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Download or read book A Splash of Red written by Antonia Fraser and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998-02-24 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed English biographer Lady Antonia Fraser is also a talented mystery writer whose QUIET AS A NUN was filmed for the "Mystery" series on public television. Now back in print, Fraser's third Jemima Shore mystery presents the intrepid and glamorous detective confronting sinister doings in a Bloomsbury penthouse.
Download or read book A Splash of Murder written by Susie Gayle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hand that rocks the cradle... Can rock an entire town. The small coastal town of Seaview Rock has been buffeted by scandal and strife, but this time, the situation seems dire for pet shop owner, Will Sullivan. His girlfriend's mother is coming back to town, which is a special kind of madness of its own, and soon after she arrives, one-half of a brother-sister pet grooming duo ends up dead in Will's store. As Will's list of suspects grows shorter by the minute, he can't help but be suspicious of Sarah's mother, and he wonders if she's just vindictive enough to be dangerous. It's a family affair in this thrilling installment, but no matter what happens, Will is on the case, not just to solve a murder but to keep his friends, family, and pet shop safe, proving that loyalty hasn't gone completely to the dogs.
Book Synopsis Murder on the Middle Fork by : Don Ian Smith
Download or read book Murder on the Middle Fork written by Don Ian Smith and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story--one of Idaho's strangest murders (1917). Frieda lives by the laws of the wilderness in primitive isolation with her husband--until she finds something more important than raw survival. Suspense intensifies to the shocking conclusion, then resolves in deliverance. Set on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. "This is one of those rare gems... a small but powerful work. It captures the roughness of life and the people, and the awesome land in which they struggled... The writing is finely balanced, the tale both universal and yet specific to its time and place... up there with Conrad Richter's Sea of Grass." -Persia Woolley, author of The Guinevere Trilogy
Book Synopsis Murder on the House by : Juliet Blackwell
Download or read book Murder on the House written by Juliet Blackwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bed-and-breakfast—with a side of ghosts. Word has spread that contractor Mel Turner can communicate with the spirits of the dead, and she’s having a hard time maintaining a low profile. She decides to embrace her reputation for the chance to restore a historic house that calls to her. The new owners, who hope to run a haunted bed-and-breakfast, want Mel to encourage the ghosts that supposedly roam the halls to enhance the house’s paranormal charm. The catch: Mel has to spend one night in the house to win the project. During the spine-chilling sleepover, the estate gains another supernatural occupant when someone doesn’t survive the night. As Mel tries to coax the resident spirits into revealing the identity of the killer, she risks becoming the next casualty of this dangerous renovation.
Book Synopsis Murder in the Margins by : Margaret Loudon
Download or read book Murder in the Margins written by Margaret Loudon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plot thickens for American gothic writer Penelope Parish when a murder near her quaint British bookshop reveals a novel's worth of killer characters. Penelope Parish has hit a streak of bad luck, including a severe case of writer's block that is threatening her sophomore book. Hoping a writer in residence position at The Open Book bookstore in Upper Chumley-on-Stoke, England, will shake the cobwebs loose, Pen, as she's affectionately known, packs her typewriter and heads across the pond. Unfortunately, life in Chumley is far from quiet and when the chairwoman of the local Worthington Fest is found dead, fingers are pointed at Charlotte Davenport, an American romance novelist and the future Duchess of Worthington. Charlotte turns to the one person who might be her ally for help: fellow American Pen. Teaming up with bookstore owner Mabel Morris and her new friend Figgy, Pen sets out to learn the truth and find the tricks that will help her finish her novel.
Book Synopsis The Great Hotel Murder by : Vincent Starrett
Download or read book The Great Hotel Murder written by Vincent Starrett and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a grand Chicago hotel, a mysterious death sets a puzzling whodunnit in motion When a New York banker is discovered dead from an apparent morphine overdose in a Chicago hotel, the circumstances surrounding his untimely end are suspicious to say the least. The dead man had switched rooms the night before with a stranger he met and drank with in the hotel bar. And before that, he’d registered under a fake name at the hotel, told his drinking companion a fake story about his visit to the Windy City, and seemingly made no effort to contact the actress, performing in a local show, to whom he was married. All of which is more than enough to raise eyebrows among those who discovered the body. Enter theatre critic and amateur sleuth Riley Blackwood, a friend of the hotel’s owner, who endeavors to untangle this puzzling tale as discreetly as possible. But when another detective working the case, whose patron is unknown, is thrown from a yacht deck during a party by an equally unknown assailant, the investigation makes a splash among Chicago society. And then several of the possible suspects skip town, leaving Blackwood struggling to determine their guilt or innocence—and their whereabouts. Reissued for the first time in over eighty years, The Great Hotel Murder is a devilishly complex whodunnit with a classical aristocratic setting, sure to please Golden Age mystery fans of all stripes. In 1935, the story was adapted for a film of the same name.
Book Synopsis A Splash of Murder by : Penny Brooke
Download or read book A Splash of Murder written by Penny Brooke and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally getting a much-needed break from running her gran's bookshop, Rue embarks on a literary-themed cruise to the Bahamas with her friend Andy, an overworked private investigator. Not only will Rue get to soak up the sun, sip specialty cocktails, and participate in book-related activities, she'll have a chance to mingle with famous authors whose titles she proudly stocks at her bookstore. But when a wildly popular author goes missing and their fans aboard the ship stage a mutiny, Rue finds herself once again in the middle of an investigation. Worse yet, there is calamity back home that Rue must juggle amidst the mayhem at sea. Will Rue determine the whereabouts of the missing author? Or will she find herself out of her depth, risking her own life in the turbulence?
Book Synopsis The Bradmoor Murder by : Melville Davisson Post
Download or read book The Bradmoor Murder written by Melville Davisson Post and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bradmoor Murder is a wonderful collection of mysteries by a true American master of the detective short story. Melville Davisson Post tells tales of mysterious death, unexplainable murder, and complex crimes. From the sea washed cliffs of Bradmoor to the fairylands of Belgium, there is strangeness to be unpicked, women to be fallen in love with, and men with the genius to see what others cannot. In this collection of detective stories, first published in 1922, Melville Davisson Post creates some truly entertaining characters; among them there is distinguished Sir Henry Marquis, Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard, with his remarkable deductive skills, and Sir Godfrey Simon, the greatest alienist in England ... together, they can solve the hardest of mysteries.
Download or read book Symptom:Murder written by Sue Bowden and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-07-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a deepening twilight, Florida rancher, Claude Collette, is drowned in a lime pit at SOUTHERN ROCK AND LIMESTONE in Quarry County, Florida, a death ruled “Accidental.” When his daughter, Chere, approaches Psychologist, Shelby Wallace for treatment, Wallace is drawn in by her suspicions and a plea from Collette’s best friend to “look into it ‘cause somethin’ ain’t right.” Though experienced at casting below the surface, she backs into crime-solving inadvertently. Her redneck secretary, Willowdean Maynard, and friend, former Navy Chief, Coleman Bedford, aid her investigation from Quarry, to Tampa, to the “river rats” along the Withlacoochee River, to a final confrontation with the killer.
Book Synopsis A Hint of Murder by : Bill Valiontis
Download or read book A Hint of Murder written by Bill Valiontis and published by Bill Valiontis. This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rain lashed against the Victorian townhouse, each drop a staccato note on the cobblestones below. Detective Inspector Eira Davies pulled her collar tighter, a shiver snaking down her spine despite the heavy wool coat. The iron railing felt cold against her palm as she peered into the gaping maw of the open door. A yellow crime scene tape blocked the way, stark against the gloom. This wasn't her usual stomping ground – the elegant streets of Kensington were a world away from the gritty back alleys of Whitechapel where Eira honed her skills. But tonight, fate, or perhaps a perverse sense of irony, had delivered her here.
Download or read book Murder Book written by Ed Brisson and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The graphic novel anthology Murder Book collects gritty and unrelenting crime comics by Ed Brisson (Sheltered, The Field, Sons of Anarchy) that chronicle the demise of the immoral and the innocent alike. Featuring art from Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers), Simon Roy (The Field), Johnnie Christmas (Sheltered), Declan Shalvey (Moon Knight), and many more, this collection is an essential for crime and noir fans.
Book Synopsis Mystery with a Splash of Bourbon by : Susan Bell
Download or read book Mystery with a Splash of Bourbon written by Susan Bell and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bourbon, Distilled in Murder and MayhemWhat's more Kentucky than that? A Boston debutante joins the Appalachian Frontier Nursing Service and saves a wounded moonshiner Two young malcontents burglarize the home of their bourbon-magnate employer, leading to a twist of fate Bourbon with a Splash of Mystery from the Derby Rotten Scoundrels is an anthology that celebrates Kentucky's finest spirit: Bourbon. Ranging from historical adventure to gritty realism, the eighteen crime stories included in this anthology are all fermented in the history and culture of Kentucky bourbon, distilled through the imaginations of our authors. Interwoven with the stories are articles covering the history of bourbon, from Prohibition, moonshining, and medicinal alcohol, to profiles of distilleries and the booming Whiskey Row district in downtown Louisville. Who Are the Derby Rotten Scoundrels? We are an eclectic group of writers (and readers) who get together to share our writing. Our group was formed in 1992, starting as primarily a reading club. Over time we became more focused on writers, especially new writers, and how to help them hone their skills and get published. In 2004, the chapter published its first anthology, Derby Rotten Scoundrels, short stories of murder and crime centered around the Kentucky Derby. Two years later, a second anthology, Low Down and Derby, was published.
Book Synopsis Murder in Paradise by : Kate William
Download or read book Murder in Paradise written by Kate William and published by Sweet Valley. This book was released on 1995 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's ten o'clock... Do you know where your mother is? Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are living it up on a mother-daughter retreat at Paradise Spa, where their biggest worry is whether to go for a cucumber facial or a splash in the waterfall. And with so many cute guys on staff, the girls decide that what their boyfriends back home don't know won't hurt them! Then Jessica and Lila Fowler go for a late-night swim and find a dead body in the steam bath! The manager insists the death is a freak accident, but when Alice Wakefield disappears, Elizabeth and Jessica are terrified there's a murderer on the loose. Desperate to find their mother, the twins set a deadly trap -- with Elizabeth as the bait!
Book Synopsis Murder at Beechwood by : Alyssa Maxwell
Download or read book Murder at Beechwood written by Alyssa Maxwell and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An abandoned baby and a drowned robber baron have a lady reporter playing sleuth in this Gilded Age mystery set among New England’s high society. Having turned down the proposal of Derrick Andrews, Emma Cross has no imminent plans for matrimony—let alone motherhood. But when she discovers an infant left on her doorstep, she naturally takes the child into her care. Using her influence as a cousin to the Vanderbilts and a society page reporter for the Newport Observer, Emma launches a discreet search for the baby’s mother. One of her first stops is a lawn party at Mrs. Caroline Astor’s Beechwood estate. But an idyllic summer’s day is soon clouded by tragedy. During a sailboat race, textile magnate Virgil Monroe falls overboard. There are prompt accusations of foul play—and even Derrick Andrews falls under suspicion. Deepening the intrigue, a telltale slip of lace may link the abandoned child to the drowned man. But as Emma navigates dark undercurrents of scandalous indiscretions and violent passions, she’ll need to watch her step to ensure that no one lowers the boom on her . . . “The glossy ambience of the Gilded Age make this an appealing puzzle enhanced by a blend of fiction and history.” —Publishers Weekly
Book Synopsis My Heart Is a Chainsaw by : Stephen Graham Jones
Download or read book My Heart Is a Chainsaw written by Stephen Graham Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest chilling novel that “will give you nightmares. The good kind, of course” (BuzzFeed) from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. “Some girls just don’t know how to die…” Shirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw, written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones, called “a literary master” by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and “one of our most talented living writers” by Tommy Orange. Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies…especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake, she pulls us into her dizzying, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold. Yet, even as Jade drags us into her dark fever dream, a surprising and intimate portrait emerges…a portrait of the scared and traumatized little girl beneath the Jason Voorhees mask: angry, yes, but also a girl who easily cries, fiercely loves, and desperately wants a home. A girl whose feelings are too big for her body. My Heart Is a Chainsaw is her story, her homage to horror and revenge and triumph.
Download or read book S.S. Murder written by Q. Patrick and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s homicide on the high seas in this “A 1 mystery” by the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth Mysteries as Patrick Quentin (Kirkus Reviews). Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: “Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the leading American fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot construction as faultless as that of Agatha Christie.” Cub reporter Mary Llewellyn is on a soothing sea cruise to help her recover after a minor operation. Her fellow passengers are pleasant enough, gathering to play a friendly game of bridge to pass the time. But the game turns considerably less so when a wealthy businessman samples a cocktail—and ends up dead at the table. The news that someone on board dumped a fatal dose of strychnine into the man’s drink sends a ripple of panic through the voyagers. All too soon, it becomes clear that the murder was not an isolated incident when another passenger is shoved overboard during a storm. Determined to stop a murderer, Mary decides to do some snooping above and below deck to get to the truth. If she doesn’t figure out the mystery of the seagoing slayer, she might not make it back to land alive.
Book Synopsis Of Manners and Murder by : Anastasia Hastings
Download or read book Of Manners and Murder written by Anastasia Hastings and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Manners and Murder is the first in the delightful new Dear Miss Hermione mystery series from Anastasia Hastings. "Evokes the shocking revelations of Wilkie Collins, the social acuity of Jane Austen and the comic melodrama of Oscar Wilde."—Wall Street Journal 1885: London, England. When Violet's Aunt Adelia decides to abscond with her newest paramour, she leaves behind her role as the most popular Agony Aunt in London, "Miss Hermione," in Violet's hands. And of course, the first letter Violet receives is full, not of prissy pondering, but of portent. Ivy Armstrong is in need of help and fears for her life. But when Violet visits the village where the letters were posted, she finds that Ivy is already dead. She'll quickly discover that when you represent the best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, both marauding husbands and murder are par for the course.
