Illicit Trade, by Michael Niemann

Illicit Trade (6×9 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60381-589-5, 244, $14.95) is the all-new second book in Michael Niemann’s Valentin Vermeulen mystery/thriller series. The story takes place in New York City, Newark, Vienna, and Nairobi. When two illegal immigrants with forged UN papers are found dead, Vermeulen is assigned to investigate. The case will take him deep…

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From the Devil’s Farm, by Leta Serafim

From the Devil's Farm by Leta Sarafim

From the Devil’s Farm (208 pages), is the third book in Leta Serafim’s Greek Islands Mystery series. The discovery of a murdered child on Sifnos saddens Chief Officer Patronas and his colleagues, who are at a loss for a viable suspect among the migrants that crowd the island or the Greek nationals who resent their…

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Enter by the Narrow Gate, by David Carlson

Enter by the Narrow Gate by David Carlson

Just how far can religious faith go astray? Enter by the Narrow Gate (244 pages) is the first book in a new mystery/thriller series by David Carlson featuring Christopher Worthy and Father Fortis. After a nun is murdered while on retreat in a monastery, an Orthodox monk solicits the help of his Detroit Detective friend…

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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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The Devil Takes Half, by Leta Serafim

The Devil Takes Half by Leta Serafim

The Devil Takes Half (256 pages), is the first book in the Greek Islands Mystery series, by new author Leta Serafim. A police officer with domestic problems and no experience with homicide sets out to find the killer of a beautiful archeologist. (Starred Review–Featured as a Best Summer Debut) “Serafim’s dense prose is perfect for…

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Death of a Dean, by Hazel Holt

Death of a Dean by Hazel Holt

Death of a Dean, by Hazel Holt While in Stratford, widow Sheila Malory always stays with her old friend, actor David Beaumont. On this visit she finds him in dire straits: his career is on the skids and his finances are in ruins. Unless he can convince his penny-pinching brother Francis to sell their jointly…

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Superfluous Death, by Hazel Holt

Superfluous Death by Hazel Holt

Superfluous Death, by Hazel Holt The sleepy seaside town of Taviscombe has more than its share of gossips and schemers. It also has Mrs. Sheila Malory, a widow whose gift for judging character and unmasking murderers is as impressive as her knowledge of nineteenth-century literature. Mrs. Malory’s sleuthing talents are tested once again when she…

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Murder on Campus, by Hazel Holt

Murder on Campus by Hazel Holt

Murder on Campus, by Hazel Holt A small university in Pennsylvania has engaged Mrs. Sheila Malory to teach a course on Nineteenth-Century Women writers, and so, with some reluctance, the widow leaves her home in the charming seaside village of Taviscombe to experience academic life in America. The semester will prove even more challenging than…

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Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder, by Hazel Holt

Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder by Hazel Holt

Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder, by Hazel Holt Everyone in the small seaside village of Taviscombe is looking forward to the festival. So is Mrs. Sheila Malory—that is, until the unpleasant Adrian Palgrove joins the planning committee. Mrs. Malory, an avid reader of nineteenth century literature, is dismayed to find the man constantly in…

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The Shortest Journey, by Hazel Holt

The Shortest Journey by Hazel Holt

The Shortest Journey, by Hazel Holt Mrs. Edith Rossiter, a rich matron, also has a wealth of greedy relatives–a cold-blooded daughter, a wastrel son, and a desperate sister. Because she is in excellent health, none of them can hope to inherit anytime soon … So when Edith vanishes from Taviscombe’s finest nursing home, the police…

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