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The Spotted Cat And Other Mysteries From Inspector Cockrills Casebook
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Book Synopsis The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill's Casebook by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill's Casebook written by Christianna Brand and published by Crippen & Landru Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of all the Inspector Cockrill short mysteries
Book Synopsis The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4 by : Ed Gorman
Download or read book The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4 written by Ed Gorman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2003-09-13 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200,000 words of the best mystery and suspense fiction from around the world The world's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Each year, editors Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg cast their net far and wide, across the seas, throughout the world to catch the best-the most suspenseful, most original, intriguing, confounding, downright entertaining stories of crime and mystery. Edgar winners from the U.S., Silver Dagger winners from the U.K., and stories from elsewhere as well come together here in a bountiful crop of great stories by the best in the business, including Lawrence Block - Jon L. Breen - Stanley Cohen - Bill Crider - Jeffery Deaver - Jeremiah Healy - Clark Howard - Susan Isaacs - John Lutz - Sharyn McCrumb - Ralph McInerny - Anne Perry - Bill Pronzini - Donald E. Westlake and many others. This book's a killer! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by : Martin Edwards
Download or read book The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books written by Martin Edwards and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 ALA Book Club October Pick, Things that Go Bump: Paranormal Mysteries David Randall's perfect family life came derailed when his little daughter Lindsey died in a car crash. Thrown out by his second wife and wanting to leave a dead-end detective agency to start his own, he reluctantly accepts his psychic friend Camden's invitation to stay in Camden's boarding house in Parkland, North Carolina. Meanwhile, working the case of the murder of Albert Bennett, Randall's only clue is a notebook filled with odd musical notation. When another client, Melanie Gentry, hires him to prove her great-grandmother was murdered by her lover, composer John Burrows Ashford, over authorship of "Patchwork Melodies," Randall sets out to find a connection to Bennett's murder, as well as to the murder of a Smithsonian director, who was preparing a new PBS documentary on early American music. Randall's investigations lead him to another notebook, where he finds not only "Two Hearts Singing," Ashford's most famous song, but a valuable early copy of Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna," hidden in the cover. But things become more complicated when Ashford's spirit parks itself in Cam...and refuses to leave until Randall proves Ashford's innocence.
Book Synopsis The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4 by : Edward Gorman
Download or read book The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4 written by Edward Gorman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-09-13 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... the best mystery and suspense fiction from around the world, with stories by Doug Allyn, Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver, Jeremiah Healy, Clark Howard, Susan Isaacs, Sharyn McCrumb, Anne Perry, Bill Pronzini, and many others.
Book Synopsis Death of Jezebel by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book Death of Jezebel written by Christianna Brand and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Laced with Brand's caustic wit, this one is a true puzzler with a harrowing, revelatory climax."—Booklist, Starred Review At Elysian Hall, a grand exhibition space in post-War London, a cast has been assembled for a medieval-themed pageant show featuring knights in colored armor, real horses, and a damsel in a rickety tower on high. With death threats discovered by members of the troupe before the show, the worst comes to pass when the leading lady is thrown from the tower before the eyes of the audience by an unknown assailant—with all doors backstage also under observation. Faced with a seemingly impossible case, the wizened Inspector Cockrill and the fresh-faced Inspector Charlesworth begrudgingly join forces to uncover the killer hiding in plain sight. First published in Britain in 1949, Brand's exuberant novel is still regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the classic mystery genre for its fiendishly constructed puzzle, memorable setting, dumbfounding acts of misdirection and thrilling denouement. This edition includes an introduction by award-winning author Martin Edwards
Book Synopsis Strangers in Town by : Ross Macdonald
Download or read book Strangers in Town written by Ross Macdonald and published by Norfolk, Va. : Crippen & Landru. This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an important literary discovery, Macdonald biographer, Tom Nolan, unearthed three previously unpublished private-eye stories by Ross Macdonald. 'Death by Water, ' written in 1945, features Macdonald's first detective Joe Rogers, and two novelettes from 1950 and 1955, 'Strangers in Town' and 'The Angry Man, ' are detailed cases of Lew Archer."--
Book Synopsis 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Margery Allingham by : Fiona Kelleghan
Download or read book 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Margery Allingham written by Fiona Kelleghan and published by Magill's Choice. This book was released on 2001 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection surveys 100 of the writerswho have made the most lasting contributionsto the genre. Most articles are 2,500words, with longer articles on such majorfigures as Raymond Chandler, DashiellHammett, Ellery Queen and Rex Stout.Handy, ready-reference listings aredesigned to accommodate the uniquecharacteristics of mystery and detectivefiction, including author?s pseudonyms,types of plots, principal series and principalseries characters, and even a glossaryof terms peculiar to the genre.Reference elements include a complete,up-to-date list of authors? works, a glossaryof mystery and detective fiction terms,annotated bibliographies, a time line, anindex of series characters and a list ofauthors by plot type.
Book Synopsis The Crooked Wreath by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book The Crooked Wreath written by Christianna Brand and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services by : Bill Pronzini
Download or read book Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services written by Bill Pronzini and published by Crippen & Landru Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are in 1890's San Francisco and faced with puzzles involving fraudulent rainmakers, nefarious spiritualists, coney games, a one-eyed lady gambler, a crook who vanishes from a train, and the stolen body of a Chinese Tong leader, you hire the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon. Sabina Carpenter has joined forces with John Quincannon -- in fact., Quincannon would like to join forces in other ways, but his partner continues to resist his lustful advances.
Book Synopsis Buffet for Unwelcome Guests by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book Buffet for Unwelcome Guests written by Christianna Brand and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short crime stories offers five courses of delectable depravity from mystery’s master chef. Playing Othello is hard on any actor, but for the great James Dragon, the role is toxic. During the play’s run, he must reenact the horrible crime that took his own wife’s life. Every person in the audience thinks that Dragon killed his real-life wife, and when the curtain rises they wonder if tonight will be the night when Othello finally cracks. “After the Event” is just the first in a round of Cockrill cocktails—bracing short fiction starring Christianna Brand’s famed Scotland Yard inspector. From there we proceed to bloody entrees, chilling desserts, and a cup of black coffee that will shock you wide awake. Brand’s short fiction is more than a sample—it is an all-night banquet that leaves the reader terrified and satisfied as only a good mystery can.
Book Synopsis Nurse Matilda Goes to Town by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book Nurse Matilda Goes to Town written by Christianna Brand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there was a huge family of children, and they were terribly, terribly naughty ... Mr and Mrs Brown thought that their children had been cured of naughtiness by the inimitable, magical Nurse Matilda. But now, with Nurse Matilda gone, the children have slipped back into their wicked ways: Tora has put glue in the sandwiches; Emma has made a chocolate cake out of mud; David has put a toad in the milk jug; and Tim is tying Nanny's shoelaces to her chair! Their stay in London with their Great Aunt Adelaide seems set for disaster – until the arrival of Nurse Matilda ... This highly collectable new edition of a timeless classic is packed with episode after episode of mischief, mayhem and hilarity, all accompanied by Edward Ardizzone's beautiful original illustrations. From the series that inspired the much-loved film Nanny McPhee, starring Emma Thompson and Colin Firth, Nurse Matilda Goes to Town overflows with naughtiness, wit and timeless humour – the perfect book for mischief-makers both young and old!
Book Synopsis Tour de Force by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book Tour de Force written by Christianna Brand and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Cockrill’s dull vacation is jolted by a Mediterranean murderDIVFrom the moment he steps on the plane, Inspector Cockrill loathes his fellow travelers. They are typical tour group bores: the dullards of England whom he had hoped to escape by going to Italy. He gives up on the trip immediately, burying his nose in a mystery novel to ensure that no one tries to become his friend. But not long after the group makes landfall at the craggy isle of San Juan el Pirata, a murder demands his attention./divDIV /divDIVThe body of a woman is found laid out carefully on her bed, blood pooled around her and fingers wrapped around the dagger that took her life. The corrupt local police force, impatient to find a killer, names Cockrill chief suspect. To escape the Italian hangman, the detective must find out who would go on vacation to kill a stranger./divDIV/div
Book Synopsis The Rose in Darkness by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book The Rose in Darkness written by Christianna Brand and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While running for her life, a failed actress comes across a dead bodyDIV/divDIVSari Morne had a shot at stardom, a five-year deal with a European film studio, and a starring role in an Italian romance that was poised to become a classic. But the film flopped, and Sari wasted her big break, disappearing from the set to flirt with her new beau: Prince Aldo, heir to a dukedom. Three years later, she is washed up, and all she has left from her romance is a ring—the tremendous heirloom diamond that the Duke’s associates will kill to retrieve./divDIV /divDIVSari is being chased by the Duke’s henchmen when a tree falls across her path. She swaps cars with a man on the other side of the fallen timber, who is in just as much of a hurry as she is. When she reaches home, she realizes why. There is a corpse in the back seat—a young woman, beautiful no more. Death is all around her, and Sari’s only hope is to keep running./divDIV/divDIV/div
Download or read book Fog of Doubt written by Christianna Brand and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Suddenly at His Residence by : Christianna Brand
Download or read book Suddenly at His Residence written by Christianna Brand and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the Blitz bombards London, the boisterous grandchildren of Sir Richard March have descended upon Swanswater Manor in Kent for a family gathering and the finalising of the patriarch's will. Disgruntled by the behaviour and life choices of his heirs, March seems poised to deny all of them their inheritance and heads out to his lodge to make arrangements — only to be discovered dead the next morning with strychnine in his blood. With evidence at the crime scene suggesting that nobody could possibly have entered the lodge to murder March, Inspector Cockrill— the "Terror of Kent"— has the challenge of finding any plausible solution for this impossible crime before death comes to darken the doors of Swanswater once more.
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Book Synopsis What Do I Read Next? by : Neil Barron
Download or read book What Do I Read Next? written by Neil Barron and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 2005-10-21 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By identifying similarities in various books, this annual selection guide helps readers to independently choose titles of interest published in the last year.Each entry describes a separate book, listing everything readers need to know to make selections. Arranged by author within six genre sections, detailed entries provide: Title Publisher and publication dateSeriesNames and descriptions of charactersTime period and geographical settingReview citationsStory typesBrief plot summarySelected other books by the authorSimilar books by different authorsAuthor, title, series, character name, character description, time period, geographic setting and genre/sub-genre indexes are included to facilitate research.
