Kenneth Wishnia Books in Order

Ecuadorian-born New York cop Filomena Buscarsela navigates prejudice and corruption while trying to protect her community. A murder investigation in the gritty 1980s East Village leads her toward corporate wrongdoing and dangerous environmental secrets.

Former cop Filomena Buscarsela balances single motherhood with an enduring need for justice. When her neighborhood bodega owner is murdered, she teams secretly with a rookie officer to investigate a crime the authorities seem ready to overlook.

This literary study examines major twentieth-century Ecuadorian writers within the wider literature of the Americas. Wishnia explores relationships between myth and history, magic and realism, cultural mixture, and narrative techniques that challenge established forms of authority.

Filomena Buscarsela follows a trail of toxic pollution into affluent Long Island suburbs. A powerful industrialist's interests stand in her way as she investigates environmental crimes that place her family, career, and personal safety at risk.

Apprentice private investigator Filomena Buscarsela takes on neighborhood cases while struggling to support her daughter. A missing immigrant and a volatile police arrest draw her into conflicts with corrupt landlords, aggressive businessmen, and prejudiced authorities.

Filomena Buscarsela returns to Ecuador with her teenage daughter, confronting memories of the life she left behind. The murder of a priest who once saved her pulls her into an investigation shaped by political corruption and buried secrets.

In sixteenth-century Prague, a young Talmudic scholar must investigate a murder amid religious tensions and accusations against the Jewish community. With persecution looming, finding the truth becomes a race to protect innocent people from violent injustice.