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Our first release will be The Vanishing at the Grand Hotel. More Lula Hayes mysteries, La Común novels, and The Canny Valley are on the way. We’ll announce dates here as they are confirmed.

01

First from the press

Forthcoming

The Vanishing at the Grand Hotel

The Lula Hayes Mysteries

October 1958. Sixteen-year-old Henry Ashworth is missing from the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. His grandfather asks Lula Hayes to investigate quietly before the island closes for winter. Henry’s sketchbook and paintbox are still in his room. Lula begins with what he left behind.

02

Michigan mysteries

Forthcoming

The Lula Hayes Mysteries

Cases across Michigan

Lula’s cases move through mines, mills, amusement parks, orchards, government offices, and neighborhoods under pressure. A disappearance, a death, or a document that does not add up draws Lula into each case, and into the lives of people with good reasons to be wary of her questions.

03

International historical action

Forthcoming

La Común

The first three announced novels

Follow couriers, dockworkers, nurses, and fighters through occupations and uprisings across the Americas and the Pacific. Their connections grow into La Común, a network of people helping one another across borders.

04

Forthcoming edited volume

Forthcoming

The Canny Valley

An Anthology of Resistance and Care · Edited by Tristin Hassell

Poems, stories, creative nonfiction, and hybrid work by writers rooted in California’s Central Valley. The collection will explore work, family, migration, memory, resistance, and care. Submission and publication dates will be announced.

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