First in a series of three novels chronicling the adventures of Makepeace Burke, who fished a drowning nobleman from the Charles River, and then escaped angry patriots by going to England to become his wife. Complex characters and hearty plots offer a dip into another time. Followed by, Taking liberties and The sparks fly upward.

A retired detective has been commissioned to investigate a death at West Point, and is aided by a young cadet, Edgar Allen Poe. The totally engrossing labyrinthian plot leads to a surprise ending.

In a unique blend of mystery and philosophy set in early 19th century Prussia, Immanuel Kant, requests a magistrate, Steffaniis, to help solve a series of murders. The protagonist is somewhat flawed, and his mentor even more so, but that and a number of other truly weird characters, only adds to the intrigue.

What happened to William James during the year he went missing in the last half of the 19th century. In this convincing story he tries to find himself by leaving the comforts of his well to do family and setting up in New York City to observe and mentor the orphaned newsboys in Horatio Alger’s books.

A dark psychological tale of how a man who is the town undertaker, constable, and preacher deals with the diphtheria epidemic that strikes a small Wisconsin town shortly after the Civil War.

A miner’s young widow loses her children to the plague which strikes a 17th century English village. Wonderfully wrought period details and well developed characters.

In this marvelous Medieval fantasy, based on one of the lais of Marie de France, a nobleman is able to take the form of a wolf and is betrayed by his wife. His escape from capture leads the reader through many plot twists, all equally enjoyable.