"The setting is old London Town, but the story is Wendall Thomas's trademark three-ring circus. What a joy it is to follow the increasingly bonkers plot knowing that every last madcap thread is guaranteed to come together in the end. Fogged Off is what the world needs right now." —Catriona McPherson, multi-award winning author of The Last Ditch Motel mysteries

When one of her clients is found dead in London, Cyd Redondo is on the hook for thirty thousand dollars to return his body home. So when his university offers to cover the costs if she'll go in person to collect him—and his Ripper research—she jumps at the chance. But no sooner does Cyd arrive in London than Shep's death by natural causes starts to look most unnatural.

Cyd's only hope for recovering the body and vamoosing back to Brooklyn is to find the killer herself—but she's thwarted at every turn by Scotland Yard, Shep's former girlfriends, a sinister mortuary service, an old nemesis, and her taxidermist uncle. And when Shep's apartment is ransacked and a second Ripper expert is found murdered, Cyd knows she'll have to solve the crimes fast, before someone books her on a one-way trip to the morgue . . .

"Cyd's Balenciaga bag deserves to become as legendary as Sherlock Holmes's deerstalker and magnifying glass." —James W. Ziskin, Anthony, Barry, and Macavity Award-winning author of the Ellie Stone Mysteries

Praise for the Cyd Redondo Mysteries:

Lost Luggage

2018 Macavity Award nominee for Best First Novel
2018 Lefty Award nominee for Best Debut Mystery

"Thomas makes a rollicking debut with this comic mystery. With its sexy overtones, this fun, character-driven novel will appeal to Janet Evanovich fans." —Library Journal (starred review)

"Laugh-out-loud funny and enchantingly ridiculous . . . highly entertaining . . ." —Jessica Howard, Shelf Awareness

Drowned Under
2020 Anthony Award nominee for Best Paperback Original
2020 Lefty Nominee for Best Humorous Mystery

"Fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum will cotton to Cyd." —Publishers Weekly

"With her clever mind, tart comebacks, and Balenciaga tote bag, Cyd is a fearsome force. What a heroine for the modern age. Do not miss this!" —Daryl Wood Gerber, Agatha Award-winning national bestselling author of the Cookbook Nook and French Bistro Mysteries

"This novel puts Thomas in a class with Carl Hiassen and Janet Evanovitch." —Nancy Tingley, Lefty-nominated author of the Jenna Murphy Mysteries

About the Author:

Wendall Thomas teaches in the Graduate Film School at UCLA, lectures internationally on screenwriting, and has worked as a film and television writer. Her first Cyd Redondo mystery, Lost Luggage, garnered Lefty and Macavity nominations for Best Debut, and Drowned Under was nominated for a Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery and an Anthony for Best Paperback Original. Her short fiction appears in LAdies Night, Last Resort, and Murder A-Go-Go's.