First, Do No Harm
The Midnight Special
Scamming the Birdman
The Music Box Murders
The Enchanted Ear
The View from the Vue

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Larry Karp is currently being published by Poisoned Pen Press

 

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COMING SOON: "The King of Ragtime"

A new novel from Larry Karp is on the way.  The follow-up to "The Ragtime Kid" will be released by Poisoned Pen Press later this year.  Larry will be hitting the road to promote this new historical mystery this fall.  Continue to check this site for the latest updates, release dates and tour schedules to come.

 

 

CURRENT RELEASE: "The Ragtime Kid"

It is the turn of the 20th century and all 15-year-old Brun Campbell wants to do is to learn how to play ragtime.  In order to do that, he'll have to leave Oklahoma behind and travel to Sedalia, Missouri...to track down the man who would soon be known as the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin.  Brun finds himself holding the clues that would clear a friend from murder charges...and would point the finger of blame squarely at himself and Joplin.

 

This historical mystery is the latest novel from Larry Karp and was released by Poisoned Pen Press on November 4, 2006.

 

The Author:

Larry Karp grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, reading novels during math class, and spending much of his free time pounding away at an old Royal manual.  Those early novels never quite worked out, but at the age of eight, Larry did get into print via a self-written, self-published, self-distributed four-page neighborhood newspaper which featured a serialized detective story, "Richard Richard, Private Dick."

 

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Larry discusses the on-site research he did in Sedalia, MO that helped him write "The Ragtime Kid". srclogo4.jpg

 

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The release of "The Ragtime Kid" means that the author will be taking to the road to visit a great bookstore or event near you. 

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Bonus Photos from the road!

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Myra and then Larry & Myra at Booked 4 Murder, Madison WI, with Gary & Cynthia Reynolds.