Charles W Ross
Discover the books of Charles W. Ross — from colonial-era historical fiction and Prohibition-era murder mysteries to a reflective memoir drawn from family, travel, craft, research, and the enduring lessons of a long life.
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A library of mystery, history, and memory
A lifelong maker, researcher, and observer.
Charles W Ross
Charles W. Ross writes across historical fiction, mystery, memoir and nonfiction. His published work includes the Tamsen’s Chronicle series, the Mat Finnley & MJ Bartlett mysteries, books on wooden jigsaw puzzles, family history, occupational safety and other subjects.
A Visit With Charlie reveals the breadth behind the books through stories about childhood, family, education, military life, woodworking, photography, travel, teaching, writing, and the unexpected lessons that accumulate across a lifetime driven by curiosity.
THREE WORLDS
Old frontiers, back alleys, a long life.
Historical fiction built on real family records
Tamsen’s Chronicle follows two women across the 18th century frontier, through attack, captivity and a search that won’t end. Tamsen was real. She’s Ross’s sixth great grandmother, found during a family history hunt.
Murder mysteries in Prohibition-era Baltimore
Mat Finnley works on cold cases. MJ Bartlett works the auction floor. Between them they chase a stolen painting, Spanish doubloons and a bootlegger or two, through a city where plenty of people want the past left alone.
A memoir, family histories and two how-to books
A memoir told in short pieces, not chapters. His wife’s genealogy after 25 years of digging. A three-volume history of the Ross family. A guide to wooden jigsaw puzzles. A safety manual that ran to a second edition.