Books by Dean James and Complete Book Reviews
Jean Swanson, Author, Dean James, Author, Dean James, Joint Author Berkley Publishing Group $14 (210p) ISBN 978-0-425-18187-4
The co-authors of the Agatha Award-winning Killer Books now offer the complete guide to the ever-popular mysteries of former champion jockey Francis, set in the world he knows so well: that of horse racing. This handy book includes plot summaries of
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Dean James, Author . Kensington $22 (242p) ISBN 978-1-57566-885-7
Amateur sleuth Simon Kirby-Jones, who has appeared in short stories by Edgar-nominee and Agatha-winner James (Closer than the Bones), is sure to revolutionize the traditional British cozy and win the hearts of fans everywhere in his first full-length
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Dean James, Author . Kensington $22 (225p) ISBN 978-1-57566-887-1
In last year's well-received Posted to Death, James introduced a unique amateur sleuth: Simon Kirby-Jones, a respected historian and mystery author (under female pseudonyms), an American living his dream in a cozy English village—and a...
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Dean James, Author . Kensington $22 (232p) ISBN 978-0-7582-0485-1
In James's third witty cozy (after 2003's Faked to Death
) to feature author, part-time sleuth and gay vampire Simon Kirby-Jones, the usually quiet English village of Snupperton Mumsley is astir over the arrival of Zeke Harwood, the...
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Dean James, Author . Silver Dagger $23.95 (201p) ISBN 978-1-57072-267-7
Graduate student Maggie McLendon, who had a starring role in James's Cruel as the Grave
(2000), returns to play a secondary role in this uneven tale of academic skullduggery. Andy Carpenter's routine is totally disrupted when the Houston Ph.
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Dean James, Author . Kensington $22 (248p) ISBN 978-0-7582-0487-5
James's fourth cozy to feature the gay vampire, medieval historian and amateur sleuth, Simon Kirby-Jones (after 2004's Decorated to Death
), takes a bitchy, laugh-out-loud look at historical re-enactments and the obsessive people who live...
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Dean James, Author Overmountain Press $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57072-183-0
Fans of the traditional stately home murder case can rejoice the genre is alive and well in James's second mystery (after 2000's Cruel as the Grave). If Idlewild, a Mississippi manse, had a butler, you could be sure he'd be the murderer. Mary Tucker
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Dean James, Author Overmountain Press $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57072-182-3
Fans of the traditional stately home murder case can rejoice the genre is alive and well in James's second mystery (after 2000's Cruel as the Grave). If Idlewild, a Mississippi manse, had a butler, you could be sure he'd be the murderer. Mary Tucker
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Dean James, Author, Silver Dagger Mysteries, Editor Overmountain Press $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57072-278-3
Just in time for the Kentucky Derby comes Derby Rotten Scoundrels, compiled by Jeffrey Marks (Who Was That Lady?, a biography of Craig Rice) and conceived by members of the Ohio River Valley Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Contributors include Kit...
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Dean James, Author, Silver Dagger Mysteries, Author Overmountain Press $9.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57072-279-0
Just in time for the Kentucky Derby comes Derby Rotten Scoundrels, compiled by Jeffrey Marks (Who Was That Lady?, a biography of Craig Rice) and conceived by members of the Ohio River Valley Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Contributors include Kit...
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