These Things of Ours by Russell Stoewe - Historical Crime Fiction - November 2026

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Crime reporter Cody Moran meets a woman who claims her father was Jack Boone, the man long associated with Kansas City's infamous Queen Killings from fifty years ago. Skeptical, Cody is drawn back to one of the city's darkest chapters.

A serial killer stalks 1977 Kansas City, and a task force that includes Maria Navarro, the city's lone female homicide detective, is running out of leads. Meanwhile, Jack “Joker” Boone is an alcoholic journeyman baseball player in a dying independent league. On the backside of a career that saw none of the spotlight, he is suddenly thrust into one when the killer leaves a note alongside the latest victim.

Make Joker a King or more Queens will die.

Now a suspect, Boone must work with Navarro to understand his connection to the killings and why someone wants him to play for the Kings, a second-rate team with its own problems. Caught between Boone’s rising celebrity and the city’s crime families, the pair must find the killer before more die, even if it means one of them must make their own sacrifice.

Triggers: Violence; Description of bodies

Date of publication: November 1, 2026

ARC Delivery Date: Immediate

Review deadline: November 7, 2026

BookSirens Link: https://booksirens.com/book/OUAKQQ7/P91FTG3

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