Prospect Books imprint: 68 books

The Japanese American detective’s most engaging mystery yet delves into baseball, WWII, and the complex history between Japan and Korea: “Hard to put down” (Kirkus Reviews). At Dodger Stadium, Japan is playing Korea in the World Baseball Classic, but before the first pitch is thrown,...

Sleuthing journalist Maggie Fiori returns in “a fast-paced, intelligent tale of intrigue that will keep readers guessing until the refreshing end” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). After nearly getting killed while investigating her boss’s murder, Maggie has promised her husband that...

A corporate lawyer goes up against the mob in this “vividly real and quite compelling” legal thriller set in the Mad Men era (Library Journal). New York lawyer Alec Brno is only in his second year at the prestigious corporate firm Kendall, Blake, Steel & Braddock. So, when the partners...

A present-day mystery is tied to the Japanese American detention centers of WWII in this “wonderful” chapter of the Edgar Award-winning series (Lisa See). Mas Arai’s best friend Haruo is getting married, and the cranky detective and semi-retired gardener has grudgingly agreed to serve...

A new strawberry varietal has someone seeing red in this “intricate whodunit” featuring the curmudgeonly Japanese American gardener and reluctant sleuth (Kirkus Reviews). Hiroshima survivor Mas Arai first arrived in Watsonville, California in the 1940s. Now a semi-retired gardener living...

From the creator of the popular Instagram account of the same name: More than 300 stunning photographs of Paris’s most enchanting doorways. What’s behind the doorways of the world’s most beautiful city? History. Mystery. Refuge. Beauty. Love. Possibility. Doorways of Paris...

From auto-tune to evites, and TED talks—this compendium of the most annoying people, places, and things will make you roll your eyes and laugh out loud. This revised edition of Things I Want to Punch in the Face includes humor writer Jennifer Worick’s newest and most popular diatribes about...

“Here is the master in all of his certainty, humor, and undertow”—this book**“wonderfully underscores how contemporary Mark Twain is and always will be” (Ken Burns).** Curated by a noted Mark Twain scholar who mined many of his lesser-known texts, speeches, and notebooks, this collection...

An “insightful” portrait of Huell Howser, California’s favorite tour guide, by his longtime cameraman and partner in crime: “It’s amaaaazing” (Adam Carolla). Huell Howser, the exuberant, hugely popular host of California’s Gold and other public-television shows, was always exclaiming...

A heartbreaking and hopeful portrait of a Puerto Rican family struggling in the states: “Not one line is wasted and every single word rings true” (Alice Walker). Arcelia Perez fled Puerto Rico to escape a failed marriage and a history of abuse, but instead of finding her piece of the American...

Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award: The women of the Bible are radiantly brought to life in an “original and thought-provoking” story collection (Kirkus Reviews). Informed by the author’s deep knowledge of the Old Testament and vividly reimagined with contemporary clarity, each...

A California beach town is flooded with movie stars and the occasional murder in this “funny, sexy mystery” from the Desperate Housewives staff writer (Publishers Weekly). As movie stars descend on Santa Barbara for an international film festival, smart-talking deputy chief detective Nola...

Paperback LA is a surprising and witty collection of some of the best writing ever about Los Angeles. More than a dozen major selections include new work and fresh discoveries: a radio broadcast, a ballad, a magazine article, excerpts from prizewinning novels and memoirs. These pieces are punctuated...

Writing a friend’s obit might be the death of a quirky young librarian in this “fresh and funny, romantic and sunny” mystery (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).** Riley Ellison, a young library assistant, has become known in her hometown of Tuttle Corner, Virginia, as Riley Bless-Her-Heart....