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Death and the Chaste Apprentice

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447239601
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Death and the Chaste Apprentice written by Robert Barnard and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ketterick Festival revolves around the Saracen’s Head, a Jacobean inn with its inn-yard and balconies miraculously preserved intact, due to the sloth of successive landlords. Here in festival time are performed the lesser-known masterpieces of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. This year it is The Chaste Apprentice of Bowe (a play of uncertain authorship, since no one owned up at the time). But the actors find that the Saracen’s Head has been transformed by its new landlord – an Australian know-all with an insatiable curiosity and an instinct for power. The loathsome Des’s activities bring him into conflict with actors, committee, even the performers of Adelaide di Birckenhead, the little-known Donizetti opera that is the other lynchpin of the Festival programme. So adept is Des at fomenting friction and ferreting in the undergrowth of private lives that it is not surprising that it all ends in biers. Barnard’s festive romp spares no one in the arts world, and even suggests a solution to a long-felt operatic want, showing once again why he has been called ‘a specialist in snide japery’ (Time Magazine), whose mysteries are ‘among the best’ (New York Times).

Death and the Chaste Apprentice

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death and the Chaste Apprentice written by Robert Barnard and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innkeeper is the object of universal dislike--and one murderer's weapon--on the set of a provincial festival production of a tepid Jacobean comedy.

Death and the Chaste Apprentice

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780517096086
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Death and the Chaste Apprentice written by Robert Barnard and published by . This book was released on 1993-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Death by Sheer Torture

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476716269
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Death by Sheer Torture written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Perry Trethowan reads in the obituaries that his estranged father has died under peculiar circumstances: he was fooling around with a form of self-torture called strappado. At the request of his supervisor, Peter returns to his ancestral home to determine if any of his cousins or siblings might have helped the old man to his bizarre end.

The Skeleton in the Grass

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Boxtree
ISBN 13 : 1743543123
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book The Skeleton in the Grass written by Robert Barnard and published by Boxtree. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Skeleton In The Grass, reminiscent of Robert Barnard’s much-acclaimed Out of the Blackout, illuminates an earlier time and place: a small English village in 1936, as Franco’s troops are conquering Spain and Hitler’s legions are preparing to overrun Europe. The world at large may be sliding into the abyss of disaster, but life at Hallam, country seat of the glamorous and renowned Hallam family, still represents the ultimate in British civilization. Teatime, with its cucumber sandwiches and cream cakes, continues as it has for a hundred years. It’s not that the Hallam family ignores the world outside its gracious doors. On the contrary, Helen and Dennis Hallam care passionately about peace and principle, and Dennis dramatically conveys these views to the nation in his controversial weekly review column. Avowed pacifists, Helen and Dennis represent a political stance that the villagers mistrust and fear. That fear and suspicion turn to nasty pranks when a sinister Fascist major gains control over some of the local youths. Helen and Dennis, and their sons Oliver and Will, become the victims of cruel taunts and the kind of teasing that leads to terror. As the Hallams and villagers grow more hostile, we see the story through the eyes of Sarah Causeley, and idealistic young woman who has recently come to be nursery governess at Hallam. To Sarah, the Hallams represent beauty, brilliance, and style—an idyllic life in the midst of chaos. But as she watches, the Hallams’ world begins to disintegrate, and a tense and unexpected encounter leads to a shocking murder. Much more than a crime novel, The Skeleton in the Grass is an extraordinary piece of fiction that captures the essence of a family that captures the essence of a family and a world on the brink of extinction. With subtlety and skill, Robert Barnard amazes with his versatility and storytelling power.

A Fatal Attachment

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476737290
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book A Fatal Attachment written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrity scholar in a small village tears her nephews from their immediate family and raises them in an atmosphere of cruelty. As old Lydia Perceval plans to destroy yet another group of impressionable young children’s love for their parents, the list of those who would have her die grows longer.

Death in a Cold Climate

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476716277
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Death in a Cold Climate written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was midday on December 21st in the city of Tromsø when the boy was last seen: a tall, blond boy swathed in anorak and scarf against the Arctic noon. After that he wasn’t seen again, not until three months later, when Professor Mackenzie’s dog started sniffing around in the snow and uncovered a human ear, attached to a naked corpse. Nobody knew who he was, or where he had come from. And after three months it was almost impossible to track down the identity of the corpse. But Inspector Fagermo refused to give up, and as he probed deeper into the Arctic city he began to discover a dangerous conspiracy of blackmail, espionage, and cold-blooded murder.

Death of a Mystery Writer

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476737266
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Death of a Mystery Writer written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning mystery writer Robert Barnard comes a classic British whodunit about a bestselling author who is murdered—and his latest unpublished manuscript has gone missing. Sir Oliver Fairleigh-Stubbs, overweight and overbearing, collapses and dies at his birthday party while indulging his taste for rare liquors. He had promised his daughter he would be polite and charitable for the entire day, but the strain of such exemplary behavior was obviously too great. He leaves a family relieved to be rid of him, and he also leaves a fortune, earned as a bestselling mystery author. But the manuscript of the unpublished volume left to Sir Oliver’s wife, a posthumous “last case” that might be worth millions, has disappeared. And Sir Oliver’s death is beginning to look less than natural.

The Bones in the Attic

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743243951
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Bones in the Attic written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matt Harper, a television and radio personality and a former professional soccer player, has just bought Elderholm, an old stone house in Leeds in the north of England. It's ideal for him, his partner Aileen, and her three children. Even the attic space seems just right -- the perfect place for a game room or a children's retreat. But as Matt and his decorator tour the property, they find something that will put the attic off-limits for a long time to come: a tiny child's skeleton that has clearly been there for years. What happened to the child, and how did its skeleton get into the attic? Detective Sergeant Charlie Peace and his forensic team think the child's remains have been in the attic for thirty years. Thirty years? Matt remembers that time. It was 1969 and he was seven years old. He was in the neighborhood, spending the summer with an aunt. That was the summer that Elderholm's owner left her house empty when she went to visit a daughter in Australia. What happened that summer? What memories lie deep in Matt's consciousness? Where are the other children from that summer who now, of course, are adults? Who killed the little child and why was he or she never reported missing? And who has now written to Matt, assuring him that he had no part in what occurred, that he had gone home to London before it happened? As Matt struggles to recover his memory of that strange summer, both he and Charlie Peace ponder what it means to love and lose a child and how one thoughtless decision can change a life forever. Richly evocative and deeply poignant, The Bones in the Attic is crime writing at its best from one of the great contemporary masters of mystery.

Death of a Salesperson

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476737312
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Death of a Salesperson written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery and black comedy collide in this collection of sixteen stories with crime, wit, and twists to spare.

A Charitable Body

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439177430
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book A Charitable Body written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new mystery set at one of England's stately homes and featuring beloved Yorkshire cop, Charlie Peace. By Diamond Dagger award winner Robert Barnard.

Half Sick of Shadows

Author : Laura Sebastian
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593200527
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Half Sick of Shadows written by Laura Sebastian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Laura Sebastian is the next Madeline Miller. . . . a fierce, fresh, lyrical tale that will enthrall until the last page."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress A Popsugar Best Summer Read of 2021 A Bibliolifestyle Most Anticipated Summer 2021 Sci-fi and Fantasy Book "Magical, haunting, unique--I haven't been so excited about an Arthur book since I read The Once and Future King ."--Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author The Lady of Shalott reclaims her story in this bold feminist reimagining of the Arthurian myth from the New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess. Everyone knows the legend. Of Arthur, destined to be a king. Of the beautiful Guinevere, who will betray him with his most loyal knight, Lancelot. Of the bitter sorceress, Morgana, who will turn against them all. But Elaine alone carries the burden of knowing what is to come--for Elaine of Shalott is cursed to see the future. On the mystical isle of Avalon, Elaine runs free and learns of the ancient prophecies surrounding her and her friends--countless possibilities, almost all of them tragic. When their future comes to claim them, Elaine, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Morgana accompany Arthur to take his throne in stifling Camelot, where magic is outlawed, the rules of society chain them, and enemies are everywhere. Yet the most dangerous threats may come from within their own circle. As visions are fulfilled and an inevitable fate closes in, Elaine must decide how far she will go to change destiny--and what she is willing to sacrifice along the way.

The Apprentices

Author : Maile Meloy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101599227
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Apprentices written by Maile Meloy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years have passed since Janie Scott last saw Benjamin Burrows, the mysterious apothecary’s defiant son who stole her heart. On the other side of the world, Benjamin and his father are treating the sick and wounded in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. But Benjamin has also been experimenting with a magical new formula that allows him to communicate with Janie across the globe. When Benjamin discovers that she's in trouble, he calls on their friend Pip for help. The three friends are thrown into a desperate chase around the world to find one another, while unraveling the mystery of what threatens them all. Acclaimed author Maile Meloy seamlessly weaves together magic and adventure in this breathtaking sequel with stunning illustrations by Ian Schoenherr.

Doomsday Book

Author : Connie Willis
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0553562738
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Doomsday Book written by Connie Willis and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1993-08-01 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering, and the indomitable will of the human spirit. “A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received. But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin—barely of age herself—finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history’s darkest hours.

Unholy Dying

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476737908
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Unholy Dying written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England's celebrated, multiple-award-winning master crime novelist returns with a witty and poignant chiller about the evil of gossip and the sin of indifference. Father Christopher Pardoe is a good priest. He cares about his parishioners. He is also a human being -- and is thus saddled with man's inherent weaknesses. Is it a bit odd, then, how much time the good Father has been spending at the house of a certain young, single mother called Julie Norris? And why, during each of his visits, are Julie's bedroom curtains always closed? Julie looks to be pregnant again. Just who could the father be? As nasty rumors begin to scorch the parish phone lines, Father Pardoe is suspended from St. Catherine's, and Cosmo Horrocks, the West Yorkshire Chronicle's shameless, muckraking journalist, exploits the story in a big way. Nothing goes over better than a juicy sex-and-the-church scandal, except, perhaps, murder. Do Father Pardoe and Julie protest too much? Why did Julie's parents throw her out and disown her? Is she really as bad as they say? And what, exactly, does Cosmo Horrocks hear in that London-to-Leeds dining car that makes him tingle with excitement? A tale of chastity besmirched? This story could make his year. But will it lead to tragedy? And, if so, whose? When Inspector Mike Oddie and Sergeant Charlie Peace are called in to investigate a murder, they are saddened and surprised by the raw emotions -- the hate, the fear -- they find in the outwardly peaceful town of Shipley. There may be only one killer, but there are many others who must share the town's guilt and, perhaps, one day start the process of healing. Rich with eccentric characters, crisp dialogue, stylish prose, and perceptive insights into human nature, Unholy Dying is vintage Barnard, acknowledged master of suspense.

The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori

Author : Robert Barnard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439125805
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori written by Robert Barnard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body of a young man, almost naked, found in the car park behind a Haworth restaurant marks the beginning of the case, and it is his identity that is the first puzzle for DC Charlie Peace and his superior, Detective Superintendent Oddie. But before long the puzzle that most concerns them is the nature of the close-knit artistic community where Declan O’Hearn had acted as odd-job boy. The little knot of people seem united less by their ability as painters than by a common worship of the distinguished artist Ranulph Byatt, who seems to prefer the adulation of his inferiors to the judgement of his equals. Peace soon starts to wonder if there isn’t a sinister reason for this. And as the search for the killer gathers pace, Peace and Oddie uncover a series of dark secrets in the harsh Haworth landscape.

A Novel Approach to Theatre

Author : Linda Sarver
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810832510
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book A Novel Approach to Theatre written by Linda Sarver and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 600 entries describing novels that have theatrical settings or in which characters work in the theatre.