Beverle Graves Myers

 Welcome! 

My Tito Amato Mysteries  follow the career of an 18th-century castrato singer with a generous heart and a well-developed nose 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, get a taste of the series on my Book Trailer page.

I'm also delighted to announce the start of a new series co-written with fellow mystery author, Joanne Dobson. As World War II transforms New York City, a seasoned homicide detective and two young women, a nurse and a reporter, encounter the best and worst the uneasy city has to offer. Sacrifice and true patriotism are offset by racial paranoia, political intrigue, sabotage, profiteering, and, of course, murder. Face of the Enemy, the first book in the Helluva War series is slated for publication in September 2012.

"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

News!!  

Poisoned Pen Press is offering Interrupted Aria, first book in the Tito Amato series, at $.99 for Kindle, NOOK, and other eReaders. You can start the series at bargain rates, and I do recommend reading the books in order. It's just more fun to follow Tito's relationships with family, friends, and assorted theater divas as the series progresses.

The entire series is still available in several formats.

 Click here for a list in reading order.

Latest Tito Amato Mystery (#5)

 Her Deadly Mischief

Venice, 1742. Murder is never as clear as glass ... 

Tito has the audience at the Teatro San Marco entranced--until a woman tumbles from a fourth-tier box. The victim is Zulietta Giardino, a mischievous courtesan involved with a promsing young glass master. Since Tito was the only one to see the masked man who stabbed then pushed Zulietta to her death, the chief of Venice's rudimentary police force requests the singer's help. Did a wager over a rival courtesan's jewels spell Zulietta's death? Or did the murder involve sinister events in the glass factories of Murano?

Order from your local bookstore, the publisher, or your favorite online bookseller. Available in hardcover, large print, trade paper, NOOK and Kindle.

An audio version read by Geoffrey Blaisdell is available from Blackstone Audio

 

 

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Check out Cruel Music, my blog where you'll find:

 

• Frank reviews of films set in Tito's era
• Discussion of all things Venetian
• 18th-century oddities
• Interesting factoids I stumble across in my research