"One of the most likeable sleuths to appear on the crime scene in quite a long time." — The Washington Post Book WorldThe man is found on the icy streets of Boston, vomit in his beard, alcohol in his system, and ice in his veins. The police assume he is just another in the dozens of derelicts whom the urban winter claims each year, but Brady Coyne knows better. Attorney to New England's upper crust, he was the dead man's lawyer, and he knows that Stuart Ca...

A Boston lawyer and his girlfriend become prime suspects when their romantic weekend getaway ends in murder in this mystery thriller."Tapply's Brady Coyne novels have long delivered meticulous plots and a strong moral sense, and Past Tense , the series' 18th entry, lives up to that solid standard." —Otto PenzlerWhen Boston lawyer Brady Coyne takes his girlfriend Evie up to Cape Cod for a romantic ...

"One of the most likeable sleuths to appear on the crime scene in quite a long time." —The Washington Post Book WorldThe man is found on the icy streets of Boston, vomit in his beard, alcohol in his system, and ice in his veins. The police assume he is just another in the dozens of derelicts whom the urban winter claims each year, but Brady Coyne knows better. Attorney to New England's upper crust, he was the dead man's lawyer, and he knows that Stuart Car...

The Boston attorney searches Red Sox Nation for a ballplayer's kidnapped son in this "grittily persuasive" mystery novel (Kirkus Reviews).For two years, Eddie Donagan was on track to become the greatest Red Sox pitcher of all time. Then one day, without warning, he went from unhittable to ineffective—forcing him to drop out of the Majors before he even hit his prime. Attorney Brady Coyne met Donagan before he turned pro, and stays friends with him even as ...

"It’s been a lifelong, ever-expanding journey, with many big ?sh and faraway waters and dramatic moments . . . and yet I don’t think any of those moments or any of those places or ?sh has thrilled me any more than seeing the twitch of my ?y line where it entered the muddy waters of my backyard pond . . .”In this collection of ?y-?shing stories from acclaimed novelist and outdoor writer William G. Tapply, the natural appeal of ?y ?shing comes to life. Each story in Ever...

". . . It's wonderful to see Tapply get out of the city and into an altogether different kind of time that suits his unhurried storytelling perfectly."--Kirkus Reviews"Outstanding . . . electrifying . . . ingenious . . . one of the most convincingly heroic and likeable of contemporary sleuths."--Publishers Weekly"Tapply is . . . a worthy successor to Hammet and both MacDonalds (Ross and John)."--Chicago TribuneWilliam G. Tapply has created...

The Nomination is a fast-paced action and suspense thriller that brings events from the final days of the Vietnam War into direct conflict with contemporary American politics. Vietnam War hero and Massachusetts Judge Thomas Larrigan is hand-picked by his friend the president to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court. Larrigan seems like the perfect candidate: a family man with an uncontroversial judicial record. The president’s credibility needs a sure bet. Larrigan will d...

In this "practiced and talented" mystery, the Boston lawyer travels from Cape Cod to rural Montana to track down a hunter's stolen trophies ( Library Journal).Six years after the leopard attack that ended his career as a professional hunter, Jeff Newton is broken, crippled, and ready to die. His only pleasure is the occasional visit from Brady Coyne, Jeff's no-nonsense Boston lawyer who's come to Cape Cod to pay his respects to the old man.As always...

While fishing in Maine, the Boston lawyer runs afoul of a racist conspiracy in this mystery thriller from the "smooth and sophisticated" author ( The New York Times).Brady Coyne is far from Boston when he stumbles across his latest case. He's in the beautiful Maine countryside, fishing and spending time with his beloved Alexandria Shaw, when he meets Charlotte Gillespie on the side of the road. A beautiful middle-aged black woman, she's walking into town w...

Brady Coyne is a Boston attorney, whose routine legal work and sedate lifestyle usually keep him far away from trouble. Unfortunately, one cold January morning, trouble comes to him. When Brady lets his dog out into the backyard of his Back Bay brownstone, he finds a girl buried under the snow in Brady's back yard. A teenager, maybe fifteen or sixteen, who had apparently crawled into the backyard, bleeding, in the middle of the night, only to die from hypothermia and blood loss. The singul...

A lawyer investigates a friend's tragedy to help bring the family closure—only to uncover a conspiracy in this legal thriller.Brady Coyne is an attorney with a select clientele and a small practice—he handles mostly the boring paperwork such as deeds, wills, and divorces and leaves the more exciting aspects of the legal profession to others. A call from Jacob Gold, an old friend and client, on a cold February day, however, shatters the slow pace of Brady's life. Go...

Investigating a politician's missing spouse gets a Boston lawyer tangled in a murder case in this mystery thriller."Mystery lovers will thoroughly enjoy Brady and the other characters Tapply creates. They are sharply etched and, together with a deft narrative, make Tapply one of the best in the game." — The Florida Times-UnionBoston attorney Brady Coyne has just received a call from Jimmy D'Ambrosio, a Democratic p...