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Laura Tregonning Weissmann has blown into town like an ill wind. After making her singing debut with Isaac Pick at only 17 in Strasbourg, she has gone on to bigger, if not better things. She's been singing with a big band in some dump in Alabama. Her boyfriend, the drummer Lonzo Phoenix, beat her within an inch of her life. It was enough to finally drive Laura to o home to her adoptive father, Wilhelm Weissmann. As Laura is arriving, Til is leaving town for his first big job. His paper is sending him to Lakehurst, New Jersey to cover the arrival of the giant Hindenburg Zeppelin. His ...

Gwendolyn Graham's last happy day was just before her 15th birthday, the day before her beloved father died. Her mother forces her to abandon everything she has ever known, including the young man she loves and hopes to wed, and drags her from their farm to Baltimore, where she throws her daughter into the path of every man who shows an interest. Unfortunately, one of those men is a brothel owner. When Gwendolyn disappears, Detective Shay has to find her before it's too late.

Families. It's a shame we don't get to pick who are in them. Some family members are wonderful. Others aren't worth the powder to blow their noses. Dylan and Rhys Shay have moved their families to Tennessee, where Dylan is the new chief of police. They had thought there would be far less crime in a rural town than they had to deal with in Baltimore. They are soon to learn that crime in the country is different only because there are fewer people. Dead bodies begin turning up in the fairgrounds. Marcel Duprey and his little family are doing quite well with their music school. Parents are ...

Martin Durkin, Jr., "The Sheik Killer", has been cutting a wide swath through the country. He's known far and wide as a vicious cop killer and robber. But he's tall and sharp looking, and the women think he has "IT". He's got three wives in different states, and girlfriends all over the place. He's also got a father who's trying to flatten his time in the Maryland Penitentiary, thanks to the efforts of Tom Ribiero and Dylan Shay of the Bureau of Investigation. When Junior figures out a way to help his father bust out, while he goes after the men who put him away, all hell is about to bust ...

A minister has been murdered along with his paramour, their bodies found in the basement of church's residence. The preacher's wife is missing. Gabrielle Walsh, a former traveling evangelist, knew both the preacher and his wife. A year after the man's demise and the woman's disappearance, a "man" surfaces in a neighboring community operating a "spiritualist camp", where "he" offers to contact dead loved ones. Gabby knows the medium is the missing wife. Gabby agrees to assist the police by going undercover to try and apprehend a murderess.

Things have settled down for the Moriarty family. Ted is back in his wife's good graces, They are preparing to return to Baltimore to Ted's job as police captain. In Baltimore, things are heating up. The O'Carrollan crime family has an ax to grind with certain members of the City police force, and Big Dev, the head of the O'Carrollans, is gunning for the officers affiliated with Katy Moriarty's bakery. Marcel and his family have returned from their sojourn in Europe, followed by his father and newly adopted sister. Then things really heat up.

Things are heating up in Coatesville. The Klan has taken umbrage because there is a group of Catholics in their "Christian" town. Worst of all, those Catholics are doing well for themselves and have the audacity to do things like hire and befriend people of color. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, things are getting even hotter. Dr. Karl Reichmann has established a medical practice near a college where he has young men working as "Therapists" for some of his female patients. Isaac, the young baritone who has graduated from Peabody, has been invited to sing in Europe. His music master has a month to ...

January, 1923. The United States Marine Corps has occupied Haiti since 1915. Danny Shay joined up as soon as he turned 18, figuring he'd get sent to Europe to fight in the War to End All Wars. Instead he got shipped off to Haiti, where he was witness to some of the atrocities being perpetrated against the Haitian population. As soon as he was able, he left the service and began working his way back to Baltimore. He arrives in town only to discover that his brothers have moved to Tennessee. Marcel's half-brother, Klaus, has been letting his jealousy get the better of him. He wants what his ...

A neighborhood grocery store has been firebombed and the owner killed. Some woman is going around town selling "insurance" so the same thing doesn't happen to them. Baltimore City was really living up to its name of "Mob Town" in 1921. Will the police be able to stop the St. Louis Woman? And is she the only guilty party?

Baritone Isaac Pick is making his international debut. His music master has traveled with him to teach him his part during the trip. Marcel Duprey's estranged father shocks him down to his socks when he receives a command to bring his wife and children to his estate. But he's even more shocked when his half-brother Klaus and Klaus' wife arrive uninvited. Meanwhile, in Tennessee, the families are still trying to recover from when the KKK attacked their homes. In Baltimore, rose was in charge of remodeling the restaurant, and has hired a young woman to work in the kitchen. Was it a mistake?

1922: Eugenics has taken hold. A woman of color gives birth to a biracial baby who is a light complexioned blond cherub. She is told the child was stillborn. She and her husband refuse to accept that. Meanwhile, evil is afoot in Baltimore City. Someone is kidnapping little girls. When they are found, they have been raped beaten and sometimes killed. The police feel as if they are running in circles.

Prohibition is just getting started. Baltimore City Police are told to stand down from any enforcement involving the Volstead Act, as the Governor has claimed his state would be "just as wet as ever". Gabrielle Lane Pennington is out of jail, and ready for a new challenge. Joshua McAleese, the brother of her former associate, has taken over Mickey's operation. He presses Gabby into working with him in order to open a nightclub. Everything is going along swimmingly, the club is making more money than anyone anticipated. Then Gabby made the mistake of asking for more money.

It's late 1934. The German American Bund is on the rise along the East Coast. A few months before, Til Duprey had managed to infiltrate some of their meetings for the FBI. Things didn't go quite as he expected. In Tennessee, young attorney Declan Dougherty has his first big case, defending a woman accused of casting spells on her neighbor. The young attorney manages to impress not just his client, but opposing counsel and the judge. Meanwhile, Declan's twin brother Donagh returns from university in London. The newly minted horse doctor is anxious to establish himself, much to Chiara Shay's ...

Monument City Mysteries ended in 1925. Now, in 1934, share the lives of the next generation. Declan Dougherty, Mary Faith Shay and her sister Chiara are returning home after finishing college. They step off the train and right into a family tragedy. Just when they think things can’t get worse, Declan’s step-father is called to the police station to stave off a lynching. It is the fledgling attorney’s opportunity to take on his first case as he tries to decide between opening his own practice or going to work for the District Attorney’s office. A young man's life hangs in the balance...

February, 1920. Prohibition went into effect a month before. Prohibition agents are political hacks, most having bought their positions, and more apt to make more in graft from the bootleggers than from their salaries. At the same time, the Governor of the State of Maryland declared his state would remain as "wet as ever". Police were told to stand down on all matters regarding enforcement of the Volstead Act or the 18th Amendment. Gabby Lane Pennington is no longer running a patent medicine mail order business. Now she has a full blown distillery, making not just Pennington's Tonic, but ...

1931: Mary Faith and Declan Dougherty are leaving home for college in Baltimore. Considering both their families consist of working women and law enforcement officer, their formative years have involved more than their share of intrigue. Faith thought going to nursing school would be calmer than living with people who thought nothing of discussion autopsy results over the dinner table. Boy was she wrong.

The eleventh month, the eleventh day, the eleventh hour, the eleventh minute. Armistice Day. The end of the War to End All Wars. The toll in lives was tremendous. Spanish flu brought an even greater toll. Men who came through the war unscathed succumbed to the plague. In the end, no one was left untouched. This was especially true for the families of Zofia's Cakes and Tarts.

With Rory O'Fallon history, Sofie Davies O'Fallon is in search of a new partner in crime and protector. She finds Landry Glass. A former calvelry officer, world traveler and ladies man, Landry moves in on Sofie and shows her all the things she's been missing in life, while helping her find bigger and better scores. Meanwhile, the police are trying to catch Glass and Sofie doing something they shouldn't. Tomas Ribiero goes undervocer, and finds way more than he ever expected.

Now that Landry Glass is a memory, Sophia Davies O'Fallon finds herself in need of a new situation. The pawnbroker, deGroot, puts her together with an ersatz German count, Gerhardt Weissmann. Weissmann and Sophia cut a wide swath through Baltimore's elite, managing to empty safes and jewel cases, and dodge the police at the same time.

Why Are You Weeping, Sister? Gwendolyn Graham's last happy day was just before her 15th birthday, the day before her beloved father died. Her mother forces her to abandon everything she has ever known, including the young man she loves and hopes to wed, and drags her from their farm to Baltimore, where she throws her daughter into the path of every man who shows an interest. Unfortunately, one of those men is a brothel owner. When Gwendolyn disappears, Detective Shay has to find her before it's too late. The House That Jack Built Baltimore City. 1910 Police hunt across the strata of society...