". . . It's wonderful to see Tapply get out of the city and into an altogether different kind of time that suits his unhurried storytelling perfectly."--Kirkus Reviews"Outstanding . . . electrifying . . . ingenious . . . one of the most convincingly heroic and likeable of contemporary sleuths."--Publishers Weekly"Tapply is . . . a worthy successor to Hammet and both MacDonalds (Ross and John)."--Chicago TribuneWilliam G. Tapply has created...

The Orvis**Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing is a grand tour of the world of fly-fishing strategies and techniques, from Orvis's world-famous team of experts and advisors. In large format with rich and helpful color photos and drawings, the book covers everything from basic fishing knots and casts to expert techniques you won't see in standard books. Besides trout technique and secrets for rivers and lakes, the book also covers the worlds of fly fishing for bonefish, striped bass, perm...

Brady Coyne is an attorney with a select clientele and a small practice - he handles mostly the boring paperwork such as deeds, wills, and divorces and leaves the more exciting aspects of the legal profession to others. A call from Jacob Gold, an old friend and client, on a cold February day, however, shatters the slow pace of Brady's life. Gold's fifteen year old son Brian and Brian's girlfriend Jenny were involved in a tragic accident. Their car went off the road and into a river - Jenny...

Brady Coyne is a Boston attorney, whose routine legal work and sedate lifestyle usually keep him far away from trouble. Unfortunately, one cold January morning, trouble comes to him. When Brady lets his dog out into the backyard of his Back Bay brownstone, he finds a girl buried under the snow in Brady's back yard. A teenager, maybe fifteen or sixteen, who had apparently crawled into the backyard, bleeding, in the middle of the night, only to die from hypothermia and blood loss. The singul...

Getting together with an old friend for drinks drags a Boston attorney into a complex murder case in this mystery from the author of Hell Bent ."A fitting finale to a fine series. . . . The plot unwinds smoothly, but as always, what holds readers is Brady himself—the quintessential regular guy as sleuth. . . . He will be sorely missed by fans of realistic crime fiction. Saying farewell to Brady Coyne is like losin...

When a gun control dispute leads to murder, the Boston lawyer finds himself in the crosshairs in this mystery "that resists simplifying the issues" ( Publishers Weekly).Over drinks one night at his Boston waterfront apartment, goodhearted lawyer Brady Coyne finds himself disagreeing with an old friend about a divisive subject: gun control. Wally Kinnick is no gun nut. But, an environmental activist and hunting expert, he believes so strongly in the right t...

Investigating a politician's missing spouse gets a Boston lawyer tangled in a murder case in this mystery thriller."Mystery lovers will thoroughly enjoy Brady and the other characters Tapply creates. They are sharply etched and, together with a deft narrative, make Tapply one of the best in the game." — The Florida Times-UnionBoston attorney Brady Coyne has just received a call from Jimmy D'Ambrosio, a Democratic p...

A divorce case turns deadly, prompting a lawyer to put his life on his line to solve a disturbing mystery in this legal thriller.Boston attorney Brady Coyne finds his own past coming back to haunt his professional life when his ex-girlfriend Alex Shaw, long out of touch, reappears, wanting Brady to represent her brother. Augustine Shaw was a notable photo-journalist, happily married with two small children—until he returned from a stint in Iraq missing a hand and s...

In this collection of original stories, highly acclaimed novelist and outdoor writer William Tapply shares his finest stories of bird hunting in the Northeast country. Every season for over thirty years, Tapply has hunted the fields and backcountry of New England. Tapply’s warmth and knack for evoking the subtle, telling details of the places and hunts that he loves will stir a new appreciation and excitement in every reader. With his dog Burt, Tapply takes the reader out to his best spots...

A Boston lawyer and his girlfriend become prime suspects when their romantic weekend getaway ends in murder in this mystery thriller."Tapply's Brady Coyne novels have long delivered meticulous plots and a strong moral sense, and Past Tense , the series' 18th entry, lives up to that solid standard." —Otto PenzlerWhen Boston lawyer Brady Coyne takes his girlfriend Evie up to Cape Cod for a romantic ...

Walt Duffy was a world-renowned ornithologist, outdoorsman, and nature photographer who spent his life traveling and taking some of the most highly regarded photographs of birds in their natural habitats. Until, that is, over a year ago, when a climbing accident left him paraplegic. Now he spends his time in the backyard of his brownstone in Boston, with only his dog and his teen-aged son Ethan for company.Brady Coyne, Walt's long-time friend and attorney, handles his routine legal ...

Seven years ago, Stoney Calhoun woke up in a VA hospital with no memories. He still remembers nothing from before then, except that he has a few unexplained skills--a gift for angling, an ability to read French--and recently it's been made clear to him that it would be best if he never does.Working as a guide on Casco Bay, Maine, Stoney is out with a client on an early morning fly fishing expedition when they find the charred remains of a recent corpse on a small, uninhabited island...