Duane Poncy and Patricia J. McLean
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Patricia J. McLean is a poet and novelist living in Portland, Oregon. She is the co-author, with Duane Poncy, of Bartlett House, A Will Adelhardt/Lucy Hidalgo Mystery.
She is co-founder of the Habit of Rainy Nights Press publisher of Raising Our Voices: An Anthology of Oregon Poets Against the War , and The Eye of the Moon by Shelley Davidow. The press will be publishing two collections of poetry in 2012, Navigation by Brittney Corrigan, and Vines Black Upon Black Leaves by Ralph Salisbury. Patricia is a managing editor of Elohi Gadugi Journal, an online magazine of fiction, poetry, and narrative nonfiction now accepting submissions for its inaugural addition. Patricia earns her keep as a supervisor in an anti-poverty agency serving homeless families and individuals and those at risk of homelessness. Much of her writing draws on her experience with people living on the margins. Facebook Goodreads |
Duane Poncy is a writer, publisher, and book designer who lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-author, with his wife, Patricia J. McLean, of Bartlett House, A Will Adelhardt/Lucy Hidalgo Mystery.
He is also founding Publisher and Fiction Editor for The Habit of Rainy Nights Press, and is a managing editor of Elohi Gadugi Journal, an online magazine of fiction, poetry, and social commentary. He is currently working on a number of writing projects, including The Sweetland Trilogy, a series of speculative fiction novels set in the near future. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. DuanePoncy.net Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Google+ Goodreads PoncyMcLean.net |
Bartlett House
Mystery
A fire. A murder. A mystery with roots in the deep past.
When a fire burns down the historic Bartlett House, the body of young activist, Emmy d’Angelo is found inside, dressed in sexual bondage gear. Her older lover, professor Will Adelhardt, is under suspicion, but the manner in which Emmy is found is incomprehensible to Adelhardt, who is devastated by her loss. Now he must take a dark voyage through the past and his own tortured soul to discover the truth.
Will Adelhardt and his journalist friend, Lucy Hidalgo embark on a journey through Portland, Oregon’s history, from sixties protest to the lumber barons and radical Louise Bryant.
A fire. A murder. A mystery with roots in the deep past.
When a fire burns down the historic Bartlett House, the body of young activist, Emmy d’Angelo is found inside, dressed in sexual bondage gear. Her older lover, professor Will Adelhardt, is under suspicion, but the manner in which Emmy is found is incomprehensible to Adelhardt, who is devastated by her loss. Now he must take a dark voyage through the past and his own tortured soul to discover the truth.
Will Adelhardt and his journalist friend, Lucy Hidalgo embark on a journey through Portland, Oregon’s history, from sixties protest to the lumber barons and radical Louise Bryant.
