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Recently, The Midnight Investigations Agency of River City, California has had Sacramento Criminal Investigator Michael Siverling chronicle some of their more colourful cases.
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The latest declassified Midnight Investigations casefile, with the working title of The Sorcerer's Circle, has been scheduled for publication this December as a hardcover report by St. Martin's Minotaur of New York.
However, you can read a preliminary excerpt now.
WITNESS STATEMENTS
"Set in Rver City, Calif., this fun follow-up to Siverling's debut, The Sterling Inheritance (2004), finds the peerless mother-and-son team of Victoria and Jason Wilder investigating the murder of self-proclaimed psychic Elijah Messenger. Plagued by a premonition that someone is about to kill him, Messenger seeks help from Jason, who turns him down. The next day Messenger is stabbed to death in a cult ritual gone awry. Jason gets a chance to make up for his misplaced skepticism when he and his mom are hired by River City's mayor, Vincent Addison, to locate his daughter, Anna. An acolyte of Elijah's, Anna fled the scene of the crime and is a prime suspect. Propelled by Jason's glib 20-something voice, the mystery moves at top speed along some great twists and turns as Jason and Victoria seek to uncover Elijah's true identity and the motivations of his faithful followers."
TESTIMONY BY: Publishers Weekly.
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"In a solid follow-up to his debut, The Sterling Inheritance, which won the St. Martin's Press/PWA Private Eye Novel Contest, Siverling has amassed an absurdly delightful cast of characters to help Jason get to the bottom of the case."
TESTIMONY BY: Library Journal
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WINNER: 2002 St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Private Eye Novel Contest.
1st Edition
(Hardcover)
St. Martin's Minotaur
July 2004
Paperback edition
Dorchester/Leisure Books
November 2007
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The initial declassified Midnight Investigations report, The Sterling Inheritance, is available in hardcover by St. Martin's Minotaur of New York.
Read an excerpt now.
WITNESS STATEMENTS
"Siverling's day job is with the Sacramento County, Calif., District Attorney's office abduction team that recovers kidnapped children, but the engaging first mystery for which he won a St. Martin's/Private Eye Writers of America award has nothing to do with abducted children. What it does have is an interesting mother and son team of PIs, Victoria and Jason Wilder. Mom is a formidable former police detective who keeps a one-eyed German shepherd named Beowulf and runs the Midnight Investigation Agency. She provides employment for some retired cop colleagues and her 20-something son... who, despite his grumbling, likes and is quite good at being a private dick. (His late father was also a cop, so it's in his blood.) Mother and son have a brisk though affectionate relationship: when she says "I love you son," he replies, "I'm moderately fond of you, too, lady." The plot, like the title, has Raymond Chandler overtones, including a wealthy family, a soft son accused of murder and a tough, disillusioned older sister. But Siverling adds enough clever modern touches, especially in the relationship between Victoria and Jason, to make this look like the start of a promising series."
TESTIMONY BY: Publishers Weekly.
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"This winner of the St. Martin's/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Private Eye Mystery contest uses the standard PI setup, dialog, and characterization with alacrity and panache... a promising debut. "
TESTIMONY BY: Library Journal
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"The tart narrative, winner of St. Martin's 2002 Best First Private Eye Mystery contest, has an appealing retro feel and a clever solution."
TESTIMONY BY: Kirkus Reviews
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