IT IS LATE OCTOBER 1889. Carl Brooke, a scholar of an ancient Near Eastern languages, spends his twilight years chronicling his past adventures as a leading member or the Agora Society, a group dedicated to the betterment of man.

Do you love a mystery? Does murder, mayhem, and the gentleman detective light your fire? The Agora Letters are smart and savvy mysteries to keep you guessing all the way to the story's conclusion.

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I currently have two volumes, each with five complete mysteries. Volume three should be available soon.

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Clay published his first book (non-fiction on Japanese) in 2001. "That was a lot of work," he thought , but for some reason, he kept writing. In 2010, he started writing fiction. "This is really a lot of work," he thought again and yet he kept writing. It's a stubbornness only a mule  could admire. Today, he has written over two dozen books ranging from educational Japanese lessons to cozy mysteries.