Wickedest Town in the West and Other Stories

From an award-winning storyteller comes a dazzling collection of ten mystery tales that sweep from the lawless mining camps of the Old West to the champagne-soaked salons of Jazz Age London, and beyond.

Meet Elizabeth Sheridan, a proper English rose who crosses an ocean to find her missing fiancé in Arizona's most notorious boomtown - a place of thirty-seven saloons, thirteen bordellos, and one church with its door off the hinges. Follow Fizzy Potter, illustrator and Bright Young Thing, as she navigates a scandalous art world where a mysterious portrait threatens to expose everyone she knows. From Victorian schemes to Prohibition-era intrigue, each story crackles with wit, atmosphere, and a wicked twist.

This collection gathers ten of Marilyn Todd's finest short mysteries, including two EQMM Readers Award winners and a Shamus Award nominee, drawn from the pages of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the celebrated Mammoth Book anthologies. Every story is a small masterpiece - meticulously researched, richly evocative, and populated by characters you'll wish you could follow home.

If you love historical mysteries with sharp wit, unforgettable heroines, and settings so vivid you can smell the whisky and gunpowder - or the gin and Chanel No. 5 - this collection is for you. Fans of Rhys Bowen, Jacqueline Winspear, and Anne Perry will find a new favorite storyteller here.

Ten stories. Ten worlds. One brilliant writer at the height of her craft. Step inside - and discover why readers keep coming back for more.