Henry Carter Hull

Yair, a shy, neurotic seller of rare books, embarks on a passionate affair of words when he sends a letter to the beautiful Mariam, who he glimpsed days earlier at a class reunion, and much to his surprise she responds.

The murder of wealthy, but widely disliked Jeremiah Addison has local sleuth Max Darling and his wife Annie, owner of the Death on Demand bookstore, traveling to Addison's private island estate at the invitation of his sister-in-law, who believes one of their guests is the killer.

On Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn't know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed......

Ex-secret agent Cotton Malone and his partner, the enigmatic Cassiopeia Vitt, are pitted against ruthless Central Asian dictator Irina Zovastina as they scour the globe in search of the final resting place of Alexander the Great.

Ex-policeman and rare books dealer Cliff Janeway travels to remote Paradise, Colorado, where cops and crooks alike are as infernal as the weather. Janeway has agreed to help Laura Marshall, a friend of his bookstore partner, who's accused of murdering her husband. While Janeway tries to gather the facts, he pulls long shifts standing watch over the Marshall home, filled with books signed by their celebrity authors. When a shifty pair of alleged book...

Annie and Max Darling are pulled into a murder investigation when the previous owner of the house they are restoring is found dead and they learn the killer believes that hidden inside the Darling's home is a fortune in gold coins.

It's getting to look a lot like Christmas on the sea island of Broward's Rock, South Carolina. At the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, owner Annie Darling's Yuletide preparations have to be put on hold thanks to several rather inconvenient distractions -- including murder. Across the windswept isle, in the spacious, spooky mansion of Marguerite Dumaney Ladson, a motley crew is gathering for the onetime movie star's gala Xmas/birthday bash. And when...