James Y. Bartlett
Award-winning American Author
Recent
Books
THE COFFEE GARDEN
Book 2: The Bach Musical Mystery Series
Work in Progress
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Explore Bartlett's
Fiction:
James Y. Bartlett has written three mystery series (so far!).
Explore them below, and click to go to each series' page.
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The Bach Musical Mystery Series
The Swamp Yankee Mysteries
The Hacker Golf Mysteries
Year of the Sheep
An epic historical novel of Scotland's Highland Clearances
Other Books by James Y. Bartlett
In the Press
I couldn’t put this book [The Organ Job] down! Jim’s knowledge of music and history of the time period really set the scene, and combined with the fictional mystery element it was one of the best books I’ve read lately!
A fusion of the gothic novel and Virginia Woolf, this book [Year of the Sheep] delights in storytelling. Something mystical looms in Bartlett’s writing, making it a tale just as enchanting as its folklore.
More than simply mysteries, though, the Hacker books also are a celebration of golf. About the game's traditions. About its code of behavior.
Christian Black,
REVIEW ON AMAZON
Novel of the Year judge,
BOOKLIFE
Bill Reynolds
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
About the
Author
James Y. Bartlett is an award-winning American author. After a long career as a magazine feature writer and editor, he moved to Rhode Island and began writing novels. After some 20 years of research, he published Year of the Sheep, an epic historical novel about the Highland Clearances in Scotland, which was shortlisted in the 2021 BookLife (Publisher’s Weekly) Novel of the Year contest.
In mystery fiction, Bartlett has published seven novels in the Hacker Golf Mystery series; four novels plus a prequel in his Swamp Yankee Mystery series and currently has three novels in his Bach Musical Mystery series, featuring Johann Sebastian Bach reimagined as Sherlock Holmes!
