She was murdered 30,000 years ago. Today she finally tells her story.(Note: "The Woman in the Briefcase" is a short story. It is also available in the author's 10-story collection, Daggyland #1.)* * *In modern-day Spain, a young anthropologist sifts through the remains of an ancient life. Coaxing sense out of bone and ash.And in a distant world we can only imagine, a young boy becomes a man at the price of the unthinkable.Two stories, one planet-separated by the span of thirty millennia.This strange mystery first appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and was a finalist for the 2017 Derringer Award for Short Mystery Fiction.* * *"D'Agnese writes the most unusual and interesting books." -Bookviews Joseph D'Agnese is a journalist and author who has written for children and adults alike. He's been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Discover, and other national publications.In a career spanning more than twenty years, his work has been honored with awards in three vastly different areas-science journalism, children's literature, and mystery fiction.His science articles have twice appeared in the anthology Best American Science Writing.His children's book, Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci, was an honoree for the Mathical Book Prize-the first-ever prize for math-themed children's books.One of his crime stories won the 2015 Derringer Award for short mystery fiction. Another of his stories was selected by mega-bestselling author James Patterson for inclusion in the prestigious annual anthology, Best American Mystery Stories 2015.D'Agnese's crime fiction has appeared in Shotgun Honey, Plots with Guns, Beat to a Pulp, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.D'Agnese lives in North Carolina with his wife, the New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan (The Girls of Atomic City).
