It’s 1932 and someone’s trying to kill Santa Claus at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
“A pitch-perfect Christmas treat. Some holiday mysteries are marshmallow-topped cocoa in a Santa mug; this one is spiked eggnog in a highball glass. Snappy, engaging, and delightfully unexpected, Murder On 34th Street is an absolute must on any holiday reading list. Buy a dozen copies and stuff everyone’s stocking!”—Deanna Raybourn, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of a Certain Age
“The antidote to treacly holiday movies, Murder on 34th Street presents Depression-era Macy's from the inside: the perfume-sprizters, truck drivers, cafeteria ladies, and stockroom guys who keep the place going, all seen through the eyes of a terrifically smart, self-aware, and funny narrator whose mission it becomes to prevent the assassination of Santa Claus during the holiday season. I loved Grace Verlander's voice so much that I can't wait for the next book—the Flower Show, maybe, or the 4th of July fireworks? Doesn't matter to me as long as I get more.”—SJ Rozan, bestselling author of First Do No Harm
“I tore through this rollicking holiday whodunit like wrapping paper on Christmas morning. Like giving a snow globe the cocktail-shaker treatment, Fredericks has created a festive flurry of a mystery that’s as menacing as madcap, as hair-raising as heart-warming. I love, love, loved it!”—Rob Osler, USA Today bestselling author of the Harriet Morrow Investigates series
The Lindbergh Nanny
Best Historical Mysteries of 2022—CrimeReads
Eight Best Mystery Books of 2022—Airmail
An Indie Next Pick for December 2022
“The reader feels Betty’s agony, and the suspicion levied upon her for what she did or didn’t do. Fredericks fills in substantial details from real life, but never forgets to put the human cost, and its lasting damage, at the forefront of her narrative.”—The New York Times
“An admirable and involving historical novel.”—Wall Street Journal
"Mariah Fredericks has combined research and a novelist’s imagination to produce an unusually sophisticated and moving piece of historical fiction."—Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail
"A terrific read from a seriously thoughtful writer."—The Daily Mail (UK)
“Nerve wracking…brilliant.”—First Clue, starred review.
Nominated for the Agatha, Anthony and Sue Feder Memorial awards for Best Historical
The Girl in the Green Dress
“Dazzling . . . Fredericks has constructed a lively return to Jazz Age Manhattan.”―The New York Times
Featured in NYT’s “Six Books We Love This Week”
One of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Best Mystery Fiction of 2025
One of Library Journal’s Best Mysteries of 2025
“A roaring good time.”―Library Journal (Starred Review)
"The often-caricatured Zelda never feels less than three-dimensional. Add in an enthralling investigation and a complex, fame-hungry lead, and it’s undeniable: Fredericks has struck gold."—PW (Starred Review)
“Succeeds brilliantly. Authenticity shines from the page.”—firstCLUE
The Wharton Plot
One of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Best Mystery Fiction of 2024
One of Library Journal’s Best Mystery Fiction of 2024
Named the Best Mystery of 2024 by Steve Donoghue of SteveReads.com
One of BookBub’s Best Historical Mysteries of 2024.
"Come to this novel for the engrossing mystery, stay for the cinematic portrait of an aging woman who fears her popularity is waning and whose marriage is dissolving, even as she’s struggling with feeling obsolete in a modernizing world.” ―Oprah Daily
“Superb…Fredericks hits this one out of the park.”―Library Journal(Starred Review)
"An Edith Wharton scholar could read Ms. Frederick’s novel with profit and amusement."—Wall Street Journal.
"[A] dazzling, magical foray into the life of Edith Wharton... Sure to be one of the best books of the year, and a perfect choice for book groups."―First Clue (Book of the Week)
The Jane Prescott mysteries
A Death of No Importance
Nominated for the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark Award
One of Marie Claire's "13 Best Beach Reads of All Time"
A Library Journal Best Book of 2018
"Murder in the ranks of high society provides heady entertainment for the servants who toil in obscurity in A Death of No Importance, a lively upstairs/downstairs mystery by Mariah Fredericks set in New York City in 1910."―New York Times Book Review
Death of a New American
"Ms. Fredericks places Jane's investigation neatly within the larger context of the suffrage movement, and the results are unexpectedly thrilling."—The Wall Street Journal
"Wonderfully moving...Fredericks has a sharp eye for the complexities of human nature and how even good people are capable of committing terrible deeds to protect the ones they love. This is a touching portrait of early-20th-century New York in all its glory and ugliness."―Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed)
Death of an American Beauty
Nominated for the 2021 Mary Higgins Clark Award
"Ms. Fredericks's tour of old New York - from a seedy Bowery dive to the gilded palace of a department store - is eye-opening, and her mystery well-spun. But what makes this book a stand-out is its affecting depictions of interactions that transcend race, creed, gender and generations." - Wall Street Journal
Death of a Showman
Named one of Broadway Direct's "Top Theatre Books to Read This Summer 2021"
"Fredericks offers up a cast of original, fully human characters, even the most villainous of whom have backstories that evoke at least a little understanding. Those who think they know where the story is going will be pleasantly surprised. This witty, empathetic foray into the world of Broadway will leave readers eager for Jane’s next adventure."―Publishers Weekly (Starred)
"A sparkling mystery”—Publishers Weekly (starred)