Elsa Hart

St. Louis-based author Elsa Hart set her first three mystery novels in 18th-century China. Her newest one is half a world away — in a vividly rendered 18th-century London, England. Hart discussed "The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne" on St. Louis on the Air Monday.

For local author Elsa Hart, a comparison of her intricate plots to those of longtime mystery writer John le Carré came as a welcome compliment during a…

When Elsa Hart moved to St. Louis and set out to earn a law degree from Washington University, becoming a novelist wasn’t at the top of her agenda. But…