Download or read book A Whiff of Death written by Isaac Asimov and published by Fawcett Books. This book was released on 1987-10-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The murder of his graduate student in the University chemistry laboratory causes an assistant professor to turn sleuth

Download or read book The Art of Killing Well written by Marco Malvaldi and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing could please a chef more than a chance to learn the secrets of a Baron's castle kitchen. Having travelled the length and breadth of the country compiling his masterpiece, The Science of Cooking and The Art of Eating Well, Pellegrino Artusi relishes the prospect of a few quiet days and a boar hunt in the Tuscan hills. But his peace is short-lived. A body is found in the castle cellar, and the local inspector finds himself baffled by an eccentric array of aristocratic suspects. When the baron himself becomes the target of a second murder attempt, Artusi realises he may need to follow his infallible nose to help find the culprit. Marco Malvaldi serves up an irresistible dish spiced with mischief and intrigue, and sweetened with classical elegance and wit. His stroke of genius is to bring Italy's first cookery writer to life in this most entertaining of murder mysteries.

Download or read book Murder at the ABA written by Isaac Asimov and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Falling in Love with Joseph Smith written by Jane Barnes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When award-winning documentary film writer Jane Barnes was working on the PBS Frontline/American Experience special series The Mormons, she was surprised to find herself passionately drawn to Joseph Smith. The product of an Episcopalian, “WASPy” family, she couldn’t remember ever having met a Mormon before her work on the series—much less having dallied with the idea of converting to a religion shrouded in controversy. But so it was: She was smitten with a man who claimed to have translated the word of God by peering into the dark of his hat. In this brilliantly written book, Barnes describes her experiences working on the PBS series as she moved from secular curiosity to the brink of conversion to Mormonism. It all began when she came across Joseph Smith's early writings. She was delighted to discover how funny and utterly unique he was—and how widely divergent his wild yet profound visions of God were from the Church of Latter-day Saints as we know it today. Her fascination deepened when, much to her surprise, she learned that her eighth cousin Anna Barnes converted to Mormonism in 1833. Through Anna, Barnes follows her family’s close involvement with Smith and the crises caused by his controversial practice of polygamy. Barnes’ unlikely path helps her gain a newfound respect for the innovative American spirit that lies at the heart of Mormonism—and for a religion that is, in many ways, still coming into its own. An intimate portrait of the man behind one of America’s fastest growing religions, Falling in Love with Joseph Smith offers a surprising and provocative window into the Mormon experience.

Download or read book The Alchemy of Murder written by Carol McCleary and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, Oscar Wilde, and Louis Pasteur team up during the 1889 World's Fair in Paris to find a killer connected to a virulent plague infecting thousands of Parisians.

Download or read book Murder and the Glovemaker s Son written by Lesley Cookman and published by Headline Accent. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'With fascinating characters and an intriguing plot, this is a real page turner' KATIE FFORDE praise for the series An addictive and unputdownable crime mystery novel perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, LJ Ross, Miss Marple and Midsummer Murders! Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its nineteenth instalment! The Oast Theatre in Steeple Martin is hosting an incredibly popular touring production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Very soon, the production begins to attract far less positive attention as a document goes missing... ...along with its owner. When a body turns up, Libby Sarjeant and Fran Wolfe become involved with the investigation with the help, naturally, of their friends and relatives. Can they save the reputation of the show or is it tarred with the stain of murder? _________________________________________ Praise for the bestselling series: 'This is another gem of a book from one of my very favourite authors. The story was excellent and l never suspected who the murderer was' ***** Amazon review 'I really enjoy this series so much! Libby Sarjeant is a great protagonist and I enjoy the stories. I own them all and recommend them!' ***** Amazon review 'This was a jolly good read. The plot was complex and had a great Roundup at the end' ***** Amazon review 'Another fantastic investigation for Libby and Fran. Lesley Cookman has once again produced a fantastic and interesting story' ***** Amazon review 'Another Excellent Read from Lesley Cookman' ***** Amazon review

Download or read book Gift of Murder written by Victoria LK Williams and published by Sun, Sand & Stories Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2024-09-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Emma Cassidy, a budding graphic designer, returns to her sun-soaked hometown of Citrus Beach, Florida, she's expecting a tranquil holiday season. But her plans take a turn for the mysterious when she finds herself at the center of a baffling Christmas murder. Reunited with old friends, Jake and Kim at Susie's Diner, Emma's holiday cheer quickly turns to intrigue when she arrives at the Anderson estate, home of her new client, and makes the shocking discovery of a lifeless body under the Christmas tree. When it is discovered that a series of diamond ornaments have also vanished, Emma is drawn into her clients’ inner circle, full of secrets and simmering resentments and finds the line between sleuthing and yuletide shenanigans blurring as she becomes more involved with the Andersons. Enter Travis Anderson, the client's son, who's as charming as he is frustrating. He waltzes into the investigation (and Emma's thoughts) with the grace of a reindeer on a rooftop. Sean Young, an old friend an old friend who's swapped playground antics for police badges, agrees to their offered help. Emma navigates through a maze of quirky characters, including the elusive gardener with a green thumb for trouble and Oswald McAllister, the eccentric diamond collector, knowing she must unravel the truth before the thief strikes again. With her new puppy Dixie by her side, Emma finds herself in a race against time, deciphering clues that lead her from the sandy beaches to elegant mansions and festive parties. As the investigation heats up, so does the chemistry with Travis, tangling her detecting skills like a string of Christmas lights. "Gift of Murder" is a whirlwind of suspense, humor, and holiday spirit, where sunlit shores hide dark secrets, and finding the truth is as tangled as the Christmas lights. Can Emma solve the mystery before the festive season turns fatal? Join her in this cozy, quirky, Floridian adventure where eggnog isn't the only thing spiked with surprises.

Download or read book Murder Is Binding written by Lorna Barrett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The streets of Stoneham, New Hampsire are lined with bookstores...and paved with murder. When she moved to Stoneham, city slicker Tricia Miles met nothing but friendly faces. And when she opened her mystery bookstore, she met friendly competition. But when she finds Doris Gleason dead in her own cookbook store, killed by a carving knife, the atmosphere seems more cutthroat than cordial. Someone wanted to get their hands on the rare cookbook that Doris had recently purchased-and the locals think that someone is Tricia. To clear her name, Tricia will have to take a page out of one of her own mysteries-and hunt down someone who isn't killing by the book.

Download or read book No Murder Tonight written by G V Subba Rao and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Finished the novel in three straight sittings which is quite rare for a reader like me. Simply because I found it unputdownable and was constantly curious to know how the story would unfold. -Rishi Kappor Gripping! More twists and turns than in a rollercoaster. -R. Mohan, Editor Deccan Chronicle A very fine book. The characters are believable, intriguing and smart. The narrative was from the wheels of Lewis Hamilton and the finish had the flourish of a James Bond film. -Suhasini Maniratnam Friday, October 17, 9pm. All forces are converging in Chennai. Santosh, a regular engineer turned political assassin. Maria, an aspiring pilot turned spy. Swapna, a medical student turned into the city’s highest-priced madam. Sandeep and Amit, CBI officers turned commandos. Shyam Agarwal, a respected industrialist turned conspirator. In the eye of the storm is the all-powerful, Power Minister, Salem Palaniswamy whose lust for power and money corrupts the lives and dreams of the innocent. With love, honour and revenge in the air, and a 1000 crores of unaccounted money at stake, the question is… will there be murder tonight? "

Download or read book Derry Noir Derry Murder Mysteries Box Set written by Gerald Hansen and published by Mint Books. This book was released on 2024-09-07 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandi-noir? Welcome to the world of Derry-noir! Join DI Liam McLaughlin and his team of have-a-go heroes--young upstart DS Nancy D'Arcy, ladies-man-in-his-mind DC Tom Lyons, tech whiz DC Fern Hawkins and newbie DC Henry 'Hens' Cahill--as they grapple with unmasking the most heinous of Derry City's murderers for the Major Investigation Team of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Here are three exciting cases for you to sink your teeth into: You'll Get Yours, Death in Small Measures and Three Times A KIller. The Derry Murder Mysteries is a series of gripping NUMBER ONE thrillers with jaw-dropping twists and a touch of Gerald Hansen's signature dark humor.

Download or read book Murder at Newstead Abbey written by Joan Smith and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Berkeley Brigade (Lord Luten, Corinne deCoventry, Coffen Pattle and Sir Reginald Prance) have come to Byron’s Newstead Abbey to celebrate Christmas. But Pattle finds a long-buried body on the estate’s island and the Brigade is intrigued. Suspects aplenty: the odd local vicar, the mysterious Vulch and his missing wife, Sir William and Lady Richardson who arrived in the neighborhood before expected—and rumored ghosts at the Abbey. [7th of the Berkeley Brigade Mysteries] Regency Mystery by Joan Smith; originally published by Belgrave House/Regency Reads

Download or read book Shocking Celebrity Deaths and Murders written by Dylan Frost and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite their wealth, fame, and power, celebrities are ultimately just flesh and blood like all of us. Their status or accomplishments are not a magical shield of protection when it comes to death. In fact, in some cases, celebrities are more vulnerable than your averge person. As we shall see in this book, a number of celebrities have been murdered by their own fans. A number of celebrities have also been murdered in cases that remain unsolved. Fame can be a fickle and fleeting phenomenon and Hollywood is awash with former child stars who died in tragic circumstances when the phone stopped ringing and the money rang out. In this book we will look at a number of celebrity deaths and murders. The cases that follow are eclectic and all darkly fascinating. Drug overdoses, murders, suicides, crazed fans, unsolved deaths, autoerotic asphyxiation, car crashes, freak accidents, drownings, disease, and so on...

Download or read book Murder by Candlelight written by Michael Knox Beran and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early nineteenth century, a series of murders took place in and around London which shocked the whole of England. The appalling nature of the crimes—a brutal slaying in the gambling netherworld, the slaughter of two entire households, and the first of the modern lust-murders—was magnified not only by the lurid atmosphere of an age in which candlelight gave way to gaslight, but also by the efforts of some of the keenest minds of the period to uncover the gruesomest details of the killings.These slayings took place against the backdrop of a London in which the splendor of the fashionable world was haunted by the squalor of the slums. Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Carlyle, and Percy Bysshe Shelley and others were fascinated by the blood and deviltry of the macabre. In their contemplations of the most notorious murders of their time, they discerned in the act of killing itself a depth of hideousness that we have lost sight of, now living in an age in which murder has been reduced to a problem of social science and skillful detective work. Interweaving these cultural vignettes alongside criminal history, acclaimed author Michael Beran paints a vivid picture of a time when homicide was thought of as the intrusion of the diabolic into ordinary life.

Download or read book American Murder Mysteries 60 Thrillers Detective Stories in One Collection written by Arthur B. Reeve and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-25 with total page 2930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you a unique collection of American murder mystery stories, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Craig Kennedy Series: The Dream Doctor The War Terror The Social Gangster The Ear in the Wall Gold of the Gods The Exploits of Elaine The Romance of Elaine The Soul Scar The Film Mystery The Silent Bullet The Scientific Cracksman The Bacteriological Detective The Deadly Tube The Seismograph Adventure The Diamond Maker The Azure Ring "Spontaneous Combustion" The Terror in the Air The Black Hand The Artificial Paradise The Steel Door The Poisoned Pen The Yeggman The Germ of Death The Firebug The Confidence King The Sand-Hog The White Slave The Forger The Unofficial Spy The Smuggler The Invisible Ray The Campaign Grafter The Treasure Train The Truth-detector The Soul-analysis The Mystic Poisoner The Phantom Destroyer The Beauty Mask The Love Meter The Vital Principle The Rubber Dagger The Submarine Mine The Gun-runner The Sunken Treasure Other Mysteries: Guy Garrick The Master Mystery Constance Dunlap The Forgers The Embezzlers The Gun Runners The Gamblers The Eavesdroppers The Clairvoyants The Plungers The Abductors The Shoplifters The Blackmailers The Dope Fiends The Fugitives The Conspirators

Download or read book AMERICAN MURDER MYSTERY Boxed Set 60 Thriller Novels Detective Stories written by Arthur B. Reeve and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 2929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited Mystery & Crime Collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Craig Kennedy Series: The Dream Doctor The War Terror The Social Gangster The Ear in the Wall Gold of the Gods The Exploits of Elaine The Romance of Elaine The Soul Scar The Film Mystery The Silent Bullet The Scientific Cracksman The Bacteriological Detective The Deadly Tube The Seismograph Adventure The Diamond Maker The Azure Ring "Spontaneous Combustion" The Terror in the Air The Black Hand The Artificial Paradise The Steel Door The Poisoned Pen The Yeggman The Germ of Death The Firebug The Confidence King The Sand-Hog The White Slave The Forger The Unofficial Spy The Smuggler The Invisible Ray The Campaign Grafter The Treasure Train The Truth-detector The Soul-analysis The Mystic Poisoner The Phantom Destroyer The Beauty Mask The Love Meter The Vital Principle The Rubber Dagger The Submarine Mine The Gun-runner The Sunken Treasure Other Mysteries: Guy Garrick The Master Mystery Constance Dunlap The Forgers The Embezzlers The Gun Runners The Gamblers The Eavesdroppers The Clairvoyants The Plungers The Abductors The Shoplifters The Blackmailers The Dope Fiends The Fugitives The Conspirators

Download or read book Time for Murder Macabre Crime Stories written by Sydney J. Bounds and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Chalmers decides to attend one of Dr. Lanson's nightly séances, it's not because he has any belief in the occult, but simply to find somewhere warm to rest his weary feet. It's a decision he soon regrets. First, a luminous cloud forms in the air over the heads of the assembled people. A strange voice speaks, warning that someone in the room is about to die to prevent him from revealing secrets. The man sitting next to him leaps to his feet, yelling his defiance--and then the lights are extinguished. As the man's voice is cut off, a girl's ear-piercing shriek reverberates...and Terror Stalks the Séance Room! Just one of eleven exciting macabre crime short stories by a master of the form!

Download or read book And So to Murder written by John Dickson Carr and published by St. Swithin Press. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And So to Murder by John Dickson Carr (as Carter Dickson), a Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. “A first-class murder mystery [and] also a ribald satire of the motion picture industry.”—The Vancouver Sun DEATH RIDES THE TUBE... The speaking-tube whistled. Monica flew at it. “Who are you? What do you want?” She bent her cheek to the mouth of the tube to listen for an answer. Something was happening inside the tube. She jumped back. Something which looked like water, but was not water, spurted in a jet from the mouth of the tube. It splashed across the linoleum. There was a hissing, sizzling noise as half a pint of vitriol began to eat into the surface of the floor. The footsteps in the room above began to run. Monica Stanton has written a saucy best-seller that has landed her her dream job, scriptwriting for a movie studio. Things turn sour quickly as she's saddled with a mentor she despises After someone makes a gruesome attempt on her life, however, her feelings begin to change about him as they are forced together during the investigation. Theories of Nazi “heiling enthusiasts” and espionage soon take form, leading to the entrance of Sir Henry Merrivale, who now works for Britain's Military Intelligence division. Only Sir Henry can wade through the “fat-heads” and schemers to get to the bottom of this amusing and clever mystery.