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A unique and groundbreaking collection of original spy stories based on real events and people during the Civil War. Battles were won with bullets and sabers on the battlefields of the War Between the States, for sure. But often, the outcome of those battles was affected by the heroic acts of spies--both Union and Confederate. Such heroes, unsung while they did their vital work, included those whose true stories are told in the pages of this book: • Elizabeth Van Lew: Her Richmond, Virginia, neighbors thought her eccentric--or crazy--but her odd behavior covered her activities as a spy for the Union army. • Belle Boyd: A daring Confederate spy whose charm and beauty were exceeded only by...
This book examines 24 crime novelists who set their work in the Sunshine State. From James W. Hall's Under Cover of Daylight in the Florida Keys, to Barbara Parker's Suspicion of Betrayal in Miami to Tim Dorsey's Florida Roadkill at Cape Canaveral and Tampa, these writers and their works span all of Florida's 67 counties. A biographical sketch of each author precedes an interview by a critic who has immersed him- or herself in the novelist's works, producing interview-essays of noteworthy perception and insight.
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Murder, Mayhem And Mistletoe by Terence Faherty\Aileen Schumacher\Wendi Lee\Bill Crider released on Oct 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.
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Looking for a leak in a storm drain, El Paso environmental engineer Tory Travers instead finds the body of a county commissioner who had angered developers by preventing a housing complex. The murder exposes a life--and death--entangled with graft, corruption, suicide, and blackmail.