Dick Yaeger: 4 books

A mysterious letter with Polaroids of an ancient axe leads historian Chloe to England in search of a friend accused of murder. With CIA-agent boyfriend George Saint, the trail leads to an off-limits island used by the government for testing new weapons. Amid rumors of ghosts and a deadly underwater...

The five myths we ReImagine are old—centuries, even millenniums old.Judgement of ParisSaint George and the DragonDido and AeneasThe Abduction of PersephonePrometheusThey’ve been translated many times from ancient Greek or Roman texts, so variations are common, sometimes contradictory....

This is not a retelling of the Iliad, Homer’s marvelous classic of the Trojan War. It is the backdrop, but a sprinkled backdrop as it depicts just a few major events. For three millennia, children, families, moviegoers, and scholars have thrilled over the epic battles of kings, heroes, gods, and...

Hunter Quinn is a cigarillo-smoking, whisky-sipping private investigator who works from a luxurious suite above fashionable Santana Row. Previously, she was the only female homicide detective with San Jose police where fellow officers regularly applauded her uncanny instincts into human nature. She...