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Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780745132662
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (326 download)
Download or read book Bertie and the Seven Bodies written by Peter Lovesey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Bertie and the Seven Bodies written by Peter Lovesey and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eldest son of Queen Victoria, Bertie will one day be King Edward VII. For the moment, though, his primary responsibility is to enjoy himself, a task at which he excels - bedding society beauties, tormenting his long-suffering wife, and taking his royal bulk off to other people's country estates, there to shoot things, eat enormous meals, and pinch the serving maids. It is at just such an estate that the story unfolds, though this is no ordinary shooting-party, and with a killer afoot, the glittering guest-list is dwindling rapidly. Bertie greets the murders with some delight, as they allow him to exercise his passion for amateur sleuthing (a task at which he doesn't particularly excel). Lovesey wrote Seven Bodies as an homage to Agatha Christie, but he laced his classically structured puzzle with his own sly wit, gleefully poking fun at the pomposities of privilege. Utterly charming ...what a delight! - New York Times A delicious option for fans of Agatha Christie and Anne Perry
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 164129163X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Bertie and the Seven Bodies written by Peter Lovesey and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second entry of the Bertie, Prince of Wales mystery series, featuring future King Edward VII, Albert Edward, as an amateur sleuth solving suspicious murders in Victorian England. Bertie, Prince of Wales, is delighted to be invited by Lady Amelia, a recently widowed young woman, to Desborough Hall for a week-long shooting party. The eleven other motley guests include a poet, a chaplain, and an Amazon explorer. The party promises a week of shooting, socializing, and feasting, but these expectations are soon shattered as one of the guests collapses face first into her dessert and dies before the night is out. At first, this death is believed to be an accident, and the party continues with their hunting plans for the week. But when another guest turns up dead the very next day, Bertie realizes that the deaths cannot be coincidence.
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (825 download)
Download or read book Bertie and the Seven Bodies written by Peter Lovesey and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1641290498
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Bertie written by Peter Lovesey and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Prince of Wales Mysteries collects all three of Peter Lovesey's charming and thrilling Bertie adventures in a single volume for the first time. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales--Bertie, as he's known--is the eldest son of Queen Victoria, and future King Edward VII. Bertie is a pleasure seeker, always searching out the best meals, the most beautiful women, and the most lavish parties. As Prince Regent, Bertie is expected to behave like a proper royal and avoid scandal. Instead, his love of excitement leads him to a decidedly unprincely hobby: sleuthing. Bertie is not the best detective, but that does not stop him from trying to solve every case that crosses his path, including the feverish suicide of the greatest jockey of the century, the mysterious death of a member of the royal hunting party, and the murder of the son-in-law of an old friend.
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1641292881
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Finisher written by Peter Lovesey and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, Peter Lovesey, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and titan of the British detective novel, returns to the subject of his very first mystery—running. Through a particularly ill-fated series of events, couch potato Maeve Kelly, an elementary school teacher whose mother always assured her “curvy” girls shouldn’t waste their time trying to be fit, has been forced to sign up for the Other Half, Bath’s springtime half marathon. The training is brutal, but she must disprove her mother and collect pledges for her aunt’s beloved charity. What Maeve doesn’t know is just how vicious some of the other runners are. Meanwhile, Detective Peter Diamond is tasked with crowd control on the raucous day of the race—and catches sight of a violent criminal he put away a decade ago, and who very much seems to be up to his old tricks now that he is paroled. Diamond’s hackles are already up when he learns that one of the runners never crossed the finish line and disappeared without a trace. Was Diamond a spectator to murder?
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 144830055X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Murder on the Short List written by Peter Lovesey and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is "Peter Lovesey's Short List" of his best ever short stories, including the Crime Writers' Association's best short story of 2007, "Needle Match", and featuring some of his most popular detectives - Bertie, Prince of Wales, Sergeant Cribb and Rosemary and Thyme. Surprises are guaranteed, as elephants appear in a London side street; a gang of geriatrics goes on a hearing aid heist and an underworld boss searches for a harp. Join the author in a brush with Adolf Hitler and take a walk on Beachy Head, the UK's favourite suicide spot...
Author : David Downing
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616952229
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Masaryk Station written by David Downing and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties—a paradise for spies. As spring unfolds, a Western withdrawal looks increasingly likely. Berlin’s German inhabitants live in fear of the Soviet forces who occupy half the city, and whose legacy of violence has ripped apart many families. John Russell works for both Stalin's NKVD and the newly created CIA, trying his best to cut himself loose from both before his double-agency is discovered by either. As tensions between the great powers escalate, each passing day makes Russell’s position more treacherous. He and his Soviet liaison, Shchepkin, seek out one final operation—one piece of intelligence so damning it could silence the wrath of one nation and solicit the protection of the other. It will be the most dangerous task Russell has ever taken on, but one way or the other, it will be his last.
Author : Colin Cotterill
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616951184
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Disco for the Departed written by Colin Cotterill and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Siri Paiboun, reluctant national coroner of the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos, is summoned to a remote location in the mountains of Huaphan Province, where for years the leaders of the current government had hidden out in caves, waiting to assume power. Now, as a major celebration of the new regime is scheduled to take place, an arm is found protruding from the concrete walk that had been laid from the President’s former cave hideout to his new house beneath the cliffs. Dr Siri is ordered to supervise the disinterment of the body attached to the arm, identify the corpse, and discover how he died.
Author : Camilla Trinchieri
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1641292849
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Bitter Taste of Murder written by Camilla Trinchieri and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up to Murder in Chianti finds ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle recruited by Italian authorities to investigate the murder of a prominent wine critic. One year after moving to his late wife’s Tuscan hometown of Gravigna, ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle has fully settled into Italian country life, helping to serve and test recipes at his in-laws’ restaurant. But the town is shaken by the arrival of wine critic Michele Mantelli in his flashy Jaguar. Mantelli holds his influential culinary magazine and blog over Gravigna’s vintners and restaurateurs. Some of Gravigna's residents are impressed by his reputation, while others are enraged—especially Nico's landlord, whose vineyards Mantelli seems intent of ruining. Needless to say, Mantelli’s lavish, larger-than-life, and often vindictive personality has made him many enemies, and when he is poisoned, the local maresciallo, Perillo, has a headache of a high-profile murder on his hands—and once again turns to Nico for help.
Author : Leonie Swann
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1641294345
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp written by Leonie Swann and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of an enterprising tortoise—in this twisty, darkly funny mystery from the author of Three Bags Full. It has been an eventful morning for Agnes Sharp and the other inhabitants of Sunset Hall, a house share for the old and unruly in the sleepy English countryside. Although they have had some issues (misplaced reading glasses, conflicting culinary tastes, decreasing mobility, and gluttonous grandsons), nothing prepares them for an unexpected visit from a police officer with some shocking news. A body has been discovered next door. Everyone puts on a long face for show, but they are secretly relieved the body in question is not the one they’re currently hiding in the shed (sorry, Lillith). It seems the answer to their little problem with Lillith may have fallen right into their laps. All they have to do is find out who murdered their neighbor, so they can pin Lillith’s death on them, thus killing two (old) birds with one stone (cold killer). With their plan sorted, Agnes and her geriatric gang spring into action. After all, everybody likes a good mystery. Besides, the more suspicion they can cast about, surely the less will land on them. To investigate, they will step out of their comfort zone and tangle with sinister bakers, broken stairlifts, inept criminals, the local authorities, and their own dark secrets.
Author : Mick Herron
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569477876
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)
Download or read book Why We Die written by Mick Herron and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The road to hell is paved with all sorts of intentions, as Oxford private investigator Zoë Boehm discovers when a straightforward jewelry store robbery turns out to be anything but. When Zoë Boehm agrees to track down the gang who knocked over Sweeney’s jewelry shop, she’s just hoping to break even in time for tax season. She certainly doesn’t expect to wind up in a coffin. But she’s about to become entangled with a strange collection of characters, starting with suicidal Tim Whitby, who’s dedicating what’s left of his life to protecting the pretty, battered Katrina Blake from her late husband’s sociopathic brothers, Arkle and Trent. Unfortunately for Zoë, Arkle has a crossbow, Tim has nothing left to lose, and even Katrina has her secrets. And death, like taxes, can’t be avoided forever.
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569475970
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)
Download or read book A Case of Spirits written by Peter Lovesey and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the best of this series . . . Lively and well-plotted.” —The New York Times Book Review The spiritualist movement has captivated a segment of Victorian London: manifestations, the occult, and “sensitives” are in vogue. When séance sites become targets for theft, Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray are on the case. But then someone murders the medium, and the two find themselves rubbing shoulders with some rather eccentric suspects.
Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598844466
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors written by Bernard A. Drew and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authorswithout any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 1405520434
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)
Download or read book The Tooth Tattoo written by Peter Lovesey and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirteenth book in the award-winning Peter Diamond series, from Peter Lovesey. Peter Diamond, head of Bath CID, takes a city break in Vienna, where his favourite film, The Third Man, was set, but everything goes wrong and his companion, Paloma, calls a halt to their relationship. Meanwhile, strange things are happening to jobbing musician Mel Farran, who finds himself scouted by methods closer to the spy world than the concert platform. The chance of joining a once-famous string quartet in a residency at Bath Spa University is too tempting for Mel to refuse. Then a body is found in the city canal, and the only clue to the dead woman's identity is the tattoo of a musical note on one of her teeth. For Diamond, who wouldn't know a Stradivarius from a French horn, the investigation is his most demanding ever. Three mysterious deaths need to be probed while his own personal life is in free fall... Peter Lovesey has been hailed by the critics as 'superlative', 'a master of the genre', 'never puts a foot wrong' and the Peter Diamond series as 'one of the most enjoyable police series around'. This new case for the greatly loved detective will bring new praise and much satisfaction for his legions of fans.
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569473935
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)
Download or read book Upon a Dark Night written by Peter Lovesey and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The threads of Peter Lovesey’s new Peter Diamond mystery, Upon a Dark Night, twist up so neatly they make a perfect hangman’s noose—another triumph of plotting from this master of the classic puzzle form.”—The New York Times Book Review A young woman is dumped, injured and unconscious, in a private hospital’s parking lot. She is an amnesiac with no memory prior to her discovery by hospital personnel. Detective Inspector Peter Diamond of the Bath homicide squad is unwilling to become involved. He has other, more important cases to solve: A woman has plunged to her death from the roof of a local landmark while half the young people of Bath partied below, and an elderly farmer has shot himself. Are these apparent suicides what they seem, or are there sinister forces at work? And might the amnesiac woman hold the key to both cases?
Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1569473226
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (694 download)
Download or read book Diamond Dust written by Peter Lovesey and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lovesey takes his hero to emotional places he’s never been before while constructing a plot of infernal ingenuity.” —The New York Times Book Review Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is confronted with a crime that comes too close to home. His beloved wife has been killed, apparently just the most recent victim in a series of murders of police spouses. Despite his superior's orders to leave the solution of this crime to other members of the force, he is determined to find the killer himself.
