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Fair Play’s a Jewel
On a hot July morning in the summer of 1903, insurance investigator Harry Reese learns his secretive wife Emmie is planning a trip to Portland, Maine. Could she be heading for an assignation with the mysterious stranger who called for her at the apartment? Or is she instead leading Harry into yet another befuddling murder mystery peopled by a plethora of peculiar characters, with herself once again acting as befuddler-in-chief? Before this case is solved, our heroes will have gained a knowledge of cockney rhyming slang, 17th-century cant, and the mating habits of the American eel; confronted a snooping Pinkerton of fictional origin; come to terms with a pirate publisher; and waded through a veritable ocean of false identities. For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com keywords: mystery, humorous mystery, cozy mystery, funny mystery, historical mystery, Harry Reese Mystery, 1900, Brooklyn, New York, P.G. Wodehouse, parody, Edmund Crispin, Nick and Nora, The Thin Man, Wodehouse mystery
A Charm of Powerful Trouble
It’s not surprising that a case that begins with a killing in a faux Chinatown and ends in a séance would include a generous helping of farce. But not even Harry Reese—a man well used to a life only loosely tethered to reality—is prepared for what he encounters that autumn in 1902. Before it’s over, he’ll meet cricket ranchers, vaudeville artistes, white slavers, morality crusaders, circus roustabouts, and wayward Utopians, and frequently become sidetracked by the need to rescue his loved ones from jail, or the clutches of a ruthless tong. Is it any wonder the case was put in motion by the machinations of his dear wife Emmie? For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com keywords: mystery, humorous mystery, cozy mystery, funny mystery, historical mystery, Harry Reese Mystery, 1900, Brooklyn, New York, P.G. Wodehouse, parody, Edmund Crispin, Nick and Nora, The Thin Man, Wodehouse mystery
A Christmas Most Shocking
In December 1906, Harry Reese follows his roving wife to Washington for a reunion with the formidable Countess von Schnurrenberger und Kesselheim. There he finds himself entangled in a mystery involving an erotic novel, a meat cleaver, several coded communiqués, a potent female aphrodisiac, a certain bit of anatomy belonging to a certain senator’s wife, and, most tellingly, a German count who has mansplained himself into an early grave… This novel is told in two parts. In the first, Harry provides an account of the crimes, suspects, and clues—including myriad misdirections—as he assists the pompous police detective working the case. In the second part, told by a precocious young girl then staying with the countess, details are filled in, motivations explained, and secrets revealed…. For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com Keywords: Humorous comedic parody funny comedy Humor satire farcical saga cozy mystery historical historic 1900 turn-of-the-century love marriage family life relationship Christmas xmas holidays Coming of Age Washington DC D.C. Kalorama murder bawdy Sherlock Holmes woman
Always a Cold Deck
In July 1900, hapless insurance investigator Harry Reese travels to Buffalo to look into a suspicious fire. But when Harry uncovers a smuggling ring, the case morphs into something more sinister, and he’s faced with a new set of questions. What’s become of the notorious ringleader? And was the missing Charles Elwell killed for the insurance money? Or is he alive and sharing in the proceeds? To find the answers, Harry travels to Canada and back in the company of a political boss’s conniving stooge and a curious young woman who seems to be conducting an investigation of her own. It’s a byzantine odyssey, during which Harry can never be sure of anyone’s loyalties, least of all those who’ve hired him. For more information on the series, please visit: http://www.HarryReeseMysteries.com/ keywords: mystery, humorous mystery, cozy mystery, funny mystery, historical mystery, Harry Reese Mystery, 1900, Washington, DC, P.G. Wodehouse, parody, Edmund Crispin, Nick and Nora, Wodehouse mystery
Posing in Paradise
In 1905, the great Henry James arrives in Northampton, Massachusetts, to deliver a lecture to the local literati. He is feted in a grand style—and so is the Englishman impersonating him. In the meantime, a vacationing Harry Reese has stumbled upon a body marinating in an abandoned canal bed. But rather than report the corpse, Harry decides to use it to distract his wife Emmie from her own literary ambitions. Then the body vanishes. Twice. These two plots, each sufficiently ludicrous in its own right, coalesce to produce a truly remarkable story, one that dares to answer the age-old question: is it possible for a man to drown in his blancmange? For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com keywords: Humorous comedic parody funny comedy Humor satire farcical saga cozy mystery historical historic 1900 turn-of-the-century love marriage family life relationship Northampton Massachusetts Henry James bawdy Brooklyn insane asylum state hospital murder George Washington Cable Shakespeare
Psi no more...
In this, the third Emmie Reese mystery short story, our heroine is confronted by four separate mysteries, the final one involving a murder in her own home. Emmie is an ambitious young writer who attempts to resurrect a literary magazine in an effort to promote her work. And though the story takes place in 1902, she faces many of the same obstacles young writers of today face—though few of her modern counterparts need worry about vengeful countesses. For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com keywords: mystery, humorous mystery, cozy mystery, funny mystery, historical mystery, Harry Reese Mystery, Emmie Reese Mystery, 1900, Washington, DC, P.G. Wodehouse, parody, Edmund Crispin, Nick and Nora, Wodehouse mystery
Crossings
It’s the spring of 1901, a time when Brooklyn’s own corrupt political machine, Willoughby Street, is more than a match for Manhattan’s Tammany Hall. Harry is seeking a link between the apparent suicide of an insurance agent and the untimely deaths of two of his clients. To solve the case, he must visit gambling parlors, vice dens and, finally, New Jersey, while corrupt cops, opportunistic con men and often his own wife do what they can to mislead him. For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com keywords: mystery, humorous mystery, cozy mystery, funny mystery, historical mystery, Harry Reese Mystery, 1900, Washington, DC, P.G. Wodehouse, parody, Edmund Crispin, Nick and Nora, Wodehouse mystery
Kalorama Shakedown
Boodlers, and pikers, and sly boots, …oh my! It’s December 1901, when the paths of three of the era’s notable characters cross in the nation’s capital: the Wizard of Oz, the Countess von Schnurrenberger und Kesselheim, and Harry Reese, insurance investigator. Harry has come to Washington in order to solve a string of jewelry thefts. But first he must match wits with a throng of thirsty newspapermen, a pack of rapacious lobbyists, and a young devotee of the Wizard’s. And as is usual, his dear wife Emmie has her own agenda. . For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com keywords: mystery, humorous mystery, cozy mystery, funny mystery, historical mystery, Harry Reese Mystery, 1900, Washington, DC, P.G. Wodehouse, PG Wodehouse, parody, Edmund Crispin, Nick and Nora, Wodehouse mystery, free mystery, free wodehouse, The Thin Man, free, freebie
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Hidden Booty
Part mystery, part parody, Hidden Booty is the second Emmie Reese short story. Finding themselves short of money at a fin de siècle French resort town, Harry and Emmie take on the job of finding a missing shipment of gold. Emmie bargains to identify the culprits before their ship reaches New York. And that’s not all she wagers on…. For more information on the series, please visit: HarryReeseMysteries.com keywords: mystery, ship, ocean liner, sea voyage, humorous mystery, cozy mystery, funny mystery, historical mystery, Harry Reese Mystery, Emmie Reese Mystery, 1900, Washington, DC, P.G. Wodehouse, parody, Edmund Crispin, Nick and Nora, Wodehouse mystery
