Beverle Graves Myers

I'm delighted to announce a new World War II series co-written with fellow mystery author, Joanne Dobson.

Face of the Enemy is the first novel in the New York in Wartime mystery series that focuses on a seasoned homicide detective and two young women, a nurse and a reporter. As war unfolds and transforms the city, the three New Yorkers encounter the best and worst the uneasy home front has to offer. The best includes sacrifice and true patriotism, while the worst brings racial paranoia, political intrigue, sabotage, profiteering and, of course, murder.

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December, 1941. With New Yorkers painfully aware of their vulnerability after the Pearl Harbor attack, the FBI prowls the city snatching up Japanese residents. Troubles multiply for a sensitive Japanese artist when she’s accused of murder as well as espionage. Is Masako Fumi guilty? Or a victim of racial paranoia? 

What People Are Saying

• "Mystery mavens ... will savor the colorful characters and the evocation of Gotham in the 1940s: the Bund, America First, egg creams, Schrafft’s, Horn & Hardart. More, please.

                       -- Kirkus Reviews

• "FACE OF THE ENEMY is a deft historical novel that offers characters to care about, an engrossing story, a believable setting—and a window into a too-often-ignored chapter in recent American history. Read it for any one of those elements, or all of them; you'll be glad you did.”

                      -- SJ Rozan, Edgar-winning author of GHOST HERO

• "This is a solid historical mystery, and its treatment of societal stereotyping of ethnic groups has obvious parallels today."

                       -- Barbara Bibel, in Booklist

• “FACE OF THE ENEMY is much more than a whodunit–with New York City as its backdrop, this mystery explores how a diverse cast of characters attempt to make sense of the most seminal event in the 20^th century–World War II. The plight of a Japanese immigrant artist, pursued by both the FBI and New York Police Department, is especially moving. If you are not a fan of 1940s American history, you will become one!”

                   --Naomi Hirahara, Edgar Award-winning author of           

                      the MAS ARAI MYSTERIES

 My Tito Amato Mysteries follow the career of an 18th-century castrato singer with a generous heart and a yearning for justice. In Tito's world, music and murder make a deadly duet as the Venetian Empire slowly expires in a blazing carnival of intrigue and pleasure. While I work on book #6--WHISPERS OF VIVALDI-- get a taste of the series on my Book Trailer page.

First book in the series--

INTERRUPTED ARIA is at a bargain price of $2.99 on Kindle  

 INTERRUPTED ARIA

"The real accomplishment of Myers is her rendering of 18th-century Venice."

            --Kirkus Reviews on Her Deadly Mischief

"Myers sets the stage beautifully, and her Tito Amato is an enduringly sympathetic character."

            --Alfred Hitchcock Magazine on Cruel Music

"An accomplished historical novel that's also a classic country-house mystery."

            --Kirkus Reviews on The Iron Tongue of Midnight

The entire Tito Amato Mystery series is available in ebook, trade paper, large print, and audio book. See my author page at Poisoned Pen Press for details.

Or click here for the series titles in reading order and links to buy on Amazon.