Robert Bruce Stewart

• Nov-2017
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In December 1906, Harry Reese follows his roving wife to Washington for a reunion with the formidable Countess von Schnurrenberger und Kesselheim. There he finds himself entangled in a mystery involving an erotic novel, a meat cleaver, several...

• Feb-2017
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• Jan-2017
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In 1905, the great Henry James arrives in Northampton, Massachusetts, to deliver a lecture to the local literati. He is feted in a grand style -- and so is the Englishman impersonating him.

In the meantime, a vacationing Harry Reese h...

• Jul-2015
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On a hot July morning in the summer of 1903, insurance investigator Harry Reese learns his secretive wife Emmie is planning a trip to Portland, Maine. Could she be heading for an assignation with the mysterious stranger who called for her at the apar...

• Jun-2015
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• Apr-2014
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It's not surprising that a case that begins with a killing in a faux Chinatown and ends in a séance would include a generous helping of farce. But not even Harry Reese -- a man well used to a life only loosely tethered to reality -- is prepared for ...

• Nov-2013
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Part mystery, part parody, Always a Cold Deck is the first Harry Reese Mystery. Harry is an insurance investigator who never takes life too seriously. Which, given his current pecuniary crisis, is all for the best. In July 1900, he is sent to Buffalo...

• Aug-2013
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In the Spring of 1902, our heroine finds herself confronted by four separate mysteries, the final one involving a murder in her own home. Emmie is an ambitious young writer who attempts to resurrect a literary magazine in an effort to promote her wor...

• Jun-2013
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Part mystery, part parody, Crossings is the second novel in the Harry Reese Mystery series. It's the spring of 1901, a time when Brooklyn's own corrupt political machine, Willoughby Street, is more than a match for Manhattan's Tammany Hall. Harry is ...

• Mar-2013
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Finding themselves short of money at a fin de siècle French resort town, Harry and Emmie take on the job of finding a missing shipment of gold. Emmie bargains to identify the culprits before their ship reaches New York. And that's not all she wagers...

• Jul-2012
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The Birth of M.E. Meegs, a short story, is set in Brooklyn at the turn of the 20th century. Emmie Reese is an aspiring journalist with an unusual outlook on life. In this story, she becomes involved with a death in the English county of Lancashire w...

• Jul-2012
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Set in Brooklyn at the turn of the 20th century, this short story follows Emmie Reese, an aspiring journalist with a peculiar outlook on life and a poor understanding of currency exchange rates. Our heroine becomes involved with a death in the Englis...

• Jun-2012
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