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The Wicked Affair of the Golden Emperor A Charles Goodfoote Mystery

The Wicked Affair of the Golden Emperor A Charles Goodfoote Mystery

Charles Goodfoote, mixed-blood Pinkerton Operative, runs the labyrinth of San Francisco's Chinatown to solve a locked-room mystery in 1868.

2021

Stories

Tom Hanratty
in
E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

My Thrilling Adventure as an Awesome Sleuth

Memories of a budding Sherlock Holmes

19h ago

A photo of Sherlock Holmes with deerstalker hat and pipe

19h ago

Tom Hanratty
in
E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Black Swans and Gray Rhinos Need to be Addressed

We can’t afford to ignore the looming improbable or impossible disasters

6d ago

A black swan on water

6d ago

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

Six Months After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Attack Fleet was Returning

When the outcome of a war hung in the balance.

Sep 18

Six Months After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Attack Fleet was Returning

Sep 18

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

Words That Pack Meaning

A writer’s friendly vocabulary

Sep 3

Words That Pack Meaning

Sep 3

Tom Hanratty
in
Hooked on Books

Where Do Stories Come From?

A hero’s journey of an Apache woman warrior sprang from my subconscious mind.

Aug 26

Where Do Stories Come From?

Aug 26

Tom Hanratty
in
E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

A Title That Had to Be Changed

“Anti-Boolean Tropes in Post-Modern Genre Literature”

Aug 18

A Title That Had to Be Changed

Aug 18

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

What is Wisdom, and Does It Increase with Age?

“The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.”

Aug 18

What is Wisdom, and Does It Increase with Age?

Aug 18

Tom Hanratty
in
Hooked on Books

A Wonderfully Engaging New Heroine Has Arrived in Singapore

This eight-book Crown Colony Series by Ovidia Yu is not to be missed

Aug 6

A Wonderfully Engaging New Heroine Has Arrived in Singapore

Aug 6

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

I Used Taoism’s Concept of Wu Wei to Improve My Writing

Leaning into the flow of words

Jun 24

I Used Taoism’s Concept of Wu Wei to Improve My Writing

Jun 24

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

My Father Went from a Hansom Cab to Watch Men Walk on the Moon

An Uncommon American laborer

Jun 18

My Father Went from a Hansom Cab to Watch Men Walk on the Moon

Jun 18

Tom Hanratty

Tom Hanratty

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Scribbler of stories, lover of mysteries, retired Forensic Investigator and Tracker of critters. tomhanratty@substack.com

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