Deadly Treats

edited by Anne Frasier
6 x 9, pb, 240 pp
$16.95
978-1-935666-18-9

This collection of Halloween short stories features witches, zombies, vampires, food critics, crazy writers, ghosts, suburban housewives, and aliens. Among the contributors are Bill Cameron, David Housewright , Heather Dearly, Julia Buckley, Kelly Lynn Parra, Marilyn Victor, Mark Hull, Leandra Logan, Pat Dennis, Patricia Abbott, Paul Brazill, Michael Allan Mallory, Stephen Blackmoore, Paula Fleming, and Anne Frasier.

Whose Hand?

Judy Borger
6 x 9, $16.95, pb,
212 pp
978-1-935666-05-9

When a flustered fisherman pulls a severed human hand from Minneapolis's Lake Harriet, newspaper reporter Skeeter Hughes sets out to identify the deceased owner. Is it the eighteen-year-old runaway with a college scholarship waiting for her? Or the Nazi holocaust survivor turned successful furrier? Could it be the thirty-something research director for a manufacturer of medical devices?

The Silence of the Loons
edited by the Minnesota Crime Wave
1-932472-36-3 / $16.00 pb

In this popular collection, some of Minnesota’s premier crime writers, including Ellen Hart, Mary Logue, William Kent Krueger, and Carl Brookins, serve up a chilling array of whodunits set in the woods, farms, and urban areas of the state.

Resort to Murder
edited by the Minnesota Crime Wave
ISBN 978-1-932472-47-9
196 pp / $16.00 (pb)

A follow-up to the best-selling short story anthology The Silence of the Loons, these thirteen riveting stories of murder, mystery, and mayhem all take place at Minnesota resorts. The local touches are appealing, whether it’s an intriguing tale involving a reclusive “moose-whisperer,” an unfortunate occurrence in a fish-cleaning house, or a Lake Superior condo that provides the backdrop for the year-by-year deterioration of a relationship. Resort to Murder is the perfect book to spice up those long luxurious evenings during your vacation at the lake.

Once Upon a Crime
An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem, and Suspense
edited by Gary R. Bush and Chris Everheart
978-1-932472-85-2 / $16.95 (pb) 256 pp

This collection brings together some of the region’s best mystery and crime writers in an anthology named after, and dedicated to, that little basement bookstore in Minneapolis called Once Upon a Crime. Among the contributors are S. J. Rozan, William Kent Krueger, Pete Hautman, Sujata Massey, David Housewright, Lois Greiman, Mary Logue, Michael Stanley, Pat Dennis and C. J. Box. John Sandford calls it “a great collection of stories from great writers, dedicated to a great bookstore.” With an introduction by Vince Flynn.

Where’s Billie?
Judith Yates Borger
978-1-932472-90-5 / $15.95 (pb) 256 pp

This mystery/thriller follows the exploits of Skeeter Hughes, a journalist who turns detective following the mysterious disappearance of a reader’s daughter. Her investigation leads Hughes to the fringes of a nefarious network of associations extending from the local junior high school to backwoods meth labs and prostitution centered at the Mall of America. Publishers Weekly calls it a “compelling debut,” and predicts, “Readers will want to hear more of Skeeter’s punchy, first-person voice.”

The Case of the Greedy Lawyers
Carl Brookins
$15.95 (pb) 264 pp
ISBN 978-1-932472-71-4

In his latest who-dun-it, Carl Brookins taps into a venerable private eye tradition. The central character is a wry detective named Sean Sean who’s been around the block a few times and knows how to roll with the punches. As enjoyable for it humor as its unexpected twists and turns, this is one mystery not to be missed. Jenny McLarin writes in Booklist, “readers will fall head over heels for the diminutive Sean Sean, a Minneapolis P.I. whose small size belies a huge heart.”