New England Books and Authors

229 pages, published by Dave Wedge and Hamilcar Publications , ©2025 The boxing world is familiar with the name Mavelous Marvin Hagler. New England, especially the city of Brockton is even more familiar with the bald-headed, goateed former Middleweight Champion of the World. Hagler's journey to the belt was not an easy one. "Blood and Hate" begins on the streets of Newark, New Jersey, where Marvin would have to crawl from room to room in the apartment he shared with his mother and siblings during the Summer of 1967, when reports of police brutality during the arrest of a black cabbie soon exploded into burning buildings and gunshots. Having enough of needing to tell her children to keep the lights off and avoid the windows, Ida Mae Hagler packed up her six children and moved to Brockton, where they moved in with Ida's cousin. Marvin Hagler, then fifteen, went to work in construction while his other siblings went to school. Marvin also liked to go to parties like a lot...

281 pages, published by  Westholme Publishing , ©2018 While the witch hysteria in Salem was playing on everyone's fears and superstitions at the time, a lesser-known mania was taking place in another town close by. Andover, Massachusetts was a small town under the protection of the English Crown. Founded in 1646, the town was founded by residents of nearby Ipswich and Newbury. Andover was a relatively quiet town King Phillip's War put settlers on edge. There was another period of unrest that plagued the residents of the town. This time the threat was supernatural. While many throughout the United States and the rest of the world are familiar with the Salem Witch Trials, there are a lot of people who don't know of a similar infamous event in nearby Andover. In the summer of 1692, Elizabeth Ballard fell ill and showed no signs of recovering. At the behest of neighbors, Elizabeth's husband Joseph called on the girls of Salem who had been victims of witchcraft's curse ...

photo: emkellythrillers.com 396 pages, published by Great Blue Hill Publishing, ©2024 In the town of Stoughton, Massachusetts , Colton Baker is ready for his first day as a detective. That first day will include a call to investigate a dead body at the train station. It will turn out to be the first of many victims of a serial killer, and it's just one of the tasks Baker is faced with in E.M. Kelly's "Murder by Symbols". Victims and Their Clues Throughout the book, the new detective takes on challenges at work and at home. The body at the train station becomes another case file added to a pile Baker was hoping to whittle down in his new position. It's not going to get any easier for him as more victims are found around town. The victims have coins over their eyes, coins from the time of the American Revolution. What is the significance of the coins, and do they have any connection with the symbols tattooed to the victims' foreheads? Speaking of the tattoos, th...

290 pages; Published by William Morrow, ©2010 Mark Genevich , Massachusetts' favorite wise-cracking, narcoleptic private eye is back, and this time he has some friends. Well, he has group therapy. It wasn't his idea. It came from an ultimatum his mother gave him. Being a private eye means you can get work from the strangest of places. For Mark, his latest job comes from someone he meets in group therapy named Gus. Genevich drinks with a man named Gus and the result is a job. Easy or not, Genevich can't afford to turn down work. Life hasn't been easy for him. Business leads have been drying up, and he is facing a lawsuit. Not only that, but a Boston Police detective wants to talk to him about a nearby fire. His questions are almost accusatory. If you read "The Little Sleep" , you know how congenial and professional Genevich is with Detective Owolewa. It's not just Owolewa. There's also a bouncer Genevich rubs the wrong way and people who want to give th...

263 pages; Published by Jean M. Roberts © 2018 I narrated the audiobook version of this work, so I get paid if you purchase it. Tales of arriving in a new land are numerous. History books tell students of all ages about people who left everything behind in order to make a better life for themselves and their family. The dangers they encountered were both exciting and harrowing. For people like Hugh Parsons, the dangers came from the wild of an untamed land and the very community he lived in. "Weave a Web of Witchcraft" by Jean M. Roberts details the struggles of a man who is forced to learn a trade despite wanting to farm and live off the land. After learning his trade, Parsons travels to the New World in hopes of better opportunities, only to find himself accused of witchcraft by his own family. Roberts' book begins in the 1630's. Parsons is working on his family's farm when his father informs him an apprenticeship has been arranged with a local brickmaker. Despi...