Justin Scott
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Even the cozy New England town of Newbury, Connecticut, is not immune to the relentless spread of McMansions carpeting the countryside. Ben Abbott, realtor and private detective, is so incensed that he refuses to sell them. That Ben is not the only citizen of Newbury who is provoked by over-sized, ugly, wasteful houses becomes apparent when the corpse of Billy Tiller, Newbury’s greediest developer, is discovered underneath his bulldozer.
The young...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
HardScape and StoneDust, the first Ben Abbott novels, established Ben as one of the most engaging and canny investigators to have appeared in a long time. Britain’s Literary Review terms the Abbott novels, “smooth, sardonic, impeccably argued, immaculately written." Author Lawrence Block says, “FrostLine is the best book in a series that started strong and keeps getting better.”
When Newbury’s newest resident, ex-diplomat Harry King, the...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Ben Abbott returns to his hometown to save his family’s recession-battered real estate business, never dreaming that things are about to heat up in picturesque Newbury, Connnecticut. Broke and looking for some excitement, Ben takes a job videotaping the adulterous goings-on in a bedroom in Jack and Rita Long’s “castle.” But he doesn’t bargain on becoming embroiled in the murder of Rita Long’s friend. A second murder closer to home propels...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When Newbury Connecticut's 300-year-old village cemetery is invaded by a gaudy, half-million dollar mausoleum, Ben Abbott is not happy. Newcomer Brian Groses' tall, wide, mirror-polished eruption of eternal ego sticks out in the peaceful burying ground like a McMansion in an apple orchard. Ben's fellow drinkers at the bar have nicknamed the monstrosity, McTomb. But no one expected to find Brians body locked in his mausoleum, 50 years ahead of schedule....
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The Fisks’ weekend party, a “sleepover” for select couples, remains the talk of the town long after Reg Hopkins’ body turns up in an isolated covered bridge. It appears Reg may have paid the party a fleeting visit—before dying in a way everyone swears was impossible. Ben, who used to play backyard baseball with Reg and all the party guests, must take up the matter with a hometown cast of friends, foes, and family, including his 90-year-old...