John Reisinger's Pages of History

The Duckworth Chronicles

So you think Chesapeake Bay ducks have a dull life? Then you've never met Duckworth and his friends; not to mention the peanut butter and jelly fish, the spinnaker bouncing contest, the invisible Mallard or the alligator stone.

Evasive Action:
The Hunt for Gregor Meinhoff

In the darkest days of World War 2, one German POW in northern Canada has learned a secret that could change the course of the war and lead to a Nazi victory.

And he has just escaped.

Can he be stopped in time?

Ellis Parker was a detective so sucessful he was called the American Sherlock Holmes. For over 30 years he solved the most difficult and complex cases all over New Jersey and beyond. When EllisParker got involved n a case, people took notice. When he conducted his own investigation of the Lindbergh kidnapping and obtained a detailed signed confession, the New Jersey authorities were stunned, especially since they had just tried and convicted someone else! Master Detective tells the whole incredible story in detail for the first time.Don't miss it!

The Hurlock Brothers and the Blind Tiger

Join Alex and Peter Hurlock as they travel to New York to find the killer of a wealthy racehorse owner. Their only clue; a statue of a blindfolded tiger the victim sent to their father just before he was murdered. Soon they're up to their necks in bootleggers gangsters, and the New York Police Department while the killer plans his next move. Based on a real life case it's a roar through the roaring 20s.

In the works....

Death of a Flapper

In 1922, all Max Hurlock and his wife Allison wanted was a quiet life on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, but a late night visit from an old friend plunges them into a baffling double murder in a locked room. Along the way they encounter speakeasies, flappers, bathtub gin, bootleggers and a future TV star in a case that seems to have more questions than answers. To make matters worse, the killer strikes again and a suspicious local police chief arrests Max for the murder!
And that's just in the first three days.
Will Max stay out of jail long enough to solve the case?
Based on a real case, Death of a Flapper takes you to a world of Prohibition, bathtub gin, jazz, flappers and Model Ts.

News Flash- Master Detective goes East!

   Kensington Publishing has licensed publishing rights for Master Detective to Goodness Publishing in Taiwan, and Chongqing Publishing in the People’s Republic of China. Although the Chongqing edition will not be out until next year, theTaiwan edition has just been released.
    Why the Chinese interest in the Lindbergh kidnapping? Well, less than a year before the kidnapping, the Lindberghs visited China to view flood damage and help plan relief efforts, and are still remembered and well thought of there. In Nanking, Anne Lindbergh bought a pair of red shoes for her baby, the baby that would soon be taken away from her. While in China, the Lindberghs met Nationalist leader Chiang Kai Shek, who later fled to Taiwan, which might account for the Taiwanese interest.
    So maybe it is understandable that the Chinese have decided to publish their own editions of Master Detective, but for author John Reisinger, the experience of seeing his work in Chinese characters is a little surreal.
    “I wrote it,” John says, “but I can’t read it!”

The Taiwan publisher's web page for Master Detective:   http://www.wunan.com.tw/bookdetail.asp?no=9895