Cast Adrift  •  Peter Guttridge MYSTERY •  2005 •  HARD COVER In the sixth Nick Madrid book, the self-deprecating, yoga-loving British journalist encounters pirates, undersea evils, looters, and a shipwreck in his attempt to achieve stunt stardom through a low-budget West Indies film. He and his friend, editor Bridget Frost, must escape death at every turn. (CRB191, $25.95)
A Ghost of a Chance  •  Peter Guttridge MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 252 PAGES Black magic, pagans and Satanists befall Nick Madrid in the second book of the series. Madrid, the self-deprecating, yoga-loving British journalist, agrees to inhabit a haunted place on the Sussex Downs for one night, only to discover a dead man hanging from an oak. The mystery leads him closer to a secret treasure concering black magician Aleister Crowley. (GBR648, $14.00)
No Laughing Matter  •  Peter Guttridge MYSTERY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 277 PAGES The first book in the popular Nick Madrid series. A naked woman falls -- or is pushed -- from atop a hotel during the gentle journalist's trip to the Montreal Just For Laughs festival. To solve the mystery, Madrid, a self-deprecating, yoga-loving British journalist, must search the streets of Edinburgh and the secrets of Hollywood. (CND256, $13.00)
The Once and Future Con  •  Peter Guttridge MYSTERY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 244 PAGES The fourth Nick Madrid book finds the self-deprecating, yoga-loving British journalist in Great Britain's West Country, where the discovery of King Arthur's grave results in commercial fanfare -- Camelot casinos, theme parks and banquets abound. Madrid and friend investigate the site and find a series of murders, a mystery heightened by a reappearing man on a white horse. (GBR649, $14.00)
Two to Tango  •  Peter Guttridge MYSTERY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 218 PAGES Dangerous creatures -- and killers -- in the Amazon threaten Nick Madrid, the self-deprecating, yoga-loving British journalist, as he attempts to prevent the murder of a rockstar in the third book of this popular series. The Rock Against Drugs tour quickly becomes a race against time as the rock star nears his final concert at Machu Picchu. (AMZ98, $14.00)