Abel Jones Mysteries
4 total works
Won the Hammett Prize for best mystery of the year, given out by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime WritersGrotesque murders multiply as Major Abel Jones pursues a monstrous killer who may be a well-connected Confederate agent or a ghost from Jones's bloody past in India--or bothThe threat of an ocean-spanning war hangs over each new crime as Jones struggles to find a rumored warship that would serve the Rebels as a wonder-weapon of the age--and stop it from sailing
Satisfying sixth installment to Parry's humorous, well-written and meticulously researched series of Civil War mysteries. --Publishers WeeklyAbel Jones arrives in New Orleans to investigate the death of a young crusader and finds himself facing fantastic rumors of the resurrected dead as the city approaches hysteria and riotFrom opening scene to stunning climax, Parry's novel pays tribute to the great literary traditions of New Orleans, a city that knows how to keep its secrets
Another evocative and boldly executed historical whodunit irresistibly steeped in Civil War atmosphere and arcana. --BooklistUnion general's senseless murder is swiftly cloaked in lies and the evidence points to Irish laborers struggling to find a place in their new homelandWashington intrigue and industrial corruption collide with hints of rural witchcraft and the sorrows of political exile
