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Mark Twain Mysteries
Series · 6 books · 1995-2001

Books in series

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#1

Death on the Mississippi

1995

The irrepressible Mark Twain and his baffled new secretary, Wentworth Cabot, embark on a riverboat lecture series in the company of a New York cop and the killer the officer seeks. Reprint.
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#2

A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court

1996

A sequel to Death on the Mississippi takes place in New Orleans, where a black man is wrongly accused of murder and on the verge of being executed, but famous author and sleuth Mark Twain will stop at nothing to prove the man's innocence. Reprint.
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#3

The Prince and the Prosecutor

1997

Mark Twain sets out on another journey via a luxury cruise, but his trip takes a very wrong turn after it is discovered that there is a murderer aboard the ship.
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#4

The Guilty Abroad

1999

During a visit to England, famed author Mark Twain and his assistant, Wentworth Cabot, encounter "Slippery Ed," a New Orleans con man, who persuades them to attend a se+a7ance, but things begin to go awry when one of their fellow attendees turns up murdered. Original.
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#5

The Mysterious Strangler

2000

A trip to sunny Florence following a long lecture tour in England brings unexpected surprises for literary legend Mark Twain and his assistant, Wentworth Cabot, when they find themselves investigating the theft of a recently discovery Raphael masterpiece and the disappearance of a mysterious young woman. Original.
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#6

Tom's Lawyer

2001

On a trip to Missoula, Montana, for a lecture tour, Mark Twain encounters his boyhood friend, Tom Blankenship, the real-life model for Huck Finn, who has become the target of a would-be blackmailer, but when the extortionist is found dead, and Tom is charged with the murder, it is up to Twain to defend his friend and find the real killer. Original.

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