History Lessons

History Lessons

A history professor must solve a colleague’s murder when she is targeted by his killer in this series opening campus mystery that marries the romance of Dorothy Sayers and the wit of Issa Rae’s Insecure. Perfect for crime readers who love a mix of humor...
Murder by Moonlight

Murder by Moonlight

Meet Freddie Archer! Inspired by one of the first real-life columnists at the New Yorker, Freddie writes a column about the glamorous world of New York in the 1920s. Bony Johnson is the son of a woman who helped raise Freddie. He’s twelve-years old, owner of the...
Back in Black

Back in Black

When Ellison’s friend Kay Morrison visits Kansas City from New York, there are certain women who turn green with envy. After all, Kay works in the fashion industry, she actually attended the Battle of Versailles, and her clothes are to die for. But Ellison is...
Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

Thanksgiving night in Kansas City means the Plaza Lighting Ceremony. When Ellison Jones and her family go to her great-aunt’s apartment to see the lights come on, she doesn’t anticipate a murder (she never does). But when a shirt-tail relative falls from a...
Late Checkout

Late Checkout

Motel proprietor Mess Hopkins is more interested in helping others than turning a profit, so he opens the doors of the Fairfax Manor Inn to those seeking refuge from a bad situation. But when his cousin Finn shows up in trouble, his world is rocked, because Mess had...