Larry Millett is author of eleven mystery novels, including Mysterious Tales of Old Minneapolis, all published by the University of Minnesota Press. His nonfiction works include Lost Twin Cities, Once There Were Castles, and Minnesota Modern, winner of a Minnesota Book Award.

"Violent, intriguing, mysterious, old St. Paul comes alive in Larry Millett's stories as only a former street reporter could make it happen--a reporter with a taste for history, a flair for the literary, and an acute eye for human foibles. An intelligent and amusing collection."--John Sandford, author of the Prey series

"Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul captures the quirky charm of Minnesota's capital city in the 1890s--with its crooked cops, robber barons, madams, and scandal-mongering journalists. Larry Millett's colorful shamus Shadwell Rafferty rubs elbows with upper crust and hoi polloi alike as he investigates each exquisitely detailed case, with edge-of-the-seat suspense building to an explosive finale. Vastly entertaining!"--Erin Hart, author of Haunted Ground

"Each novella effortlessly balances fair-play deduction and page-turning action--there's not a weak link in the bunch."--Publishers Weekly, Starred review

"Besides watching Rafferty develop his crime-solving skills, it's fun to see how author Millett brings in so many fascinating details about the history and architecture of old St. Paul's Cathedral."--Booklist

"[Millett] is able to bring vivid life to 19th-century St. Paul."--Pioneer Press