows that the most complicated cases often start with something apparently simple. And now his own son has just been released from prison. As Powder's work and personal life collide, there's nothing left to do but deal with it. And--if possible--steer clear of a conspiracy that puts him in the sights of the FBI.
Missing Woman (The Albert Samson Mysteries #5)
by Michael Z. LewinIndianapolis's least employed PI, Albert Samson, heads to southern Indiana in search of a missing woman Facing insolvency and imminent eviction, private detective Albert Samson finally catches a break. Elizabeth Staedtler hires him to find her missing friend, Priscilla. But is Priscilla really missing or has she simply run away from her husband? Conducting an investigation in an unfamiliar city lands Samson a stint in lockup, two murderers on his tail, and a narrow escape from his own violent end that makes the dispossessed detective consider hanging up his gumshoes for good.
Night Cover (The Lt. Leroy Powder Novels #1)
by Michael Z. LewinLt. Leroy Powder, Indianapolis PD, investigates a series of gruesome murders and the disappearance of a teenage girl Six burglaries, two assaults, one armed robbery, and a bomb scare all come in at the tail end of Lt. Leroy Powder's swing shift in the night cover room of the Indianapolis PD--a shift he's been working for nineteen years. About to wrap up, he gets a call from low-level criminal Johnny Uncle, who claims to have found a body. The cause of death is strangulation. There's no sign of sexual assault, no apparent motive, and no form of ID on the corpse--including prints because the killer took a sledgehammer to the victim's hands postmortem. But Powder's problems have only begun: This body won't be the last.
Out of Season (The Albert Samson Mysteries #6)
by Michael Z. LewinInvestigating a fake birth certificate leads Indianapolis PI Albert Samson to ask why a woman would abandon her only child A short television spot about the life of the average private eye gives Albert Samson hope that his economic blues are about to disappear. Better yet, his newest case looks promising too. He's just been paid a hefty retainer by Paula Belter, who has discovered that her birth certificate is a fake. There's no record of her existence. The trail leads to an unsolved murder and a highly publicized trial that dates back decades. But as Samson connects the dots, he doesn't end up with a pretty picture. As another murder sends the investigation spiraling out of control, the PI edges closer to the dangerous truth.