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Maria's Girls by Jerome Charyn
In debt to the mob, Sidel’s sidekick brings hell to One Police Plaza. more...
Little Angel Street by Jerome Charyn
A month before he becomes New York City’s mayor, Sidel confronts a gang of baseball-loving racists. more...
Citizen Sidel by Jerome Charyn
On the eve of a White House run, Sidel cleans up a mess in his old backyard. more...
A cop and his disgraced mentor attempt to bust a white slavery ring. more...
A hitman comes out of retirement to rescue his kidnapped fiancée. more...
The Education of Patrick Silver by Jerome Charyn
When his best friend is killed, Isaac Sidel looks for revenge in the Bronx. more...
A stylish killer makes the mistake of befriending a god. more...
The Good Policeman by Jerome Charyn
Police commissioner Isaac Sidel struggles to keep the New York Police Department from shattering. more...
Montezuma's Man by Jerome Charyn
The Justice Department hires Sidel’s new chauffer to spy on the New York Police Department’s commissioner. more...
New York’s children wage war on the city’s rich, with Sidel as the referee. more...
In the House of Secret Enemies by George C. Chesbro
Ten novellas featuring circus-performer-turned-private-eye Mongo—“one of the greatest characters of recent mystery fiction” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine). more...
Shadow of a Broken Man by George C. Chesbro
A former circus performer and criminology professor becomes a PI in “one of the best detective novels of the year” (The New York Times Book Review). more...
Dark Chant in a Crimson Key by George C. Chesbro
A circus-performer-turned-PI matches wits with an international assassin in another of Chesbro’s “wild roller-coaster rides” (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine). more...
Dream of a Falling Eagle by George C. Chesbro
Circus-performer-turned-PI Mongo takes on “the CIA, neo-Nazis, and Haitian voodoo terrorists” in a grand finale that is “even more fun than usual” (Booklist). more...
The Fear in Yesterday's Rings by George C. Chesbro
“The most engaging detective in decades” returns to his big-top roots to solve some bizarre murders—but this time he’s working without a net (Library Journal). more...
Two Songs This Archangel Sings by George C. Chesbro
A detective’s search for a missing friend “careens ahead with the speed and promise of danger of the Indy 500” (The Washington Post Book World).
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An Affair of Sorcerers by George C. Chesbro
When a circus-performer-turned-PI is drawn into the occult underworld, the result is “beautifully plotted and assured” (#1 New York Times–bestselling author Peter Straub). more...
The Language of Cannibals by George C. Chesbro
A circus-performer-turned-PI uncovers dark secrets in a Hudson River town in this novel of “bloodcurdling adventure” and “genuine suspense” (Publishers Weekly).
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City of Whispering Stone by George C. Chesbro
A circus-performer-turned-PI takes on “murder and intrigue from New York to Iran” in this “well done, suspenseful” unconventional mystery (Newsday). more...
The Beasts of Valhalla by George C. Chesbro
A detective takes on mad scientists when a D&D fantasy world turns deadly in this “ thrilling combination” of “not-quite-science-fiction and suspense” (Playboy). more...
