Kit Ehrman
At Risk (Steve Cline Mysteries)
Pbk published May 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590582659
Kit Ehrman has worked as a groom, veterinary assistant, and barn manager at numerous horse facilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania and currently lives on a horse farm in Columbus, Indiana.This is her debut novel and first in a series which PPP will make available in the UK. www.kitehrman.com
`Kit Ehrman's debut novel, AtRisk, reeks of authenticity, and the hunters and jumpers that are boarded atthis
no-frills garage have personality to burn. When seven of these horses are stolen in the dead of night, Stephen
Cline, the 21-year-old barn manager-in the honored tradition of a Dick Francis hero, vows to track down the
thieves..: The New York Times
'The smart money could make the unusually likable protagonist a favorite in the Francis Stakes:
Kirkus Reviews
'Both horse lovers and crime fans who've never stepped into a stirrup will relish Ehrman's riveting debut...
Ehrman treads Dick Francis territory with a sure foot [and] has created a memorable cast.With his youthful zeal
and perseverance, Steve Cline makes a captivating hero and sleuth, one readers will be eager to see again:
Publishers Weekly
Mary Anna Evans
Effigies
Pbk published May 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590584546
Christine Gentry
Mesozoic Murder
Pbk published June 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590583884
Christine Gentry grew up in Maryland where she spent the summers fish ing and crabbing along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. She has a Psychology degree and worked for Waldenbooks for twenty years. Christine's publications include magazine articles plus fiction and nonfiction books. She has also taught courses in freelance writing and police report writing to law enforcement officials. She lives in Florida.
`Gentry's appealing heroine, who gets ample opportunity to display her resourcefulness and fortitude, and
the intriguing milieu in which she operates, should ensure both a warm reception and a speedy encore.'
Publishers Weekly
'This was a very intriguing book, with a strong storyline, a lot of information about paleontology (without
being in the least pedantic), and excellent characters. Ansel's Amerind personality is new and refreshing, and
she comes across as genuine and likeable. This is a good choice for something a little different:
Mystery News
J M Hayes
Plains Crazy Mad Dog and Englishman Mysteries.
Pbk published April 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590583337
Libby Fischer Hellmann
An Eye for Murder
Pbk published May 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590583760
Nora Kelly
In the Shadow of King's
Pbk published May 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1890208221
AIistair Greenwood, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, hosts a luncheon at his faultless 17th century home. Its perfection is marred by the incompatability of the guests and the arrogance of the host. Gillian Adams, an American scholar revisiting the unversitywhile on sabbatical from Vancouver, finds it distasteful, but she's truly appalled when the eminent Greenwood is gunned down the next day while listening to her lecture. Involved as a witness, she's also hooked into the case by her friendship with Edward Gisborne of the Yard, who had come to hear her and remains to capture Greenwood's killer...
This debut novel, first published in 1983, is polished in its plotting and its prose and beautifully depicts Cambridge, doing for that'ancient seat of learning what Dorothy L. Sayers did long ago for Oxford in Gaudy Night!
Nora Kelly grew up in New Jersey and spent summers on Cape Cod.While living in Cambridge she wrote her first Gillian Adams mystery, In the Shadow of King's. Old Wounds, fourth in the series (now available in the UK by PPP), won the 1999 Arthur Ellis Best Novel Award from the Canadian Crime Writers Association.The author lives in Vancouver, BC, where she teaches part-time. PPP will be releasing the rest of her series in the UK.
'Almost unbelievably, the university-bound detective story with all the wit and panache of Innes, Crispin,
and Amanda Cross in their heyday, is Kelly's first novel: Toronto Globe and Mail
'Especially attractive in this novel is the portrait of one of the main characters, Cambridge itself, and the bit
tersweet emotions it generates in those associated with it: Reviewing the Evidence
Beverley Graves Myers
Painted Veil (Baroque Mystery)
Pbk published April 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590582942
Venice, 1734. Castrato soprano Tito Amato has let fame go to his head. Neglecting his vocal practice for dubious
pleasures, Tito finds himself demoted to secondary roles and overshadowed by a visiting star. When the murder of
scene painter Luca Cavalieri threatens to close the opera house,Titojumps at the chance to reclaim his status byfinding
the killer.
The hunt for the person who wears the mask of Palantinus carriesTito and Augustus'Gussie'Rumbolt,an Englishman
making his Grand Tour, into the treacherous depths of the city dedicated to masquerade and pleasure and reveals
many facets of its multiple religious faiths.
Beverle Graves Myers fell in love with opera at age nine. A Kentucky native, she studied history at the University of Louisville and went on to earn a degree in medicine. After a career in psychiatry, she devoted herself to writing mystery fiction full-time. Painted Veil is the second novel in the Baroque Mystery series.
'Set in 1730s Venice, Myers's second baroque mystery skillfully guides the reader past the dangers of fame to
the nature of music and love, fulfilling the promise of her well-received debut, Interrupted Aria... Myers provides an
insightful and tender look at how those who are different - castrati,women, Jews -were treated at the time, as well as
a wonderful view of elegant, decadent, nothing-is-as-it-seems-from-behind-the-masque Venice.'
Publishers Weeklystarred review
'Powerfully evokes a long-ago world where beauty walks with treachery, and an intrepid hero who can't afford to
lose his voice.' Kirkus Reviews
Reed M & Mayer E
Four for a Boy (John the Eunuch Mysteries)
Pbk published June 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590582101
The husband and wife team of MARY REED and ERIC MAYER had published several short John the Eunuch detections in mystery anthologies and in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine prior to 1999's highly acclaimed first full length novel, One for Sorrow. PPP will be releasing the rest of the series in the UK. http://home.epix.net/-maywrite/
'Written with humor and pathos, this superior historical is sure to please existing fans and send new ones in
search of the rest of the series: Publishers Weekly starred review
'...fans will relish the extra thrill of seeing how John was launched on the career that eventually finds him
working as Justinian's Lord Chamberlain. At some point, every great series needs an "origin story," and this
one's a real corker.' Booklist starred review
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Betty Webb
Desert Wives: A Lena Jones Mystery
Pbk published June 2007 by Poisoned Pen Press at £9.95
ISBN: 1590582721
Betty Webb was a journalist and book reviewer for a Phoenix area newspaper for 14 years. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, she lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her family.The first in the series, Desert Noir, is now available by Poisoned Pen Press UK Ltd. www.bettywebb-mystery.com
`If Betty Webb had gone undercover and written Desert Wives as a piece of investigative journalism, she'd
probably be up for a Pulitzer... Child molestation, property seizures and unexplained deaths, not to mention
the whole enslavement of women and rampant swindling of the state welfare system... The factual details
- supported by research and cited in an afterword - are eye-popping: New York Times
The beauty of the Southwestern backdrop belies the harshness of life, the corrupt officials, brutal men and
frightened women depicted in this arresting novel brimming with moral outrage: Publishers Weekly
