Historical Mysteries Check out these new titles from the Hammond Public Library!

Allen, Conrad. Murder on the Oceanic. Worried about the presence of legendary financier and art collector J. P. Morgan and his latest priceless art acquisitions aboard the Oce- anic, ship’s detectives George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield are also coping with a recently engaged couple, a charming rake, a controversial painter traveling with his bohemian wife and gorgeous model, and two suspicious cabin stewards. MYSTERY ALLEN

Bowen, Rhys. Oh Danny Boy. Irish immigrant-turned-private detective Molly Murphy comes to the aid of handsome NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan, who has been arrested for accepting bribes, in a mystery set in early twentieth-century New York. MYSTERY BOWEN, LARGE PRINT MYSTERY BOWEN

Casey, Donis. Hornswoggled: An Alafair Tucker Mystery. In 1913 Oklahoma, when her daughter Alice falls for the handsome, popular, and wealthy Walter Kelley, everyone is de- lighted, except for her mother, Alafair, who suspects, despite the lack of evidence, that Walter is linked to the brutal killing of his former wife and joins forces with her mother-in-law to prove that Alice’s perfect beau is not so wonderful after all. MYSTERY CASEY

Chesney, Marion. Our Lady of Pain. Wayward Edwardian debutante Lady Rose Summer be- comes the prime suspect in the killing of Dolores Duval, the seductive new client of her fiancee, Captain Harry Cathcart, after a fit of jealousy leads her to threaten the woman. Fourth is the Harry Cathcart mystery series: Snobbery with Violence; Hasty Death; Sick of Shadows; Our Lady of Pain. MYSTERY CHESNEY

Dams, Jeanne. Crimson Snow. Hilda Johansson, head housemaid to the fabulously wealthy Studebaker family of South Bend, Indiana, looks into the murder of a popular schoolteacher. Based on a real 1904 murder case. Fifth in the Hilda Johansson mystery series: Death in Lac- quer Red; Red, White and Blue Murder; Green Grow the Victims, Silence is Golden; Crimson Snow. MYSTERY DAMS

Davis, Lindsey. Scandal Takes a Holiday. When the scribe of ancient Rome’s daily scandal column goes missing in seaside Ostia, investigator Marcus Didius Falco learns that the scribe was working on a story about an underworld kidnapping racket involving pirates. MYSTERY LINDSEY

Gregorio, Michael. Critique of Criminal Reason. Arriving in the city of Kèonigsberg to help solve a series of murders, young detective Hanno Stiffeniis joins forces with his mentor, phi- losopher Immanuel Kant to track down a serial killer in a historical mystery set in early nine- teenth-century Prussia. MYSTERY GREGORI

Mosley, Walter. Cinnamon Kiss. Facing unprecedented financial troubles when his daughter requires a medical treatment, Easy Rawlins takes a job tracking down a missing attorney and legal assistant, but the assignment in 1960s Los Angeles proves more complicated than antici- pated. The latest in the Easy Rawlins mystery series: Devil in a Blue Dress; A Red Death; White Butterfly; Black Betty; A Little Yellow Dog; Gone Fishin’; Bad Boy Brawly Brown; Little Scarlet; Cinnamon Kiss. MYSTERY MOSLEY

Parker, Ann. Iron Ties. In the sequel to Silver Lies (MYSTERY PARKER), as Inez Stannert struggles to deal with her shaky partnership in Leadville’s Silver Queen saloon, a missing hus- band, and a child still back East, President Ulysses S. Grant prepares to make an appearance to celebrate the coming of the railroad, but old enemies, general lawlessness, and ruthless com- petitors could ruin everything. MYSTERY PARKER

Pawel, Rebecca. The Summer Snow. Set in Spain, in the southern city of Granada, this is the story of Lt. Carlos Tejada Alonso y Leon, a member of the landed gentry who has chosen to join the Guardia Civil. At his father’s request, he investigates the death of his great-aunt Rosalia, a task that has him investigating his own family while trying to shield his wife and child from his hostile mother. MYSTERY PAWEL

Perry, Anne. Dark Assassin. Set in Victorian London. While on patrol near Waterloo Bridge, Inspector William Monk and his men witness the deaths of a young couple, but as Monk tries to investigate the deaths, he stumbles upon a conspiracy with ties to the highest levels of govern- ment. The latest in the long-running William Monk and Hester Latterly mystery series. MYS- TERY PERRY

Satterthwait, Walter. Dead Horse. Hard-boiled pulp writer Raoul Whitfield was the highest paid mystery author in the country (and possibly the inspiration for Nick in Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man). In 1933, Whitfield married socialite Emily Davies Vanderbilt Thayer, and the pair lived the money-guzzling jazz-age life. Two years later, Emily died, apparently a suicide, though many believed she was murdered. Veteran genre writer Satterthwait imagines what he think may have happened to the real couple. FICTION SATTERT

Shepard, Karen. Don’t I Know You? The brutal, unsolved 1976 murder of Gina Engel, a single mother, has a profound impact on the lives of three very different people, including the victim’s son Steven, who discovered his mother’s body; Lily Chin, who encounters an enigmatic woman who warns her of her fiance’s secret life; and Louise Carpanetti, a dying woman whose own son may have been involved in the crime. MYSTERY SHEPARD

Steinhauer, Olen. Liberation Movements. When a plane carrying a People’s Militia homicide investigator is hijacked by Armenian terrorists and explodes in midair, the two detectives as- signed to the case find their investigation leads to a seven-year-old killing and a web of political intrigue. The latest in the Eastern European crime series: The Bridge of Sighs; The Confession; 36 Yalta Boulevard; Liberation Movements. MYSTERY STEINHA

Winspear, Jacqueline. Birds of a Feather: A Maisie Dobbs Novel. When Maisie Dobbs is hired to find the missing daughter of a wealthy grocery magnate, she discovers that three of the heir- ess’s friends have died violently, leading her to investigate the connection between the disap- pearance and the murders. Books in series: Maisie Dobbs; Birds of a Feather; Pardonable Lies; Messenger of Truth. MYSTERY WINSPEA 3/07