Deborah Grabien, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $22.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-312-31422-4
A cozy series based on folk ballads with ghosts may be good in theory, but in her mystery debut, Grabien, the author of a couple of mystical fantasies (The Eyes in the Fire
; Plainsong
), offers too little plot and a less than engaging protagonist,...
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Deborah Grabien, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-312-33387-4
More ghost story than crime caper, Grabien's second novel to mix historical sleuthing and old English ballads makes good use of its source material. As in The Weaver and the Factory Maid
(2003), theater producer Penny Wintercraft-Hawkes and her
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Deborah Grabien, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur $23.95 (246p) ISBN 978-0-312-33389-8
In Grabien's third tale of ghostly detection (after 2004's The Famous Flower of Serving Men
), her most chillingly effective performance to date, folk singer Ringan Laine and his group, Broomfield Hill, have been invited to perform at the...
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Deborah Grabien, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $23.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-312-35757-3
In Grabien's mesmerizing fourth mystery of ghostly suspense (after 2005's Matty Groves
), actress Penny Wintercraft-Hawkes gets a call from her long-absent brother, Stephen, who has returned to London from Hong Kong with his wife, Tamsin, to
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Deborah Grabien, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $24.95 (228p) ISBN 978-0-312-37400-6
In Grabien's enthralling fifth Haunted Ballad mystery, a tragedy in 1481 Cornwall has startling modern-day repercussions for musician Ringan Laine; his psychically talented “significant other,” Penny Wintercraft-Hawkes; and Ringan�
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Deborah Grabien, Author . Drollerie $15.95 (228p) ISBN 978-0-9798-0810-4
Grabien (New-Slain Knight
) turns to supernatural crime with an artistic twist in this eerie thriller. Leo Chant and her brother, SFPD Lt. Cassius Chant, join forces to identify Captain Nemo, a psycho who kills pregnant women and then arranges their
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Deborah Grabien, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $24.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-37999-5
Grabien (New-Slain Knight
) builds the rocking first of a new series around guitarist John “JP” Kincaid, a member of Blacklight, a legendary British rock group on a par with the Rolling Stones. In New York City, where Blacklight has come
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Deborah Grabien, Author . Minotaur $24.99 (274p) ISBN 978-0-312-59096-3
In Grabien's diverting second mystery to feature witty Brit rock musician JP Kincaid (after 2008's Rock and Roll Never Forgets
), someone bashes in the head of vocalist Vinny Fabiano with Vinny's own guitar in a San Francisco...
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Deborah Grabien, Author . Egmont USA $15.99 (300p) ISBN 978-1-60684-037-5
A degree of anthropomorphism is unavoidable in animal stories, but Grabien, in her first novel for young readers, is less interested in getting inside the head of Dark, a housecat abandoned in Golden Gate Park, than in pushing her agenda. Despite...
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Deborah Grabien, Author St. Martin's Press $15.95 (250p) ISBN 978-0-312-03336-1
Grabien's first novel is a compelling, darkly mystical tale of two vastly different women locked in a life-and-death struggle. They are Marian Dunne, an upper-middle-class matron who lives in a small Georgian manor house near Dartmoor; and Lunica, a
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Deborah Grabien, Plus One (www.plusonepress.com), $16.95 trade paper (284p) ISBN 978-0-9844362-3-1
Blues fans will welcome Grabien's fourth mystery featuring British session guitarist JP Kinkaid, now a San Francisco resident and member of the rock-blues band Blacklight (after 2009's While My Guitar Gently Weeps). When Kinkaid nominates Farris "Bul
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Deborah Grabien. Plus One (www.plusonepress.com), $17.95 trade paper (310p) ISBN 978-0-9844362-6-2
Grabien's fifth JP Kincaid book (after Apr. 2011's Graceland) captures both the excitement and the incredible effort that goes into making a major music tour a success. The members of the Blacklight band, who have reached the legend stage of their...
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Deborah Grabien. Plus One (www.plusonepress.com), $17.95 trade paper (306p) ISBN 978-0-9844362-8-6
Grabien’s so-so sixth chronicle featuring guitarist JP Kinkaid (after 2011’s Book of Days) finds JP back in San Francisco, along with his wife, Bree Godwin, ready to resume playing following his heart attack and completion of the Blacklight band’s...
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