Renowned Be Thy Grave, The Murderous Miss Mooney

Being an actress in the late nineteenth century can be fraught with peril. For one thing, there are the lecherous theatre-goers--but Bridget Mooney can avoid them, except of course when she doesn't want to. More bothersome are the crimes and mysteries she encounters involving Ulysses S. Grant, Sarah Bernhardt, Lillie Langtry, Thomas Alva Edison, Ida Wells, Jesse James, and Mack Sennett. Full of color, humor, and suspense, the ten Bridget Mooney stories are marvelous historical recreations by one of the modern masters of the mystery. A past president of Sisters in Crime, the National Organization of Women Mystery Writers, P.M. Carlson is