Ki Longfellow: 10 books

Ki Longfellow, author of the acclaimed The Secret Magdalene, has now written the astonishing life of Hypatia, famed throughout the Mediterranean world, a beauty and a genius, yet for 17 centuries ignored by history. As the Roman Empire fights for its life and emerging Christianity fights for our...

De pecadora arrepentida a líder de los primeros cristianos, de prostituta a «conocedora del Todo», María Magdalena fue relegada a un papel secundario en la Iglesia hace más de mil setecientos años. Ahora, con el descubrimiento en 1945 de los pergaminos de Nag Hammadi, podemos saber lo que ocurrió....

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. Weeks ago, she was one of Hollywood's biggest writers, wed to one...

1948. Sam Russo, self-named and self-styled, would follow in the hard-boiled footsteps of Sam 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.

Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt, where...

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.

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...

"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...

Case 4 in the Sam Russo mystery series finds Sam “out to sea” in more ways than one. He’s been dragged along by his rich, flamboyant and interesting “friend,” Mrs. Willingford, forced to sail on her husband’s yacht. Along for a ride he doesn’t want to go on is his friend and neighbor,...

Poderosa evocación de una María Magdalena que fue, a su vez, filósofa, viajante, maestra y profeta. Esta Magdalena fue más que una esposa, más que la seguidora preferida, más aún que la Amada Discípula. Mariamne Magdal-eder entendió el...