Death at the Dock
Series: Alyssa Chalmers Historical Mysteries #3
Author: Carmen Radtke
Genre: Historical Mystery
Setting: 1862 Portland, Oregon
Release Date: February 27, 2026, by Independently Published
Pages: 191
Summary:
A sharp tongue. An even sharper mind. A Victorian sleuth criminals overlook at their peril.
1862. A new home in a prospectors’ town, a new life, and two steadfast admirers: Alyssa Chalmers’ future is secure among her friends.
But when Captain Moore sends a message, begging for her help, she can’t say no.With the doctor and the First Officer by her side, she travels to Portland, Oregon. She finds a situation worse than she feared. Two of the captain’s crew have gone missing and the local marshal is adamant they simply jumped ship. Even the discovery of a body is unable to change his mind.
Captain Moore knows better. He is convinced that something sinister is going on, and he needs sharp-witted Alyssa and her sleuthing partners to figure it out.But dark secrets and vices are lurking everywhere. Alyssa needs all her wits to figure out who to trust – and how to save the missing men before there’s another murder.
Death at the Dock is the third mystery in this captivating series that transports readers back to the 1860s, with a heroine determined to make her own way in a society made for men. Perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen’s Molly Murphy and Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody.
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Excerpt
A sharp whistle blew and a cart-driver, who’d just come into sight, brought his pony to a halt. A column of chained-together men in striped shirts and pants, with heavy balls on their ankles, trod along. Behind them marched two armed deputies.
“Shame on you, Nelson Cutliss,” a grey-haired woman yelled at one of the men from her window. “Defiling your poor mother’s good name, bless her soul.”
One of the prisoners faltered as the words rang out, but they all kept their gaze on the ground.
Alyssa shivered. She wondered what crimes the men had committed, and how many convicts there were in a city that boasted a large prison but no hospital.
About Carmen Radtke
Carmen has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.
She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.
When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life.
The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner. Since then she has penned several more cozy mysteries, including the Jack and Frances series set in the 1930s.
Genie and the Ghost is her first paranormal cozy mystery.
Carmen now lives in Italy with her human and her four-legged family.
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