Books

	Wicked Albany: Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era Author: Frankie Y. Bailey and Alice P. Green Published: February 18, 2009 by The History Press Category: Non-fiction/True Crime From the back cover: Albany, New York, experienced massive upheaval when the Volstead Act of 1919 established Prohibition. Crime already proliferated in the capital of the Empire State, with rival political machines stooping to corruption and the mob with their heavy-handed powers of persuasion. As it did nationwide, Prohibition in Albany served merely to force alcohol-related commerce underground and lawlessness and violence to the forefront of city activity. Click for more info.

	African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Published: November 30, 2008 by McFarland Category: Criticism/Biography From McFarland: Click for more info.

	You Should Have Died on Monday Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Published: April 1, 2007 by Overmountain Press Series Name: Lizzie Stuart Category: amateur sleuth; academic Main Character: Lizzie Stuart and John Quinn Lizzie goes in search of her long-lost mother, Becca. The search for Becca takes her to Chicago, where Becca was a blues singer in the 1960s and involved with two men, both of whom were murdered. From Chicago to Wilmington, NC, and then on to pre-Katrina New Orleans, Lizzie follows her mother's lethal trail while she tries to decide how to answer the question John Quinn has asked her. Click for more info.

	Old Murders Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Published: March 31, 2003 by Overmountain Press Series Name: Lizzie Stuart Category: amateur sleuth; academic Main Character: Lizzie Stuart and John Quinn As the romance between Lizzie Stuart and John Quinn moves to a new level, Lizzie finds herself drawn into the rivalry between two developers who are competing to provide the plan for the renovation of downtown Gallagher. One of them is linked to an old case involving a young African American woman who was convicted of the murder of her employer and sentenced to death almost 50 years earlier. The other developer, from up North, may be involved in the disappearance of a young student and artist. Click for more info.

	A Dead Man's Honor Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Published: October 31, 2001 by Overmountain Press Series Name: Lizzie Stuart Category: amateur sleuth; academic Main Character: Lizzie Stuart and John Quinn In Gallagher, Virginia as a visiting professor at Piedmont State University, Lizzie Stuart is working on a book about the lynching that her grandmother, Hester Rose, witnessed when she was 12 years old. On Halloween night, a faculty member in the School of Criminal Justice is murdered and Lizzie finds herself at the center of the investigation and one of the suspects. The fact that John Quinn has moved to Gallagher and is now the new university police chief is another complication. Click for more info.

	Death's Favorite Child Author: Frankie Y. Bailey Published: January 1, 2000 by Overmountain Press Series Name: Lizzie Stuart Category: amateur sleuth; academic Main Character: Lizzie Stuart and John Quinn After her grandmother's death, Kentucky-born crime historian Lizzie Stuart accepts an invitation from her best friend, Tess Alvarez, to join her for a week in Cornwall, England. The beaches are sunny and St. Regis, an artist colony, is gorgeous. But then Lizzie meets John Quinn, a Philadelphia homicide detective who is in St. Regis, visiting his former partner. Tess's ex-husband shows up. The young housekeeper at the private hotel where they are staying is murdered. And Lizzie's relaxing vacation turns out to be anything but. Click for more info.