The first installment of the popular ‘Lesson’ series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.Sex, Murder, and Videotapes—join David Unger as he tackles his very first murder mysteryWhen David is drafted at the last minute to cover a class on Human Sexuality, he prepares by attending a Sex Therapists conference, where a fellow attendee confides that she’s being blackmailed over illicitly obtained sex-tapes.Things take a sinister turn when mu...

A collection of lyrical, philosophical early poems by “one of Chile’s foremost poets” (Publishers Weekly)Enrique Lihn is among the most important Chilean poets, alongside Nicanor Parra, since the generation of Gabriela Mistral, Vicente Huidobro, and Pablo Neruda. Lihn’s first two poetry books represented here—Nada se escurre (Nothing Slips Away), 1949, and Poemas de este tiempo y de otro (Poems of This Time and Another), 1955—introduce hi...

The second installment of the popular ‘Lesson’ series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.When a musician client asks David to accompany him to the 1982 US Festival, death is the last thing on his mind. Angry groupies can be passionate, sure, but murder? Nah.David’s optimism is swiftly rocked and rolled, when exotic drugs and death appear as supporting acts, and the festival mood shifts. Even the lovely Lilah can’t distract David from reality. ...

The third installment of the popular 'Lesson' series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.While reluctantly attending a Therapist conference, David is relieved to find escape from his colleagues when a random stranger asks for his help. But curiosity can be a curse.He's unwittingly drawn into a family feud, and doesn't need to attend classes to know these never end well.Sure enough, people start dying, and a cryptic note, snarky siblings...

The ninth installment of the popular ‘Lesson’ series – featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth David Unger, PhD.David’s chakras are stimulated when he takes a skeptical step into the unknown. He’s been hired for support at the Santa Monica Whole Life Expo – bad juju is expected, and positive therapeutic auras are required.Murder soon spoils the cosmic karma, and with the posse on hand to spice up the mystic mix, David’s sleuthing leads him to places he’s never ...

The fifth installment of the popular 'Lesson' series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.It's 1984, and David is off the couch once more and providing support to the team-building efforts of a publishing start-up at the LA Dodgers Adult Fantasy Camp in Florida.As David seeks the elusive home run that will elevate his love life from the minors, team rivalries simmer and he is drawn into a web of lies, suspicion, and drug-smuggling. Teambuilding ...

The eighth installment of the popular 'Lesson' series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.David reluctantly joins members of his High School Bridge Club at their 20th Class Reunion in the hope of solving a personal mystery from his own past. But reuniting soon delivers a few unwelcome truths, and fear sets in when a classmate is found dead.As old rivalries and resentments flare, the gathering on the Queen Mary in Long Beach for a weekend of mem...

The sixth installment of the popular 'Lesson' series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.David's ability to spin a yarn gets him invited to attend a Cowboy Poetry Gathering, despite being neither cowboy nor poet. When a murder occurs before he can even unpack his gumshoe kit, he wonders if his presence was premediated for other reasons.He takes a moonshine to one of the dubious cast of famous cowboy wanabees, and enjoys the distraction of an ol...

The seventh installment of the popular 'Lesson' series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.David's up for a giggle when wild-card therapy client Bennett ropes him into running therapy sessions at a Comedy Conference.It should be a hoot, but nobody's laughing when a conference attendee turns up dead, and veiled threats waft David's way.Treading a fine line between self-preservation and sleuthing, David calls in his growing posse for back...

The fourth installment of the popular ‘Lesson’ series—featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth, David Unger.David joins therapy client Bennett, a volatile but good-hearted author, at a Mystery Writers conference in Las Vegas, where attendees dress up as famous detectives and participate in an innocent Whodunit game. So far, so sleuthy.But all is not what it seems—Bennett’s girlfriend has disappeared, and David is tasked with finding her. And he’s not the only on...

Set in Guatemala and based on a true story, "this intriguing literary thriller will appeal to lovers of international crime fiction" ( Booklist).Guillermo Rosensweig is a member of the Guatemalan elite, runs a successful law practice, has a wife and kids—and a string of gorgeous lovers. Then one day he crosses paths with Maryam, a Lebanese beauty with whom he falls desperately in love . . . to the point that when he loses her, he sees no other option than ...

"A Jewish man flees 1938 Germany only to find a new and unexpected nightmare" in Guatemala, in this tale of dark humor and desperate suspense ( Publishers Weekly).In 1938, as Samuel Berkow's tramp steamer from Germany approaches Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, he is full of hope that he will be able to find a family member and begin to remake his life in the new world.But in this sweltering, chaotic, and hostile port town, he will have to face down many...