An Algonquin Round Table Mystery Series by J. J. Murphy
An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #1
Algonquin 01 - Murder Your Darlings
J. J. Murphy
Dorothy Parker once said, "I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true." In that case, we're sure she'd be delighted with Murder Your Darlings, J.J. Murphy's charming first mystery in the Algonquin Round Table series. Dorothy Parker is early for the usual lunchtime gathering at New York's Algonquin Hotel when she spies a body under the table: it's the loathed drama critic, Leland Mayflower. How fitting that he was dispatched through a heart no one knew he had...by a fountain pen! But now the Round Table wits are suspects. Taking pity on one murder suspect-a scruffy young writer named Billy Faulkner-Mrs. Parker sets out to vindicate her friends and find out who really rang down the curtain on the crusty critic.
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An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #2
Algonquin 02 - You Might as Well Die
J. J. Murphy
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 séance held by MacGuffin's mistress, where Ernie's ghostly voice seems hauntingly real...Review"Murphy not only does an excellent job capturing the feel and flavor of New York during the 1920s, he deftly infuses his own writing with some of Parker's distinctively dry brand of wit. Readers who enjoy cozy historical mysteries will definitely want to add the Algonquin Round Table series to their reading lists." -- ReaderToReader.com"Well researched and well-written, You Might As Well Die shows author J.J. Murphy to be a talented and intelligent writer, whose fictional characters remain true to the spirits of their originals ... You Might As Well Die and its predecessor, Murder Your Darlings, are bonbons for fans of the 1920s." -- Gumshoe Reivew"'You Might as Well Die' is a great read. I can't wait to see what mischief J.J. Murphy has planned for book three in this series." -- Suspense Magazine"Highly entertaining." -- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
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An Algonquin Round Table Mystery #3
Algonquin 03 - A Friendly Game of Murder
J. J. Murphy
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 the swanky soiree is happening in the penthouse suite of swashbuckling star Douglas Fairbanks, some derring-do is called for. How about a little game of "Murder"? Each partygoer draws a card to be detective, murderer, or victim. But young Broadway starlet Bibi Bibelot trumps them all when her dead body is found in the bathtub. No one knows who the killer is, but one thing is for sure--they won't be making gin in "that "bathtub. When more partiers are put in peril, it becomes clear the game is indeed on, and it's up to Dorothy, surprise guest Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the members of the Round Table to stay alive--and relatively sober--long enough to find the killer...
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