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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2011
  • Latest Book:
    January 2015
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Full Series List in Order

An Algonquin Round Table Mystery

1 - Murder Your Darlings (Jan-2011)
2 - You Might As Well Die (Dec-2011)
3 - A Friendly Game of Murder (Jan-2013)

Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four I'm under my host. -- Dorothy Parker On this particular morning, legendary wit Dorothy Parker is not the one under Manhattan's famed Algonquin Round Table. ...



  • When second-rate illustrator Ernie MacGuffin's artistic works triple in value following his apparent suicide off the Brooklyn Bridge, Dorothy Parker smells something fishy. Enlisting the help of magician and skeptic Harry Houdini, she goes to a séanc...



  • Why should Dorothy Parker’s friends be the only ones making “enviable names” in “science, art, and parlor games”? Dorothy can play with the best of them -- as she sets out to prove at a New Year’s Eve party at the Algonquin Hotel. Since t...



  • A restless wizard casts a spell, stars move ominously, and the story of Pelenor, the lost prince, begins. The old wizard had known for ages that real magic comes to those who first relish the magic of simple life. True wizards develop an extraordinar...



  • [Short Story] Dorothy Parker just wants a quiet meal with her dog at the Algonquin Round Table. But when her waiter, and then her dog, become suspects in the theft of some missing veal, Dorothy takes it on herself to get to the bottom of the purloine...



  • [Short Story] Dorothy Parker must review a new Broadway play starring Alexander Woollcott -- but the only thing that might liven up this night’s drama is a dead body.When Woollcott fires a fake gun during the play, a real bullet shoots out, and fam...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.J. Murphy has published 6 books.

J.J. Murphy does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Stage Fright, was published in January 2015.

The first book by J.J. Murphy, Murder Your Darlings, was published in January 2011.

Yes. J.J. Murphy has 1 series.