Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Pre-order: Memento Mori Italian special edition

Quixote Edizioni surprised readers with a pre-order for Memento Mori special edition paperbacks! Books 1 - 3 have sprayed edge art (yes, the series will be complete as books become available in Italian!) and they look so, so cool. Pre-orders are open until June 22 and ship after July 7. Visit here for direct links to Omicidi al Madison Square Park, I delitti della metropolitana, and Il macellaio di Broadway.

If you prefer the ebook of Il macellaio di Broadway, the pre-order just became available at Amazon and will release on June 16!

Blurb: La squadra Casi Irrisolti della polizia di New York è oberata di lavoro e a corto di personale, ma sta ricevendo un’ottima pubblicità grazie alla star del momento, il detective Everett Larkin. La sua memoria straordinaria e la sua capacità di deduzione che quasi ricorda Sherlock Holmes hanno già portato alla cattura di un serial killer. Ora ha identificato un secondo predatore e ha posto fine al suo regno di terrore durato più di vent’anni.

Una ristrutturazione di routine in un negozio di souvenir di Broadway porta alla scoperta di una donna mummificata nel muro. Quando quella stessa notte Larkin riceve una misteriosa videocassetta, sa che non si tratta di una coincidenza. Sicuro che anche in questo nuovo mistero emergerà un manufatto di lutto vittoriano, Larkin non perde tempo e si rivolge al fidanzato Ira Doyle dell’unità Artisti Forensi per chiedere aiuto.

Una rete di vittime senza nome, innumerevoli sospettati e infinite bugie trascinano Larkin e Doyle nel profondo del passato di Times Square, riaprendo ferite dolorose e mettendo alla prova la forza del loro rapporto. E nel frattempo, qualcuno li osserva, aspettando di poter fare di Everett Larkin solo… un ricordo.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Sale: Subway Slayings

"I like that look you have."

"What look."

"The one that says you're thinking all those great big Holmesian thoughts."

Today in 1859, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born, and now I'm celebrating the creator of one of literature's most beloved detectives with a nod, a wink, and a sale! For the next 48 hours only, Subway Slayings (Memento Mori 2) is on sale for only 99c with all vendors! If you (or a bookish friend) has been meaning to continue the mysteries of Larkin and Doyle, now is a great time to take advantage of a sale.

Blurb: Detective Everett Larkin of New York City’s Cold Case Squad has been on medical leave since catching the serial killer responsible for what the media has dubbed the “Death Mask Murders.” But Larkin hasn’t forgotten that another memento—another death—is waiting to be found.

Summer brings the grisly discovery of human remains in the subway system, but the clues point to one of Larkin’s already-open cases, so he resumes active duty. And when a postmortem photograph, akin to those taken during the Victorian Era, is located at the scene, Larkin requests aid from the most qualified man he knows: Detective Ira Doyle of the Forensic Artists Unit.

An unsolved case that suffered from tunnel vision, as well as the deconstruction of death portraits, leads Larkin and Doyle down a rabbit hole more complex than the tunnels beneath Manhattan. And if this investigation isn’t enough, both are struggling with how to address the growing intimacy between them. Because sometimes, love is more grave than murder.

Friday, May 2, 2025

Reads: April, 2025


Another month of reading and reviewing! Not too much this time around, but both were absolutely fantastic.

Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate: Book One) by J.L. Merrow

Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture by Maria Elena Buszek

Reviews are cross-posted to both Goodreads and BookBub and I welcome followers! Happy reading to everyone in the month of May.