Dick and Dee Dee were never big rock ‘n’ roll stars, never had a No. 1 hit in Billboard, but they came close. They flourished at a time when rock still glowed with a certain youthful innocence, back before gigantic corporate... Read More

Four women have turned up dead in Manhattan, each shot through the right eye with a .45 caliber pistol. Although police detective Dave Dillon is convinced he’s dealing with a serial killer, he can’t find enough common denominators... Read More

After one gets past the juvenile title, this is really a funny, engaging, mile-a-minute romp. Charlie Ford—never call her “Charlene”—is a high-spirited twenty-nine-year-old nanny to rich kids. She turned to nannying after almost... Read More

This unabridged reading of the author’s first Martha’s Vineyard mystery (originally published in 2001) introduces that most endearing and unlikely of sleuths, ninety-two-year-old Victoria Trumbull. She’s a well-regarded poet who... Read More

A popular young private high school teacher and her lover are found naked and murdered on a bleak Lake Michigan beach just after the summer season has ended. When Ray Elkins, the very literate and easygoing county sheriff, investigates... Read More

In his fifth Ohio Amish mystery (following Clouds Without Rain and Cast Blue Shadow), the author probes the mechanics and fallout of rumschpringe, that indefinite period during which Amish teenagers are permitted to immerse themselves in... Read More

This book is a persuasive argument for staying on the bus. The author gives a surprisingly detailed accounting of twenty-four fatal airplane crashes that collectively took the lives of such musical stars as Buddy Holly, Patsy Cline, Otis... Read More

The publisher’s "Inside The Minds" series compiles essays from chairman-level executives of major companies to explain to the general reader the current conditions and long-range prospects of a specific industry. This compilation deals... Read More