Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger

I received this book for free courtesy of the Barnes and Noble First Look program. As we're still discussing the book on the boards, the rest of my review is posted beneath the cut.

The Tell-Tale Corpse by Harold Schechter

In this mystery Edgar Allen Poe goes to Boston and Concord to try to cure his wife's debilitating illness. He finds himself a guest of the Alcott family, a particular friend of young Louisa May Alcott, and called upon to solve a series of brutal murders. I found the chase fun, although the prose is a little stilted (I find the author's attempt to sound like a nineteenth century author or Poe himself false).