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This page lists novels, short story collections and non-fiction by Roberta Rogow.

By Roberta Rogow
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The Problem of the Missing Miss: A Mystery

Roberta Rogow

1998

Published in the UK in 1999 as The Problem of the Missing Hoyden.

"Lord Marbury, a stalwart M.P., sends his young daughter Alicia to Brighton to spend her vacation with his old professor, the Rev. Charles Dodgson. But when Dodgson arrives at the train station to meet his charge, she is nowhere to be seen. It quickly becomes clear that Alicia has been kidnapped by her father's political enemies. A chance meeting with a young doctor visiting Brighton on his honeymoon, one Arthur Conan Doyle, leads the two to work together to find Alicia."

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The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist

Roberta Rogow

1999

"In October of 1885, mathematician and Oxford don Charles Dodgson - better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - arrives in Portsmouth to visit a few days with his friend Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle. An old, retired sea captain recently died of what everyone believed to be natural causes - everyone except his physician, Dr. Doyle. Now his suspicions are delaying the captains funeral and the settling of his estate, placing his family in a precarious position. Shortly after the inquest, an emissary of the Rajah of Rajitpoor arrives at the dead man's door, claiming to have an appointment with the deceased to discuss an important missing treasure stolen decades before from India. …. Now Dr. Doyle and Mr. Dodgson must resolve the mysteries of the past and present before another mysterious death occurs."

The Problem of the Evil Editor

Roberta Rogow

2000

"In the winter of 1888, Reverend Charles Dodgson of Christ Church at Oxford - better known to the world as author Lewis Carroll - brings his newfound friend Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle to London to introduce him to editors potentially interested in Doyle's writing. Their first stop is the offices of a weekly magazine, Youth's Companion, where they arrive to find the place in an uproar - the staff is upset, the printers in a rage, and Samuel Bassett, the editor, is busy violently rejecting the work of up-and-coming Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Dr. Doyle fares no better with the foul-tempered, duplicitous, and mean editor - and the duo depart. Shortly thereafter, in full sight of Dodgson and Doyle, Bassett is murdered outside of the magazine's offices. Due to the heavy snowstorm, neither of them can identify Bassett's attacker, but they are on hand to hear Bassett's final gasp. With the Labor Riots raging in the streets and unrest in the air, the police immediately assume that Wilde, a socialist, is responsible and set about trying to find him. But, believing that Wilde is innocent, Dodgson and Doyle are determined to find out the truth behind the vicious attack. In a quest that takes them from the most prestigious literary and art circles in Victorian London to the lowest dives of ill repute, the unlikely duo seeks to unmask a killer before he strikes again."

The Problem of the Surly Servant

Roberta Rogow

2001

"It is May 1886 and all is not well at Christ Church, Oxford. The curator of Christ Church, the Reverend Mr. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known as the author Lewis Carroll), is expecting a visit from Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle - an acquaintance and would-be writer - and his wife when he learns of a series of troubling events. The wine cellar seems to have mysteriously become depleted, while some of the students and faculty have begun complaining that many small personal items - items of value - have begun disappearing from their rooms. Over at Lady Margaret Hall, one of the female students finds herself the subject of blackmail, with a photo taken of her as a child by Mr. Dodgson the object. And Lord Nevil Farlow, pressed by gambling debts and in financial difficulty, finds himself contemplating a desperate maneuver to come about. In the midst of all of this is Ingram, an insolent scout, whom Dodgson believes has been going through his things in his room and fires after a public disagreement witnessed by half the college. So that evening, when Dr. Dodgson discovers the murdered body of Ingram on the grounds, the only suspect for miles around is Dodgson himself. Now it is up to Doyle, with Dodgson's help, to find out how these various disturbances are related and uncover the truth about Ingram's murder."

The Guilty Client

Roberta Rogow

2009

A Pettigrew & Roth novel.

"A tale of murder, deceit, infidelity and greed unfolds set in 1870 New York."

The Root of the Matter

Roberta Rogow

2010

A Pettigrew & Roth novel.

"The sudden entrance of a dying seaman disrupts a quiet supper party, and Uncle Ephraim Pettigrew, his partner Joshua Roth, and his niece Peggy, find themselves embroiled in a case involving rare plants, a ferocious alley cat, and a few family skeletons. Attorney Michael Riley joins Joshua and Peggy as they spend a hot summer day chasing a killer from the Hudson River waterfront to the mansions lining Madison Avenue."

Murders in Manatas

Roberta Rogow

2013

A Halvar the Hireling novel.

"No job is ever as simple as it seems. Halvar Danske, known as the Hireling, has come to Manatas to determine whether there’s fraud afoot in the Feria. His master, the Al-Andalusian Calif Don Felipe, has had a letter from an old friend named Leon di Vicenza claiming part of the calif’s share of the Feria’s revenues is being funneled into unauthorized pockets. It’s more than an omen when Halvar stumbles on a brutally murdered man his first morning in Manatas, and the day goes downhill from there. Is the corpse really Leon di Vincenza, or is someone staging a gigantic hoax? And what does Halvar’s childhood love Dani Glick have to do with it?"

Mayhem in Manatas

Roberta Rogow

2014

A Halvar the Hireling novel.

"If people would only stop trying to kill him, Halvar the Dane might finally manage to do what he was sent to the island of Manatas to do—get the fugitive Leon di Vicenza on a boat back to Al-Andalus. And he didn't intend to kill two people before breakfast in the process. However, once again murder and intrigue immerse the calif’s Hireling in more trouble than he ever wanted; and before he learns who murdered the pawnbroker, the mystery will take enough twists and turns to make a good man dizzy."

Mischief in Manatas

Roberta Rogow

2015

A Halvar the Hireling novel.

"The end is in sight. Or not. As the fall Feria comes to a close, Halvar is ready to snatch Leon di Vicenza from the fratery and head back to Al-Andalus. No such luck. An Afrikan merchant dies of poisoning, and there are enough suspects to populate half of Manatas. Then a Bretain student is also murdered, and the Calif's Hireling is once again up to his boot tops in mystery."

Menace in Manatas

Roberta Rogow

2016

A Halvar the Hireling novel.

"Who killed the captain? It's not bad enough that Halvar is stuck in Manatas while Don Felipe is off exploring the New World. Now he's got a dead ship captain on his hands, a noblewoman and his virago wife complaining about their living accommodations, and an enemy from his past who claims to be just passing through. Then the bodies just seem to keep piling up, while the clues continue to be elusive. There's something rotten going on, but finding out exactly what it is and whose killing people is turning out to be tougher than any job he said so far."

Malice in Manatas

Roberta Rogow

2017

A Halvar the Hireling novel.

"There's no time for celebrating the holidays when a young messenger boy's corpse is discovered just outside Manatas. Snake had ambitions of bettering himself, but as Halvar, Selim, and the Town Guard seek for the lad's killer, they discover signs of a plot that could endanger the entire city. Then a noted master of mathematics is discovered dead in the Madrassa. Halvar's instincts tell him the two deaths are connected, but unearthing that link may present his most complicated puzzle to date. And, of course, make him a target yet again."

Madness in Manatas

Roberta Rogow

2018

A Halvar the Hireling novel.

"Ned Cooper had made plenty of enemies with his loud vocal attacks on every religion that wasn’t his, but it didn’t seem to Halvar that was enough to justify a knife in the back. Nevertheless, there he is—dead as one of his own barrels. Then Guardsman Zoltan meets a similar fate, and with even more suspects given his protection racket on the docks and his constant harassment of the women in the souk. Are these murders personal, or might they be connected to the muskets the captain of the Belle Fleur was smuggling into Manatas? Was Master Albrecht making gunpowder for those guns? Will Halvar still have a job after his contract expires on New Year’s Day? The intrepid Dane is once again knee-deep in corpses and on the wrong end of pointed weapons."

FutureSpeak: A Fan's Guide to the Language of Science Fiction

Roberta Rogow

1991

"Includes over one thousand entries defining scientific, literary, publishing, film, and printing terms associated with science fiction, plus lists of science fiction publications, organizations, and conventions."