spade if he was hard boiled . up to his hocks in the murders of three young jockeys with both local cops and the track turning a blind eye sam is a closer . he s coming home if it kills him . race horses a gorgeous sassy dame the season at saratoga what more could a pi want to survive it . more ... walks away woman a remarkable story of an ordinary woman driven to an extraordinary decision . overwhelmed overwrought and overweight an everyday housewife walks into the sonoran desert to die . but there is more to a desert than sand thorns venom heat man beast and adventure . more ... sam russo s first case brought him two good things jane a yodeling dog and mrs. willingford a rich and sassy dame . now back home in his crummy staten island room all he wants is to relax read books and go to the movies . fat chance . one knock on the door and he and jane are careening down broadway in and out of one hit show after another in hot pursuit of a giant killer . more ... houdini heart harkens back to the masters of suspenseful supernatural horror poe lovecraft shirley jackson but speaks with a wholly fresh voice . once caught in its pages there s no escaping longfellow s terrible tale . intense literary and harrowing houdini heart is a tale of bone chilling horror emotional torment and psychological terror . more ... holly lives in the shabby room next to sam s. she s a man . he s a woman . sam doesn t care . he likes holly . his dog jane likes holly . life is fine until a lagonda rolls through stapleton . getting into that car holly s just turned the worst trick of her life . when holly disappears russo and jane find themselves lost in a sordid world of hidden mansions a twisted social club and high society secrets . more ... offbeat unruly characters and vibrant atmosphere spill over the pages of this promising first novel set in san francisco during prohibition ... bootlegging the tong wars smoky speakeasies inept mobsters and the teapot dome scandal zigzag through these pages like streaks of lightning . the jazz era leaps to life . publishers weekly more ... sam russo s been shot sapped and slapped around . jane s had it worse . time to lie low . so what happens mrs. willingford who else sam and jane and holly are sailing on the willingford yacht whether sam likes it or not . what mrs. willingford wants mrs. willingford gets . what mrs. willingford doesn t want is a starlet taking a high dive off her yacht a body stuffed in a closet and jane gone missing far from land . more ... ki longfellow s flow down like silver is the second book in her trilogy of the divine feminine that began with the secret magdalene . in this exciting new work she continues the search for gnosis through the astonishing life of hypatia of alexandria . more ... henry miller was a larger than life all american writer . his work was ground breaking and breath taking . but he could also talk . what he said was rollicking open honest revealing of himself and his fabulous assortment of friends . in this warm and charming memoir what doncha know twinka thiebaud captures his table talk with an unerring ear.as well as penning her own intimate impressions of miller . more ... magdalena la mujer que camina con jes s de ki longfellow una poderosa evocaci n de una mar a magdalena que fue en su propio derecho un fil sofo un viajero un profesor y un profeta . esta magdalena fue m s de una esposa m s de un seguidor favorecido m s incluso que el disc pulo amado . mariamne magdal eder sab a todos . mas ... from a wide eyed innocent boy on a maryland farm to a determined young man in command of a warship during one of the most critical battles of world war ii the first allied invasion of europe against the might of hitler s germany and mussolini s italy billy s war is a coming of age tale in a world of global conflict . james c. mckay s semi autobiographical billy s war will win your heart . it may not be too much to say that mariamne herself is one of the most perfectly crafted figures in modern fiction ... she will no doubt eclipse all other representations of mary magdalene for some time . i take the secret magdalene as symbolism and as such it enriches and exhilarates me it nourishes my optimism and further washes away any fear of the unknown . earl doherty author of the jesus puzzle brazil canada china france germany italy japan spain united kingdom the secret magdalene listed at number five of the top historical novels of all time eio books 4436 steamboat island road nw olympia wa 98502 home purchase books authors forthcoming titles our books press room about us contact us submissions home purchase books authors forthcoming titles our books press room about us contact us submissions