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Book Synopsis A Deadly Likeness by : Lesley McEvoy
Download or read book A Deadly Likeness written by Lesley McEvoy and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAN YOU TRUST A KILLER TO CATCH HIS OWN COPYCAT? The utterly gripping new Murder in Yorkshire crime thriller by the brilliant Lesley McEvoy - for fans of Happy Valley. ___________________ A serial killer is at large in Yorkshire, cutting off one victim's body part to leave with the next. The police turn to forensic psychologist and profiler Dr Jo McCready, who knows the killer's M.O. all too well. Twenty-five years ago, notorious Yorkshire serial killer Jacob Malecki murdered fifteen people using the same method, and Jo provided the profile that led to his capture. But with Malecki locked up in prison, who is the copycat killer? As the bodies pile up and the police get desperate, Malecki offers to help with the case. After all, who better to find a copycat than the original? Now Jo must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with both killers. Can she use one to catch the other before more people die? Praise for Lesley McEvoy's Murder in Yorkshire crime series: 'McEvoy really knows her stuff.' - IAN RANKIN 'This book really got its hooks into me. Highly original and whipsmart on detail, I devoured it in one sitting' - PETER JAMES 'Such a clever, twisty crime thriller' - SAIMA MIR 'There are plenty of twists in this gripping read' - YORKSHIRE TIMES
Download or read book A Fatal Likeness written by Lynn Shepherd and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS With The Solitary House, award-winning author Lynn Shepherd introduced readers to Charles Maddox, a brilliant private detective plying his trade on the gaslit streets of Dickensian London. Now, in this mesmerizing new novel of historical suspense, a mystery strikes disturbingly close to home—and draws Maddox into a world of literary legends, tormented souls, and a legacy of terrible secrets. When his great-uncle, the master detective who schooled him in the science of “thief taking,” is mysteriously stricken, Charles Maddox fears that the old man’s breakdown may be directly related to the latest case he’s been asked to undertake. Summoned to the home of a stuffy nobleman and his imperious wife, Charles finds his investigative services have been engaged by no less than the son of celebrated poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his famed widow, Mary, author of the gothic classic Frankenstein. Approached by a stranger offering to sell a cache of rare papers allegedly belonging to the legendary late poet, the Shelley family seeks Maddox’s aid in discovering whether the precious documents are authentic or merely the work of an opportunistic charlatan. But the true identity of his quarry is only the first of many surprises lying in wait for the detective. Hardly a conniving criminal, Claire Clairmont is in fact the stepsister of Mary Shelley, and their tortured history of jealousy, obsession, and dark deceit looms large over the affair Maddox must untangle. So, too, does the shadow of the brilliant, eccentric Percy Shelley, who found no rest from the private demons that pursued him. With each new detail unearthed, the investigation grows ever more disturbing. And when shocking evidence of foul play comes to light, Maddox’s chilling hunt for the truth leads him into the blackest reaches of the soul. Steeped in finely wrought Victorian atmosphere, and rife with eye-opening historical revelations, A Fatal Likeness carries the reader ever deeper into a darkly magnetic tale of love and madness as utterly harrowing and heartbreaking as it is undeniably human. This eBook edition includes the complete text of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a classic novel that’s referenced in A Fatal Likeness! Praise for Lynn Shepherd and A Fatal Likeness “As a piece of literary detective work, it’s stimulating and hugely fun—even brilliant.”—The Spectator “A potent mixture of passion, intrigue, perversion, and betrayal, exploring the lives of Shelley, Byron, and their Romantic intimates through a Gothic lens.”—Lyndsay Faye, author of The Gods of Gotham “A wonderfully ingenious novel: perceptive, gripping, and fascinating.”—Miranda Seymour, author of Mary Shelley “Shepherd sets a new standard of brilliance in historical fiction with A Fatal Likeness. Her summoning of dead souls—Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and their most intimate circle—is so psychologically penetrating, it feels like truth. Exquisitely rendered in Shepherd’s pitch-perfect prose, this tale will haunt the reader long after its close.”—Stephanie Barron, author of Jane and the Canterbury Tale “A literary thriller that weaves back and forth in time and gives some plausible answers to certain genuine biographical mysteries . . . [The novel’s] conclusion has haunted me ever since I finished the book. But if you want to know what it is, you’ll have to read it yourself.”—The Independent
Book Synopsis A Royal Likeness by : Christine Trent
Download or read book A Royal Likeness written by Christine Trent and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As heiress to the famous Laurent Fashion Dolls business, Marguerite Ashby's future seems secure. But France still seethes with violence in the wake of the Revolution. And when Marguerite's husband Nicholas is killed during a riot at their shop, she leaves home vowing never to return. Instead, the young widow travels to Edinburgh and joins her old friend, Marie Tussaud, who has established a touring wax exhibition. Under the great Tussaud's patient instruction, Marguerite learns to mold wax into stunningly lifelike creations. When Prime Minister William Pitt commissions a wax figure of military hero Admiral Nelson, Marguerite becomes immersed in a dangerous adventure--and earns the admiration of two very different men. And as Britain battles to overthrow Napoleon and flush out spies against the Crown, Marguerite will find her own loyalties, and her heart, under fire from all sides. With wit, flair, and a masterful eye for telling details, Christine Trent brings one of history's most fascinating eras to vibrant life in an unforgettable story of desire, ambition, treachery, and courage. Praise for Christine Trent's The Queen's Dollmaker "Exuberant, sparkling, beguiling. . .brims with Dickensian gusto!" --Barbara Kyle, author of The Queen's Lady "Winningly original. . .glittering with atmospheric detail!" --Leslie Carroll, author of Royal Affairs "Unique, imaginative. . .replete with delightful details and astounding characters, both real and imagined." --Donna Russo Morin, author of The Courtier's Secret Christine Trent writes historical fiction from her two-story home library. She lives with her wonderful bookshelf-building husband, three precocious cats, a large doll collection, and over 3,000 fully cataloged books. She and her husband are active travelers and journey regularly to England to conduct book research at historic sites. It was Christine's interest in dolls and history that led to the idea for The Queen's Dollmaker.
Download or read book The Killing Song written by Lesley McEvoy and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I've been reviewing the Leo Fielding murder case," Jo said. "It was one of my old cases," DCI Callum Ferguson replied. "That's why I wanted to see you. Because you got it wrong." Two years ago, Leo Fielding was found dead in his Yorkshire home. The police never found the killer, and the case remains unsolved. When Fielding's desperate parents ask Forensic Psychologist Jo McCready to help find their son's murderer, she discovers a piece of evidence that changes everything. As she investigates, Jo gets a call from DCI Callum Ferguson about an alarming development. At a busy train station, a man has randomly and viciously attacked another passenger before fleeing the crime scene. But Jo is convinced this is no random attack. She believes the two crimes are tangled up in the same web of deadly local secrets. Secrets that some will kill to protect . . . *** 'I devoured it in one sitting' - PETER JAMES, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller *** Author Lesley McEvoy uses her insider knowledge to create unbelievably gripping, unputdownable crime novels - perfect for fans of Rachel McLean, J.R. Ellis and Elly Griffiths.
Download or read book The Likeness written by Gretchen Bakke and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Likeness is a close ethnographic study of subjectivity in the former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia. In this highly imaginative work, the author argues that much of what matters in Slovenia plays out on surfaces—of people and things, systems and locations—rendering the complexity of expression external and legible, but rarely unique or original. Here likenesses are everywhere in bloom and powerfully deployed. Moving blithely from Slovenia’s most famous thinkers to its most confounding artists, from grammatical categories of number to the particularities of history, The Likeness explores alternative modes of self-expression as postsocialist Slovenia gains visibility on the world stage.
Download or read book A Fine Likeness written by Sean McLachlan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Confederate guerrilla leader plans to sacrifice a Union prisoner in order to raise the Confederate dead. A young bushwacker in Missouri must decide whether to betray the Confederacy in order to stop this from happening.
Download or read book The Murder Mile written by Lesley McEvoy and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jo, it's me. We've found another body." A body is discovered on a canal towpath in the small Yorkshire town of Shipley. DCI Callum Ferguson calls on forensic psychologist Jo McCready to help investigate the mysterious crime. The victim is the second to be found on the canal in as many weeks, and Jo believes a single killer is responsible. Then, when one of her troubled patients is found brutally murdered, a puzzling connection emerges: is the murderer taking inspiration from the most notorious serial killer in Britain's history? As DCI Ferguson and Jo McCready race to find the killer, the investigation takes more twists and turns than Yorkshire's canals. And with more questions than answers, can they solve it before another body turns up? *** 'McEvoy really knows her stuff.' IAN RANKIN *** Author Lesley McEvoy uses her insider knowledge to create unbelievably gripping, unputdownable crime novels - perfect for fans of Rachel McLean, J.R. Ellis and Elly Griffiths.
Book Synopsis Murder at Mansfield Park by : Lynn Shepherd
Download or read book Murder at Mansfield Park written by Lynn Shepherd and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder at Mansfield Park is a witty and clever reimagining of Jane Austen's much-loved novel Mansfield Park. But in this Mansfield Park, things have changed ... Formerly Austen's meekest heroine, Fanny Price has become not only an heiress to an extensive fortune but also a heartless, scheming minx. Hiding her true character behind a demure facade, Fanny is indeed betrothed to Edmund, now Mrs Norris's stepson; but do the couple really love each other? Henry and Mary Crawford arrive in the country ready to wreak havoc with their fast city ways, but this time Henry Crawford is troubled by a suspicious past while his sister, Mary, steps forward in the best Austen style to become an unexpected heroine. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes the safe and solid grand house as it becomes the scene of violence. Every member of the family falls under suspicion and the race begins to halt a ruthless murderer. Funny and sharp, Murder at Mansfield Park is simply a delight to read.
Download or read book Ainslee's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Probationer by : Herman Whitaker
Download or read book The Probationer written by Herman Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Likeness in Stone by : J. Wallis Martin
Download or read book A Likeness in Stone written by J. Wallis Martin and published by New English Library. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of a body at the bottom of a reservoir awakens memories of an earlier murder of an Oxford student. A retired detective is determined that the killer will not escape justice this time.
Book Synopsis Euripides and the Poetics of Nostalgia by : Gary S. Meltzer
Download or read book Euripides and the Poetics of Nostalgia written by Gary S. Meltzer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Branded by critics from Aristophanes to Nietzsche as sophistic, iconoclastic, and sensationalistic, Euripides has long been held responsible for the demise of Greek tragedy. Despite this reputation, his drama has a fundamentally conservative character. It conveys nostalgia for an idealized age that still respected the gods and traditional codes of conduct. Using deconstructionist and feminist theory, this book investigates the theme of the lost voice of truth and justice in four Euripidean tragedies. The plays' unstable mix of longing for a transcendent voice of truth and skeptical analysis not only epitomizes the discursive practice of Euripides' era but also speaks to our postmodern condition. The book sheds light on the source of the playwright's tragic power and enduring appeal, revealing the surprising relevance of his works for our own day.
Book Synopsis Taking Your Soul to Work by : R. Paul Stevens
Download or read book Taking Your Soul to Work written by R. Paul Stevens and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. Paul Stevens and Alvin Ung tap into the wisdom of the Bible and the Christian spiritual tradition to redefine the workplace as an arena for personal spiritual growth. Together they discuss real-life dilemmas and give practical guidance on turning professional work into the catalyst for a richer, more balanced spiritual life. --from publisher description.
Download or read book The Settler written by Herman Whitaker and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gentleman's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains opinions and comment on other currently published newspapers and magazines, a selection of poetry, essays, historical events, voyages, news (foreign and domestic) including news of North America, a register of the month's new publications, a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs, a summary of monthly events, vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages), preferments, commodity prices. Samuel Johnson contributed parliamentary reports as "Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia."
Download or read book A Deadly Thaw written by Sarah Ward and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lena Grey offered no defense for murdering her husband, and served fourteen long years in prison. But within months of her release his body is found in a disused morgue, recently killed. Who was the man she killed before, and why did she lie about his identity? Detective Inspector Francis Sadler and his Derbyshire team investigate, but before Lena can be questioned further she vanishes and her sister Kat begins to receive mysterious packages. As her inquiries begin to collide with the murder investigation, a link to the sisters' teenage lives emerges.
Book Synopsis The Pierced Heart by : Lynn Shepherd
Download or read book The Pierced Heart written by Lynn Shepherd and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shadow of Bram Stoker’s Dracula looms large over the darkest mystery yet faced by Victorian detective Charles Maddox—as the acclaimed author of The Solitary House and A Fatal Likeness once again pays homage to a literary classic, in a chilling tale of superstition, dangerous science, and shocking secrets. When an Austrian nobleman offers a substantial donation to the University of Oxford, Charles Maddox is called on to investigate the generous benefactor. It is a decidedly mundane task for the increasingly renowned criminal investigator, but Maddox welcomes the chance to trade London’s teeming streets for the comforts of a castle in the Viennese countryside. Comfort, however, is in short supply once Maddox steps onto foreign soil—and into the company of the mysterious Baron Von Reisenberg. A man of impeccable breeding, the Baron is nonetheless the subject of frightened whispers and macabre legends. Though Maddox isn’t one to entertain supernatural beliefs, the dank halls and foreboding shadows of the castle begin to haunt his sleep with nightmares. But in the light of day the veteran detective can find no evidence of the sinister—until a series of disturbing incidents prove him gravely mistaken and thrust him into a harrowing quest to expose whatever evil lurks behind the locked doors of the Baron’s secretive domain. After a terrifying encounter nearly costs him his sanity, Maddox is forced to return home defeated—and still pursued by the horror he’s unearthed. Owing to a string of gruesome murders committed by an elusive predator branded the Vampire, London is on the verge of widespread panic. But there’s little doubt in Maddox’s mind who is responsible. And whether his enemy proves merely mortal—or something more—Maddox must finally end the monstrous affair . . . before more innocent blood is spilled. Praise for The Pierced Heart “Another tour de force with a striking finale from [Lynn] Shepherd, who specializes in turning iconic novels into clever, complicated mysteries for her tormented hero to solve.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Shepherd’s [plots] are darkly serious and feel very real. . . . The idea that Stoker’s novel was somehow inspired by events surrounding the subject of Maddox’s investigation seems tantalizing plausible. Another sterling entry in this imaginative series.”—Booklist “A heart-thumping climax . . . The Pierced Heart is a clever and seductive pastiche of genres [that] builds to an electrifying and stunning dénouement. A stylish and gripping Gothic revival.”—Lancashire Evening Post “Compulsively readable, suspenseful, and dark . . . The book is unsettling in the best way. . . . This is a new tale, with a similar creepy flavor that Dracula lovers will enjoy.”—Historical Novels Review “With wonderfully descriptive passages and stunningly atmospheric prose, Shepherd spins a compelling, intricately plotted story which quite capably stands apart from the novel that inspires it.”—Book Batter (five stars) “Captures some of the best elements of Dracula, while at the same time creating a thrilling and absorbing crime novel.”—The Dracula Society
