Marcia Muller; Bill Pronzini

A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery

1 - The Bughouse Affair (Jan-2013)
2 - The Spook Lights Affair (Dec-2013)
3 - The Body Snatchers Affair (Jan-2015)
4 - The Plague of Thieves Affair (Feb-2016)
5 - The Dangerous Ladies Affair (Jan-2017)

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  Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services
  

  • Sep-1998
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  1890's detection in the Old West!

  When you are faced with puzzles involving fraudulent rainmakers, nefarious spiritualists, coney games,a one-eyed lady gambler, a crook who disappears from a train, the stolen body of a Chinese Tong leader, and sim...

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  Crucifixion River
  

  • Nov-2007
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  In the Spur Awardâ,¬â€œwinning title story, a Pinkerton detective, a couple on the run, a wanted man, and a traveling salesman with mysterious wares all converge on the banks of Crucifixion River to take shelter from an impending storm....

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  The Lighthouse
  

  • Dec-2011
  • / Thriller
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  Anticipating a peaceful and relaxing year in which to write and illustrate a book, college professor Jan Ryerson and his artist wife Alix move to the isolated Cape Despair Lighthouse on a desolate stretch of Oregon coast. But their well-laid plans ar...

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  The Bughouse Affair
  

  • Jan-2013
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  A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery - 1
  

  In this first of a new series of lighthearted historical mysteries set in 1890s San Francisco, former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, undertake what initially appear to be two u...

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  The Spook Lights Affair
  

  • Dec-2013
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery - 2
  

  In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don’t commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The seemingly impo...

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  The Body Snatchers Affair
  

  • Jan-2015
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery - 3
  

  The latest in the Carpenter and Quincannon historical mystery series set in 1890's San Francisco from Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Two missing bodies and two separate investigations take Carpenter and Quincannon from the heights above San Fra...

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  The Plague of Thieves Affair
  

  • Feb-2016
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery - 4
  

  Sabina Carpenter and John Quinncannon are no stranger to mysteries. In the five years since they opened Carpenter and Quinncannon, Professional Detective Services, they have solved dozens, but one has eluded even them: Sherlock Holmes or, rather, the...

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  The Dangerous Ladies Affair
  

  • Jan-2017
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery - 5
  

  For the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services, stopping extortionists is not only grand, but excitingly lucrative. When a pleasant afternoon’s bicycling through Golden Gate Park with a friend ends with the revelation...

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  Deadly Anniversaries
  

  • Apr-2020
  • / Mystery
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  Deadly Anniversaries celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Mystery Writers of America with a collection of stories from some of the top names in crime fiction. An anniversary can honor many things: a birth, a wedding and sometimes even a death. I...

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Award-Winning Books by Marcia Muller; Bill Pronzini

Crucifixion River
2008 SPUR Award -- Short Story