The Blue Kingfisher

Erica Wright’s first two Kat Stone novels, THE GRANITE MOTH and THE RED CHAMELEON, received fantastic reviews and we’re thrilled to bring her to Polis Books. We repackaged THE BLUE KINGFISHER away from the first two novels, which didn’t quite appeal to the mystery market. Erica Wright is very well connected, both in the crime fiction community but in the outer literary world as well. She is an accomplished poet and an editor at the prestigious Guernica magazine, meaning THE BLUE KINGFISHER should see strong coverage both in crime fiction and literary outlets.

What happens when a master of disguise tries to be herself for once? If you’re private investigator Kat Stone, trouble seems to find you with or without your favorite wig. Kat knows she’s living on borrowed time, waiting for her violent past to catch up with her. Still, she doesn’t expect men to start falling from the sky. On a desolate morning in Fort Washington Park, Kat discovers the body of her building’s French expat maintenance man atop the Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse. The NYPD is quick to dismiss his death as suicide, another lost soul leaping from the bridge overhead. Kat is less than convinced, especially when she learns about his dangerous side hustle, finding jobs for immigrant members of their community. Her investigation turns up unexpected connections to Manhattan’s tony art world, not to mention a host of dark superstitions. When she goes undercover with a deep-sea fishing company, she gets a little too cozy with a colorful cast of characters and a couple of jellyfish. Will she find his killer before her past drags her under? From one of the most acclaimed new mystery writers working today comes a riveting novel of suspense that will have you guessing until the last page is turned.