A collection of short stories for 2026.
THE CROSS OF LORRAINE: Murder in Miami Beach
CHUM: Murder on an island off Cape Fear
BREATH: Murder in a nursing home
ICE PICK: Murder of a judge
MAPLE SYRUP: Murder in the snow
POKER FACE: Murder of an innocent
QUENCH: Murder thwarted
‘A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY.’ (Florida Weekly); ‘A MASTER OF THRILLER DIALOGUE.’ (Washington Independent Review of Books); ‘WHILE DE MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING FINANCIAL REPORTER, HE'S AN AWFULLY GOOD FICTION WRITER AS WELL.’ (Naples Daily News)
Genre: Mystery
THE CROSS OF LORRAINE: Murder in Miami Beach
CHUM: Murder on an island off Cape Fear
BREATH: Murder in a nursing home
ICE PICK: Murder of a judge
MAPLE SYRUP: Murder in the snow
POKER FACE: Murder of an innocent
QUENCH: Murder thwarted
‘A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY.’ (Florida Weekly); ‘A MASTER OF THRILLER DIALOGUE.’ (Washington Independent Review of Books); ‘WHILE DE MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING FINANCIAL REPORTER, HE'S AN AWFULLY GOOD FICTION WRITER AS WELL.’ (Naples Daily News)
Genre: Mystery
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