Lee Irby

Roaring Twenties

1 - 7,000 Clams (Jan-2005)
2 - The Up and Up (Jun-2006)

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  Unreliable
  

  • Apr-2017
  • / Thriller
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  Riotous and riveting, this is the story of a charming college professor who most definitely did not -- but maybe did -- kill his ex-wife. Or someone else. Or no one. Irby plays with the thriller trope in unimaginably clever ways. Edwin Stith, a fa...

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  Please Come Back
  

  • Jun-2014
  • / Historical Mystery
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  Paris, 1937. On a sultry July evening, a beautiful American woman vanishes into thin air. At first the gendarmes don't believe she's really missing. Perhaps she's run off with a lover, they cynically suggest. But the woman's aunt knows better and fee...

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  The Van
  

  • Feb-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  It gets stolen and shot at. People make love in it and deliver drugs with it. It sits festering in garages and is restored to its former glory. It traverses the country several times and sees its share of tragedy and triumph. Within its 21 windows dw...

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  The Up and Up
  

  • Jun-2006
  • / Suspense
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  Roaring Twenties - 2
  

  Returning to the boisterous, colorful world he created in his critically acclaimed crime novel, 7,000 Clams, Lee Irby opens a unique and exhilarating window on the Roaring Twenties. Charming yet ill-fated Frank Hearn is ready to leave behind his high...

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  7,000 Clams
  

  • Jan-2005
  • / Suspense
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  Roaring Twenties - 1
  

  Frank Hearn is a down-on-his-luck bootlegger and bruiser, looking for the big score in the heart of the Roaring Twenties. When he loses a shipment of top-quality booze to a double-crossing government thief, Frank hunts him down, roughs him up, and fi...

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