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Book Synopsis A Most Unusual Demise by : Katherine Black
Download or read book A Most Unusual Demise written by Katherine Black and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-read old dear has an unhealthy interest in murder, in this sharp, witty, and refreshingly original cozy crime novel. Retired librarian and bookshop owner May Morrigan lives in the affluent village of Blackheath with Fletcher, her best friend since they met decades ago, and May’s two dogs. What could be more normal? But May is not your average little old lady . . . After an unpleasant church volunteer and an annoying local butcher meet their untimely ends, Fletcher and May team up to do some sleuthing. Soon, the elderly pair start working with a young journalist to investigate the case of a missing girl and its possible link to previous unsolved crimes. May finds this new project quite intriguing. She’s never met a murderer before—and now she just may get the chance, if they play their cards right . . .
Book Synopsis An Artless Demise by : Anna Lee Huber
Download or read book An Artless Demise written by Anna Lee Huber and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Darby returns to London with her new husband, Sebastian Gage, but newlywed bliss won't last for long when her past comes back to haunt her in the latest exciting installment in this national bestselling series. November 1831. After fleeing London in infamy more than two years prior, Lady Kiera Darby's return to the city is anything but mundane, though not for the reasons she expected. A gang of body snatchers is arrested on suspicion of imitating the notorious misdeeds of Edinburgh criminals, Burke and Hare--killing people from the streets and selling their bodies to medical schools. Then Kiera's past--a past she thought she'd finally made peace with--rises up to haunt her. All of London is horrified by the evidence that "burkers" are, indeed, at work in their city. The terrified populace hovers on a knife's edge, ready to take their enmity out on any likely suspect. And when Kiera receives a letter of blackmail, threatening to divulge details about her late anatomist husband's involvement with the body snatchers and wrongfully implicate her, she begins to apprehend just how precarious her situation is. Not only for herself, but also her new husband and investigative partner, Sebastian Gage, and their unborn child. Meanwhile, the young scion of a noble family has been found murdered a block from his home, and the man's family wants Kiera and Gage to investigate. Is it a failed attempt by the London burkers, having left the body behind, or the crime of someone much closer to home? Someone who stalks the privileged, using the uproar over the burkers to cover his own dark deeds?
Book Synopsis A Death in Summer by : Benjamin Black
Download or read book A Death in Summer written by Benjamin Black and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of The Chicago Tribune's Best Reads of 2011 One of Dublin's most powerful men meets a violent end— and an acknowledged master of crime fiction delivers his most gripping novel yet On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell—known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick—is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin's elite. Jewell's coolly elegant French wife, Françoise, seems less than shocked by her husband's death. But Dannie, Jewell's high-strung sister, is devastated, and Quirke is surprised to learn that in her grief she has turned to an unexpected friend: David Sinclair, Quirke's ambitious assistant in the pathology lab at the Hospital of the Holy Family. Further, Sinclair has been seeing Quirke's fractious daughter Phoebe, and an unlikely romance is blossoming between the two. As a record heat wave envelops the city and the secret deals underpinning Diamond Dick's empire begin to be revealed, Quirke and Hackett find themselves caught up in a dark web of intrigue and violence that threatens to end in disaster. Tightly plotted and gorgeously written, A Death in Summer proves to the brilliant but sometimes reckless Quirke that in a city where old money and the right bloodlines rule, he is by no means safe from mortal danger.
Book Synopsis Death by Candlelight by : Emma Davies (Novelist)
Download or read book Death by Candlelight written by Emma Davies (Novelist) and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Francesca Eve thought she was prepared for anything at the events she caters for in her pretty little Shropshire village. Missing canapes? No problem. Burnt brownies? A piece of cake... But a dead body? Now that’s a recipe for disaster. Francesca is nervous about catering her first ever murder mystery party, but it’s clear from the clink of champagne flutes and piles of empty plates that the evening is a roaring success. The guests look spectacular in their disguises, whispering and giggling as they try to identify who killed beautiful young Becky. But days later the game takes a sinister turn when Becky is found poisoned, and all the signs point to the culprit being a party guest. From the woman having an affair to the guest hiding her true identity, everyone had a secret – and it turns out that Becky knew them all. As Fran finds herself centre-stage in a real-life murder mystery, the finger of suspicion points at each guest in turn. And Fran starts to wonder, were any of these secrets dangerous enough to kill for? Then the body of a second guest is found, and it becomes clear a deranged killer is going off-script. It seems anyone who was involved in the game that night is in their sights, even Fran. Can she unmask the murderer before the final curtain falls?"--Back cover.
Book Synopsis Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall by : Hannah Dennison
Download or read book Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall written by Hannah Dennison and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall is the second charming and witty whodunit in Hannah Dennison's amazing cozy series. Set at an English manor house, fans of British mysteries and Downton Abbey are sure to enjoy this contemporary take on murder at the manor house. When the body of a transport minister is discovered in the grounds on Honeychurch Hall, suspicion about his unusual demise naturally falls on the folks in the village. After all, who could possibly want a high-speed train line built in their front yard? News of the murder soon reaches our heroine Kat Stanford's nemesis Trudy Wynne. A ruthless tabloid journalist and the ex-wife of Kat's discarded lover, Trudy is out for revenge. She is also interested in exposing—and humiliating—Kat's mother Iris, who is secretly the international bestselling romance writer Krystalle Storm. As the body count begins to build, Kat becomes inextricably embroiled in the ensuing scandal. Is the minister's death the result of a local vendetta, or could it be connected to her mother's unusual (to say the least) past?
Book Synopsis A Most Malicious Messenger by : Katherine Black
Download or read book A Most Malicious Messenger written by Katherine Black and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menacing texts lead to murder in an English village, in this unmissable, witty mystery by the Dagger Award–nominated author of A Most Unusual Demise. May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead. Meanwhile, May’s elderly mother, Minty, is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death herself lately. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets she’s hiding. As disturbing texts continue to arrive, the Blackheath residents are threatened with further revelations and titillations. Then Fletcher becomes the focus of the tormenting texter . . . and barely escapes an attempt on his life. It’s time for May to send a strong message—and block this killer permanently . . .
Book Synopsis As Death Draws Near by : Anna Lee Huber
Download or read book As Death Draws Near written by Anna Lee Huber and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this historical mystery from the national bestselling author of A Brush with Shadows, Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage get tangled in a dangerous web of religious and political intrigue. July 1831. In the midst of their idyllic honeymoon in England’s Lake District, Kiera and Gage’s seclusion is soon interrupted by a missive from her new father-in-law. A deadly incident involving a distant relative of the Duke of Wellington has taken place at an abbey south of Dublin, Ireland, and he insists that Kiera and Gage look into the matter. Intent on discovering what kind of monster could murder a woman of the cloth, the couple travel to Rathfarnham Abbey school. Soon a second nun is slain in broad daylight near a classroom full of young girls. With the sinful killer growing bolder, the mother superior would like to send the students home, but the growing civil unrest in Ireland would make the journey treacherous. Before long, Kiera starts to suspect that some of the girls may be hiding a sinister secret. With the killer poised to strike yet again, Kiera and Gage must make haste and unmask the fiend, before their matrimonial bliss comes to an untimely end...
Download or read book Murder on Tour written by Mark McCrum and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-02-23 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novice detective joins a rock star’s entourage to follow a trail of sex, drugs, and suspicious deaths, in this brand-new murder mystery by the author of Murder Your Darlings. Crime writer Francis Meadowes has just been offered his first paid detective gig—which means going on the road with gender-fluid rock star JonniK, tagging along as the musician’s entourage travels from Berlin to Brussels and beyond. Jonni’s manager is already worried by a guitar tech’s fatal overdose on a tour bus, but then the star himself is attacked on stage . . . Another shock comes as Jonni’s lead guitarist is electrocuted by his own instrument in the middle of a gig—and Francis realises he is in a dangerous race against time to find out exactly what is going on . . . Praise for the Francis Meadowes mysteries “A rollicking read.” —London Evening Standard “Very engaging.” —The Sydney Morning Herald “Readers will have fun.” —Publishers Weekly
Book Synopsis Francis Meadowes Mysteries Books One to Four by : Mark McCrum
Download or read book Francis Meadowes Mysteries Books One to Four written by Mark McCrum and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first four novels in the series starring a globetrotting sleuth whose travels include some deadly detours. The Festival Murders Scathing in his reviews and unseemly in his affairs, Bryce Peabody is ready to give a talk at the annual literary festival in the pretty English town of Mold-on-Wold—until he’s found dead in his hotel room. Soon, author Francis Meadowes is drawn into a role he knows only from his own fiction—that of amateur detective . . . “A wicked send-up of literary festivals.” —The Independent Cruising to Murder Francis is lecturing aboard a luxurious ship as it cruises down the West African coast. Among the passengers are a retired surgeon, a mischievous elderly widow, and a beautiful American accompanied by her tedious but extremely wealthy aunt. But when two of them die, the sleuthing crime writer may be out of his depth . . . “[An] eclectic mix of characters—none of whom would be out of place in an Agatha Christie tale.” —Daily Mail “A likable and smart series lead.” —Booklist Murder Your Darlings—A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year Francis is in Italy, running a creative writing course at an Umbrian villa. His students include snooty Poppy and her husband; a Northern Irishman who writes angry poems about the Troubles; a kooky American; and a possible spy. But things turn sinister when a body is found in the sauna. “A neat twist on the classic English-country-house formula.” —Kirkus Reviews Murder on Tour On his first paid detective gig, Francis joins a rock star’s entourage as they tour from Berlin to Brussels and beyond. The musician’s manager has been concerned about some dangerous events—but the biggest shock comes from the guitar that electrocutes a bandmate . . .
Book Synopsis The Festival Murders by : Mark McCrum
Download or read book The Festival Murders written by Mark McCrum and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary festival turns lethal, in this sharp-witted series debut: “A marvellous set of unsavoury suspects . . . good, nasty fun with a ring of truth.” —The Mail on Sunday, Thriller of the Week Bryce Peabody is ready to give a scandalous talk at the annual literary festival in the pretty English town of Mold-on-Wold. Scathing in his reviews and unseemly in his affairs, Bryce is known to have many enemies. So when he’s discovered dead in his hotel room, festival attendees are desperate to know what happened. Could one of the numerous writers he has insulted have taken revenge? Or perhaps one of his scorned lovers? Soon, author Francis Meadowes is drawn into a role he knows only from his own fiction—that of amateur detective. But will he catch the culprit before more festival-goers meet a grisly end? “A rollicking read.” —London Evening Standard “A very engaging literary romp.” —The Sydney Morning Herald “Ingenious.” —The Independent Chosen for the Independent on Sunday’s “Alternative Booker Prize Longlist”
Book Synopsis The Demise of Marxism-Leninism in Russia by : A. Brown
Download or read book The Demise of Marxism-Leninism in Russia written by A. Brown and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Demise of Marxism-Leninism in Russia , distinguished specialists chart the rise of new thinking on the Soviet system and the decline and fall of Marxism-Leninism in the late Soviet period. They also discuss the failure of Marxism-Leninism to make a comeback in post-Soviet Russia. This book makes a significant contribution to understanding the independent importance of ideas in politics and provides clear analyses of the rise of liberal and social democratic thought about the political system, the economy, international Communism, nationalism and federalism.
Book Synopsis Sacred Demise by : Carolyn Baker, Ph.D.
Download or read book Sacred Demise written by Carolyn Baker, Ph.D. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of industrial civilization is rapidly unfolding and offers us an opportunity far beyond mere survival, even as it renders absurd any attempts to “fix” or prevent the end of the world as we have known it. Sacred Demise is about the transformation of human consciousness and the emergence of a new paradigm as a result discovering our purpose in the collapse process, thereby coming home to our ultimate place in the universe. Our willingness to consciously embark on the journey with openness and uncertainty may be advantageous for engendering a quantum evolutionary leap for our species and for the earth community. "We face an awesome internal transition that will take us into very unfamiliar territory and will call upon our deeper resources. Carolyn Baker's Sacred Demise is a courageous, wise, and compassionate guide for us all through this inner journey." Michael Brownlee, Co-founder, Transition Boulder County "Carolyn speaks with a confidence that never flinches from entering into the hardest truths of our times, or from the most difficult truths about the culture we are immersed in, so that we might emerge from the chrysalis of global crisis with open hearts and a renewed way of living on Earth together."--Juan Santos, Fourth World Blogspot
Book Synopsis The Death of Common Sense by : Philip K. Howard
Download or read book The Death of Common Sense written by Philip K. Howard and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense. Here Howard offers nothing less than a fresh, lucid, practical operating system for modern democracy. America is drowning—in law, lawsuits, and nearly endless red tape. Before acting or making a decision, we often abandon our best instincts. We pause, we worry, we equivocate, and then we divert our energy into trying to protect ourselves. Filled with one too many examples of bureaucratic overreach, The Death of Common Sense demonstrates how we—and our country—can at last get back on track.
Book Synopsis The Strange Death of Europe by : Douglas Murray
Download or read book The Strange Death of Europe written by Douglas Murray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strange Death of Europe is the internationally bestselling account of a continent and a culture caught in the act of suicide, now updated with new material taking in developments since it was first published to huge acclaim. These include rapid changes in the dynamics of global politics, world leadership and terror attacks across Europe. Douglas Murray travels across Europe to examine first-hand how mass immigration, cultivated self-distrust and delusion have contributed to a continent in the grips of its own demise. From the shores of Lampedusa to migrant camps in Greece, from Cologne to London, he looks critically at the factors that have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their alteration as a society. Murray's "tremendous and shattering" book (The Times) addresses the disappointing failures of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation and the Western fixation on guilt, uncovering the malaise at the very heart of the European culture. His conclusion is bleak, but the predictions not irrevocable. As Murray argues, this may be our last chance to change the outcome, before it's too late.
Book Synopsis Boston Sites & Insights by : Susan Wilson
Download or read book Boston Sites & Insights written by Susan Wilson and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2004-05-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're looking for a history of one of the city's world-class museums or for a fascinating story about Boston's popular North End, Susan Wilson covers it all in Boston Sites and Insights. Divided into six sections that reflect the diversity of people, activities, and landmarks within the city, this fascinating book leaves no stone unturned. With practical, up-to-date information in an "Essentials" section at the end of each chapter as well as fresh retellings of popular legends and lore, Wilson provides everything the modern visitor or current resident needs to know to enjoy the multicultural city of Boston, Massachusetts."
Download or read book Spymaster written by Oleg Kalugin and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oleg Kalugin oversaw the work of American spies, matched wits with the CIA, and became one of the youngest generals in KGB history. Even so, he grew increasingly disillusioned with the Soviet system. In 1990, he went public, exposing the intelligence agency's shadowy methods. Revised and updated in the light of the KGB's enduring presence in Russian politics, Spymaster is Kalugin's impressively illuminating memoir of the final years of the Soviet Union.
Book Synopsis Death of a Glutton by : M. C. Beaton
Download or read book Death of a Glutton written by M. C. Beaton and published by Constable. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish detective, Hamish Macbeth, is called upon to investigate the murder of an extremely unpopular woman in the remote village of Lochdubh.
