We’re excited to tell you that ONLY THE DEAD by Vidar Sundstøl is now available from University of Minnesota Press!

“Like the central movement of a dark Grieg symphony, this brief second installment of Norwegian author Sundstøl’s Minnesota Trilogy resounds with two stunning variations on a single theme: the complex motivations behind murders that link brotherhood, love, and death,” says Publishers Weekly, adding, “Readers will eagerly await The Ravens, the trilogy’s conclusion.”

In a starred review, Kirkus says, “The second in the Minnesota Trilogy, this slim volume is so exquisitely written, lyrically descriptive and mystically mysterious it could stand on its own, but to understand all the nuances it’s best read as part of the trilogy.”

We think you’d better listen to them and buy both ONLY THE DEAD and THE LAND OF DREAMS, the first installment, today! Then you, too, will be eagerly awaiting the final installment!

Marilyn Stasio takes at look at Erica Wright’s THE RED CHAMELEON in The New York Times Book Review, declaring that there’s “something very appealing about Kathleen Stone, a quick-change artist who can slip into the persona of Katie, Kat, Kitty, Kathy, Kate, Katya — or her personal favorite, 15-year-old Keith — at the drop of a hat or, more likely, the switch of a wig. The hairpieces are an original touch and smartly supported by Kathleen’s close relationships with her Brighton Beach wigmaker, a cranky Russian artiste named Vondya Vasiliev.” Stasio concludes that this “new P.I. has got a smart mouth on her, and plenty of wigs to help her find her own true character.”

THE RED CHAMELEON comes out next month from Pegasus Books, and the critics seem to be as excited about Erica Wright’s debut mystery as we are!

Publishers Weekly calls it “riveting” and declares that “readers will want to see more of the humorous, thoroughly engaging Kat.”

Library Journal says “Wright’s debut novel offers a promising start to a hard-boiled series featuring an idiosyncratic female PI whose quirkiness will appeal to fans of Linda Barnes or Karen Kijewski.”

More praise after the jump!

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We’re thrilled to tell you that Publishers Weekly has called THE RED CHAMELEON by Erica Wright a “riveting crime novel” and declared, “Readers will want to see more of the humorous, thoroughly engaging Kat.”

More advance praise after the jump! (more…)