Relative Danger
2004 – Poisoned Pen Press
• Hardcover ISBN 1-59058-091-5
• Softcover (2006) ISPN 1-59058-271-3
• Audiobook (Blackstone Audio, read by Patrick Lawlor, 2006)
• 2005 Benjamin Franklin Award for Mystery/Suspense Book of the Year, Publishers Marketing Association
• 2005 Glyph Award, Best Fiction (Mystery), Arizona Book Publishers Association
• 2005 nominee for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Mystery, Mystery Writers of America
• 2005 Barry Award nominee for Best First Mystery, Deadly Pleasures Magazine
• Nominated for the Mystery of the Year award, ForeWord Magazine
• Top 10 Mysteries of the Year - Deadly Pleasures Magazine
• Top 10 New Mysteries of the Year – Booklist Mystery Showcase
• Named one of seven Hot Debut Novels of the Year – Publishers Weekly
• Starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist
"[A] smashingly good, action-packed first novel…Benoit is a rare discovery, and one hopes that he plans to produce more adventure-oriented mysteries with the same skill and energy that propel this excellent debut."
--Publishers Weekly
Starred review
"Relative Danger, Charles Benoit's derring-do debut mystery, is as exhilarating as a magnum of Dom Perignon."
-Carolyn Hart
"A rip-roaring mystery novel that spans the globe. Benoit has written a colorful story of sultry babes, dangerous souls, imperial legacies, greed and murder. From Pottsville to Singapore, every page drips with realism and verve."
-John Robinson, author of The Sapphire Sea
"Where has Charles Benoit been hiding? With a debut novel this good, it's hard to believe he hasn't published at least 10 previous books. Every element of this rollicking adventure shines, from its suspenseful, globetrotting plot to its nicely rounded characters. Readers will eagerly await more from the very talented Benoit."
- Jenny McLarin
Booklist starred review
Out of Order
2006 – Poisoned Pen Press
• Hardcover ISBN 1-59058-252-7
• Softcover ISBN-13: 978-1590584439
"[A] spicy quest tale in an India at once modern and ancient."
Publishers Weekly
"Charles Benoit seems to cherish the idea of innocents abroad. The idea, mind you - the actual characters he enjoys putting through a fair bit of hell. Out of Order finds staid young paper-pusher Jason Talley knocked out of his tidy life by the death of his friends, plunging him into an exotic, quixotic quest into that strange country, India. Once in the subcontinent, exotic becomes downright bizarre, as friends begin to look like enemies, and enemies just might save his life."
Laurie R. King
Noble Lies
September 2007 – Poisoned Pen Press
• Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1590584507
• Softcover ISBN-976-1-59058-686-0
• Audiobook (Blackstone Audio, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, 2007)
“A tense and efficient cat-and-mouse mystery from Benoit, with liberal doses of exotic local color.
Kirkus Reviews
“[H]is writing style is literary, even elegant, rich with thoughtful descriptions of the resort villages and shanty towns that cling to Thailand’s coastlines, and attentive to the customs and rituals of the people who live there…a superior example of popular fiction, a novel that simultaneously entertains and enlightens its readers.”
Mystery Scene Magazine
“Benoit is at the top of his game…a rough and rollicking story of adventure and romance.”
Publishers Weekly starred review
