"Kenneth Wishnia is an associate professor of English at Suffolk Community College and the author of the Filomena Buscarsela Mystery series, the first of which was nominated for both the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made the Booklist ""Best First Mystery"" list. He is also the author five other novels, including The Fifth Servant and Red House. Reed Farrel Coleman is an adjunct professor at Hofstra University and the former executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America. He has published 14 novels, including seven books in the Moe Prager series. They both live on Long Island."
From the first sentence, this book was a delight. Filomena is smart and sassy, and totally believable. . . . She's the superwoman we women would all like to be, taking everything in her stride. . . . --Marsali Taylor, promotingcrime.blogspot.co.uk Filomena Buscarsela [is] an irreverent, intrepid, Ecuadorian-born, former New York City cop with the savvy of Erin Brockovich and the stamina of Wonder Woman. --Newsday Mother and daughter are so appealing, and the case against an unscrupulous businessman is put together so compellingly, the tale keeps one reading to its bittersweet end. --Boston Globe Riveting circumstances, a strongly focused plot, and ably described settings make this essential reading. --Library Journal Filomena Buscarsela [is] a Latina heroine with the epic appeal of Everywoman. The world's a mess, but Filomena's still fighting. It's that perspective that sets Wishnia apart--there's nothing else out there remotely like his books. --Rocky Mountain News Wishnia writes with brio, energy, rage, passion, and humor. Brash, sassy, smart and indomitable, Filomena is purely a force of nature, and The Glass Factory is another winner. --Booklist