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A Once Perfect Place
A JAKE EATON MYSTERY New England-based private investigator Jake Eaton and his canine sidekick Watson return in another fast-paced mystery—this time set in the beautiful mountainside town of Winslow, New Hampshire. Mildreth Gibbon Preston's generous decision to bequest 20,000 acres of mountainous forest to the state of New Hampshire in honor of her late husband sets off a series of events that shatters the peace and threatens the prosperity of a lovely New England town. The aerial surveyor whom Mrs. Preston hires to map the pristine property mysteriously disappears, and Eaton is called in by the elderly woman to unravel what he thinks will be a quick and easy missing-persons case. Jake has...
Strangler
A JAKE EATON MYSTERY New England-based private detective Jake Eaton and his canine sidekick Watson return in their third fast-paced mystery thriller. One of the most disturbing criminals of the twentieth century was the Boston Strangler. Although Albert DeSalvo was convicted for the killings of thirteen Boston women, many have never been satisfied that DeSalvo was the real killer. The murder of DeSalvo in prison forever sealed his lips. Acclaimed mystery writer Larry Maness revisits this crime, speculating that the true killer, a person who might have had ties to a politically powerful Massachusetts family dynasty was allowed to escape. Fast forward thirty years: female Harvard research assistants are being killed. Is it The Strangler or a demented copycat? Boston is in a panic and Jake Eaton fears someone he is close to may be the next victim.
The Voice of God
An ailing mother, the death of his son, and a divorce all converge on Lino Cardosa, forcing him to leave his insurance investigator life and return home to Provincetown. Not long after his return, a fire burns Provincetown's St. Peter the Apostle Church to the ground, church funds are stolen, and the priest, Father Jeremiah Dunn, disappears. When Lino is told that Father Dunn has answers to Lino's son's suicide, he sets out to find the priest and the truth.
The Last Perdoux
A knock on his front door at 3 o’clock in the morning begins a desperate search for a stolen Rembrandt, a diary written by a mother he’d never met, and an uneasy partnership with a Barcelona art dealer. Retired police officer, Theo Zachary, opened his door to much more than a desperate knock. He opened it to a past hidden from him by his adopted parents. What Theo learned when he traveled to Spain to find answers was that he is heir to an art collection stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Details of the collection and his past are contained in his mother’s diary, which is missing. Theo’s quest for both sends him to Italy where an infamous art collector holds the diary and the Rembrandt. Theo balances his desire for the diary, the priceless painting, and news of his father who may still be alive. Theo cannot have all three. He must choose. The choices he makes while avoiding time in an Italian jail, frame this novel like a rare painting.
The Perfect Crime: Unmasking the Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist
Before 11 priceless pieces of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a respected Italian violin maker visited the museum to inspect a rare musical instrument requiring restoration. He took measurements and photographs and reported his findings to the museum’s director. Then, he disappeared. Was the innocent invitation to the violin maker the first step in a complex plot to rob the Gardner? The museum director thinks so and hires Theo R. Perdoux, an expert in worldwide art thefts, to investigate. Inspired by the actual unsolved robbery of Boston’s Gardner Museum, Maness spins a plausible web that races ahead like a shot. The brisk pace and clever twists offer an intriguing explanation why masterpieces worth millions have never been found.
Nantucket Revenge
A JAKE EATON MYSTERY A strange letter, signed "William," sets in motion a series of gruesome events that paralyzes the island of Nantucket—terrorizing both island families and summer tourists. The Fourth of July is William's deadline—the day he promised to exact his final revenge. Private detective Jake Eaton has two days to stop him. Who is William, and why does he hate Nantucket? How has he chosen his victims, and why has he targeted Gloria Gorham, headstrong heiress and manager of the exclusive Island Basin marina? What is the key to his warped mind? As fear grips the island, Eaton and his canine partner Watson search for answers—answers that lie hidden beneath 200 years of Nantucke...
Dirty Whites and Dark Secrets: Sex and Race in Peyton Place
The first full-length scholarly study of Peyton Place, Grace Metalious's classic story of New England indiscretion
On Deadline
Roland Cutter, a middle-aged technology worker not living up to his potential, finds his only prospect at further employment is with a magazine called Emerging Technology. Once there, Roland finds a veritable nut house of people, trade shows and conferences, and companies pitching their products, and tries to keep his head above water and his sanity intact.Sam Kawalski, who Roland replaced at Emerging Technology, was found shot to death in his rental car in Silicon Valley. Roland, concerned that such a fate might befall him, he digs into the inside of the electronics and software industries with a vengeance. He gradually comes to the realization that some of these technologies fit together in very sinister ways. At the same time, others realize that he’s searching into areas that could foil their plans if they are publicized.When confrontation can’t be delayed any longer, Roland is invited into the lion’s den, a secretive high-tech company in Silicon Valley. At the same time, a colleague and friend is unwittingly taken hostage as a pawn by a competing group. Roland has one weekend to figure out how to escape with his freedom and his life.
The Voice of God
An ailing mother, the death of his son, and a divorce all converge on Lino Cardosa, forcing him to leave his insurance investigator life and return home to Provincetown. Not long after his return, a fire burns Provincetown's St. Peter the Apostle church to the ground, church funds are stolen, and the priest, Father Jeremiah Dunn, disappears. When Lino is told that Father Dunn has answers to Lino's son's suicide, he sets out to find the priest and the truth. "Driven by crisp prose, fascinating characters, and a crisis that challenges historical—and personal—faith, the novel dives deep into Provincetown culture, family dynamics, and secrets as dangerous and violent as a riptide. ... a master class in fiction."—Kathryn Mackel, co-author, To Know You (with Shannon Ethridge, HarperCollins)
It Was A Very Bad Year
Eddie Gianelli is helping Joey Bishop's TV wife, Abby Dalton, get out from under a blackmailer, when the news comes through that JFK has been assassinated. Frank Sinatra was a close friend of JFK, and the Rat Pack—including Eddie—rally round Frank to give him moral support. His buddies are the only ones who can really offer Frank any real comfort and after a while they all drift back to making their new movie. Eddie returns to his case, but then he soon hears that Sinatra's son, Frank Jr, has been kidnapped. Eddie continues to search for the blackmailer while trying to help Frank get through his second—and intensely more personal—traumatic experience, all of which eventually leads to murder . . . PRAISE FOR RAT PACK MYSTERY NOVELS “If you remember the Rat Pack era fondly . . . then you won’t stop smiling.”—Booklist on I’m A Fool To Kill You “This breezy caper is unalloyed fun.”—Booklist on I’m A Fool To Kill You “Randisi gives a lively sense of Vegas’s glitz and the glittering, feckless people who flourished in the spotlight.” —Publishers Weekly on I’m A Fool To Kill You
