Mark DeAvecca is a brilliant fifteen-year-old in his first year at the exclusive private academy, Windsor School. Mark, the son of noted commentator Liz Tolliver, grew up in very different circumstances and could not fit in less well. With its...
In her 91 years, Ann-Victoria Hadley has often been the most hated person in Snow Hill, Pennsylvania. But now, it's worse than ever. After a new school board inserted 'intelligent design' into the curriculum, they were sued by a coalition including...
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This agreeable puzzle in the Agatha Christie mold is set in the corrupt realm of modern politics. Haddam ( Precious Blood ) isolates a group of manipulative, influential characters--at least one of whom is a murderer--at a Long...
Gregor Demarkian returns in a mindbending case of death and disappearance amongst the wealthy suburban elite.
In Waldorf Pines, a very rich, gated suburb of Philadelphia, ostentation and pretension are the order of the day. But even by the local...
Eight nights of murder! That's what Hanukkah is shaping up to be in Philadelphia, where a killer is stalking America's most outrageous TV talk show host. Ex-FBI agent Gregor Demarkian discovers that behind-the-camera politics and off-the-set malice...
As the only holiday-themed mystery series in print, Jane Haddam's Gregor Demarkian mysteries have been a rousing success. Her first Demarkian mystery was nominated for both an Edgar and an Anthony for Best Novel. Now she has come up with a devious...
On the eve of St. Patrick's Day in a small upstate New York town, a young nun in training is murdered, and former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian must investigate the...
Margaret's Harbor, a small, exclusive island off the coast of Massachussets, has been disrupted for weeks by the antics of a group of young celebrities. Kendra Rhode, of the extremely wealthy Rhode family, is the ring leader and part-year resident...
Early One Morning at St. Anselm's Church in Philadelphia, a parishioner sneaks the body of his wife into the sacristy and then commits suicide. The husband, known to be devoted to his wife, is presumed to have killed himself out of grief. His wife,...
Sheila Dunham is a gossip columnist's dream--she's famous, loud and, to most who meet or see her, deeply offensive. As a result, she's been fired from every job on television she's ever had--first as a serious journalist, then as a personality,...