Spur of the Moment, by David Linzee

Spur of the Moment by David Linzee

Spur of the Moment (322 pages) is a work of mystery/suspense by David Linzee. When her opera-fundraiser brother is charged with the crime of killing a donor, mezzo-soprano Renata Radleigh takes it upon herself to clear his name. Her investigation will pull her outside the small world of grand opera and into the big-money, high-risk…

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The Game Warden’s Son by Steven T. Callan

The Game Warden’s Son, by Steven T. Callan

Awarded “Best Outdoor Book” of 2016 by the Outdoor Writers Association of California The Game Warden’s Son (272 pages), is the new memoir by retired fish and game warden, Steven T. Callan. In a follow-up to his 2013 memoir, Badges, Bears, and Eagles, Callan relates a half century of adventures and investigations from the early…

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To Look on Death No More by Leta Serafim

To Look on Death No More by Leta Serafim

To Look on Death No More (240 pages) is a work of historical fiction by Leta Serafim, author of the Greek Island Mysteries, The Devil Takes Half and When the Devil’s Idle. While helping to defend an isolated Greek village from the Nazis, an Irishman meets a local girl and becomes invested in her family’s…

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Everything I Love Restored, by Matthew Freeman

Everything I Love Restored by Matthew Freeman

Everything I Love Restored and Other Poems (152 pages) is the newest anthology by award-winning St. Louis poet Matthew Freeman. Coffeetown published Freeman’s collection Darkness Never Far in 2010 and The Boulevard of Broken Discourse in 2011. “Musician and poet Matt Freeman was once the Dogtown poet; now he’s in U. City, but St. Louis…

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Eating Owen, by Anne E. Beidler

Eating Owen by Anne Beidler

In 2010, Coffeetown Press released a work of historical fiction by Anne E. Beidler based on the mystery of the Nantucket ship Essex titled, Eating Owen: The Imagined True Story of Four Coffins from Nantucket: Abigail, Nancy, Zimri, and Owen (182 pages). The Hollywood blockbuster In the Heart of the Sea tells another version of…

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When The Devil’s Idle by Leta Serafim

When the Devil's Idle by Leta Serafim

When the Devil’s Idle (192 pages) is the second book in Leta Serafim’s Greek Islands Mystery series. While investigating the death of a German tourist on Patmos, Chief Officer Patronas uncovers terrible secrets. Follow the Tribute Books blog tour, starting November 2nd. Book 1, The Devil Takes Half, was a finalist in the mystery category…

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Trio of Lost Souls by Jack Remick

Trio of Lost Souls by Jack Remick

Trio of Lost Souls (242 pages), by Jack Remick, is a work of literary/noir fiction about a journalist turned outlaw who helps a Central Valley farmer stage a risky political campaign against a corrupt incumbent. Trio of Lost Souls is Book Four of The California Quartet, a series of standalone novels about young men coming…

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The Big Bitch by John Patrick Lang

The Big Bitch by John Patrick Lang

Fraud is Doc’s business, but this was personal. The Big Bitch (324 pages) is a work of mystery/suspense by debut author John Patrick Lang. After Doc’s friend Jesus is murdered, he searches for the killer while being paid to investigate a missing person’s case that takes him through a dozen cities and towns up and…

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Trouble in Rooster Paradise, by T.W. Emory

Trouble in Rooster Paradise by T.W. Emory

Seattle, 1950. When men were men, thanks to WWII, and fine dining meant a steak at Canlis. Trouble in Rooster Paradise (256 pages) is a work of mystery/suspense by debut author T.W. Emory. While investigating the death of a high-end shop girl, a lone private eye comes up against some deadly and powerful local characters.…

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Dash in the Blue Pacific, by Cole Alpaugh

Dash in the Blue Pacific by Cole Alpaugh

A guy from Vermont crashes in a tropical paradise ruled by angry gods. It’s a long way home. Dash in the Blue Pacific (256 pages) is Cole Alpaugh’s fourth novel. A lone survivor of a plane crash in the South Pacific is held captive by a tribe of shabby natives. As he heals, Dash learns…

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