Eio Books: 9 books

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

From a wide-eyed innocent boy on a Maryland farm to a determined young man in command of a warship during one of the most critical battles of World War II, the first Allied invasion of Europe against the might of Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy, Billy's War is a coming of age tale in a world of global conflict. James C. McCay's semi-autobiographical Billy's War will win your heart.