Download or read book Booked for a Hanging A Dan Rhodes Mystery written by Bill Crider and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The versatile mystery novelist Bill Crider has created a pantheon of marvelous characters, but none is more real, warm, and thoroughly delightful than Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas. In his sixth adventure, Rhodes is confronted with what seems at first to be a suicide: the body of a man newly arrived in the county is found hanged in the dilapidated building he has taken over for his business. Simon Graham was a rare-book dealer. If it seems unlikely to find such an arcane entrepreneur in this extremely rural and sparsely populated part of Texas, it becomes less strange when it turns out that Graham was more con man than bibliophile. The presumed suicide begins to look more and more like murder when several newcomers swoop down on the scene and try to beat out one another to find a reputedly valuable rare book that Graham was rumored to have among his collection of hardly worthwhile items. Although Rhodes's two attenuated and eccentric jailhouse employees have gone overboard for the magic of the department's new computer, the steady, if put-upon, Rhodes and his clear-eyed observations of human nature have invariably been more useful to the solution of a crime—and that is still true in the case of the hanged book dealer.

Download or read book Booked for a Hanging written by Bill Crider and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Handbook of Hanging written by Charles Duff and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Booked for Death written by Victoria Gilbert and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the critically acclaimed author of SIBA Okra Pick A Murder for the Books, Victoria Gilbert embarks with a new series for perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle and Juliet Blackwell. A book lover's B&B in an idyllic waterfront village becomes the scene of a grisly murder--and a ruthless battle between treachery and the truth. Nestled in the historic waterfront town of Beaufort, North Carolina, Chapters Bed-and-Breakfast is a reader's paradise. Built in 1770, the newly renovated inn hosts a roster of special events celebrating books, genres, and authors. It's the perfect literary retreat--until a rare book dealer turns up dead in the carriage house during a celebration of Golden Age mystery author Josephine Tey. The victim's daughter points the finger at forty-two-year-old widow and former schoolteacher Charlotte Reed, who inherited the B&B from her great-aunt Isabella. Charlotte is shocked to discover that the book dealer suspected Isabella of being a thief who founded Chapters on her ill-gotten gains. Charlotte has successfully learned the B&B business in a year, but nothing has prepared her to handle a death on the premises. Armed with intelligence and courage and assisted by her vibrant older neighbor, a visiting author, and members of a local book club, Charlotte is determined to prove her innocence and to clear her great-aunt's name. But the murderer is still at large, and equally determined to silence anyone who might discover the truth behind the book dealer's death. Now, Charlotte must outwit an unknown killer--or end up writing her own final chapter.

Download or read book Booked written by Marina Reznor and published by Kingsbury Town Press. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie Randall needs that book. Aristocratic British footballer Hugo Auchincloss is widely regarded as a brilliant footballer but an aloof and cold jerk. He never dances at weddings, he never makes a scene, and he would certainly never appear in a rum commercial. That is, until he meets Julie Randall. Julie Randall runs the kitchen gardens at Haddonfield Culinary School in north London. On a chance visit to her favorite antiquarian bookstore she discovers the find of a lifetime – a copy of a horticulture book that holds the secrets of the original gardens at Haddonfield. But she is too late – some aristocratic jerk has beaten her to it. Make that handsome, aristocratic jerk. The book is lost forever. That is, until a twist of fate throws Julie and Hugo together. Hugo knows all about Julie’s boyfriend, Mark ‘Looks’ Brooks. They were together at Eton and time hadn’t improved him. It was rumored he was still involved with the famous model Rochelle Chevelle, and Julie seemed clueless. None of the pieces fit–if she’d been dating Looks Brooks for the past seven months, she was having more sex than Hugo was. So why was she acting so naïve? With Julie, Hugo began to realize, things were never as they seemed. The more Julie fought her attraction to Hugo the more confused she became. Was Hugo really the aloof and cold jerk? Was Mark really the warm and loving boyfriend? Against the backdrop of a stately British mansion, Julie falls in love with Hugo. But can her love weather his ultimate betrayal?

Download or read book Rope written by Amanda Howard and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Amanda Howard has compiled a brief history of hanging that is enlightening, disturbing, and always interesting."--Back cover.

Download or read book Permanently Booked written by Lisa Q. Mathews and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first rule of the Hibiscus Pointe book club is don't talk about the murder Semi-reformed party girl Summer Smythe is finally feeling at home at the Hibiscus Pointe Retirement Community. All that's left to do is replace her late grandma's massive book collection with a TV. Donating them to the community library is the perfect solution—until she finds the librarian buried in books. Literally. Summer and her sleuthing partner, longtime resident Dorothy Westin, can't imagine who would want to kill poor, dedicated Lorella. Soon, they're on case…and the Hibiscus Pointe book club is the perfect cover for their investigation. A murdered librarian is headline news in south Florida, and even outsiders, including an oddball professor and a pair of dueling authors, are eager to join the once-dull group. But one menacing member has Dorothy and Summer bookmarked for the morgue. If the Ladies Smythe and Westin don't nab the killer fast, the Hibiscus Pointe book club may be reading their obituaries next. See how Summer and Dorothy first teamed up in Cardiac Arrest, available now!

Download or read book Booked for Trouble written by Eva Gates and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of By Book or By Crook returns to the Outer Banks and the Lighthouse Library, where Lucy Richardson must shed light on a shocking murder… Lucy has finally found her bliss as a librarian and resident of the Bodie Island Lighthouse. She loves walking on the beach, passing her evenings with the local book club, bonding with the library cat, Charles, and enjoying the attention of not one, but TWO eligible men. But then her socialite mother, Suzanne, unexpectedly drops in, determined to move Lucy back to Boston—and reunite her with her ex-fiancé. To make matters worse, Suzanne picks a very public fight at the local hotel with her former classmate Karen Kivas. So, when Karen turns up dead outside the library the next morning, Suzanne is immediately at the top of the suspect list. Now Lucy must hunt down a dangerous killer—before the authorities throw the book at her poor mother…

Download or read book Lone Star Lady written by Linda Kennedy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morganna McKinney Caldaron spent her adolescence hated by her stepfather until he paid the Comancheros to kill her. He was betrayed by the Comancheros, and she was sold to the Comanches instead. This betrayal left her stepfather still unable to inherit her land. This young woman survived and vowed to return to take revenge on the man who destroyed her family and still has her younger sisters. Morgannano longer an innocent girl, but now a grown womanhas no problem killing her stepfather or the bounty hunters he sends to kill her. All the while, she searches for the man who vowed to marry her when she was fifteen and who she protected from Union soldiers. She hopes he still wants her and can help her get back her family and life.

Download or read book Booked to Die written by John Dunning and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Denver policeman and knowledgeable book collector Cliff Janeway investigates the murder of a bookscout.

Download or read book Hearts of Gold The Hearts of California Series Book 1 written by Phoebe Conn and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the edge of her father's property, Lyse Shelby finds Buck Warren, wounded, and agrees to secretly nurse him back to heath, if he takes her with him when he goes. Buck is chasing the man who killed his best friend. He has no time for a scrawny damsel in distress, or for love. That's fine with Lyse. All she needs is a little help escaping her abusive father so she can make a life of her own. But as Buck seeks revenge upon a murderer, Lyse makes an unexpected discovery: her new life isn't as attractive as she'd hoped without the man she loves. AWARDS: Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, Best Romantic Historical Adventure HEARTS OF CALIFORNIA, in series order Hearts of Gold No Sweeter Ecstasy Tempt Me With Kisses Also by Phoebe Conn... THE HEARTS OF LIBERTY, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny

Download or read book Bought Book 1 written by Heather West and published by E-Book Publishing World Inc.. This book was released on with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is book 1 of the Hanley Family Mafia series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now! He bought me to break my body. Instead, he broke my heart. I stumbled into the worst possible place at the worst possible time. And now I’m bent over and bare in my boss’s bed. I always thought the stories that people told about Luke Hanley were too far-fetched. But when I saw him and his thugs execute a man in an alley, I knew suddenly: Everything they said was true. He’s a cold-blooded killer, a ruthless mafia don responsible for every crime in the city. They say he uses women until he’s bored, then disposes of them. And I’m about to be next. His soldiers had me bound and gagged as they took me to the don’s penthouse. I figured this would be the end of me. A bullet in the skull and an unmarked grave. But to my surprise, Luke offers me a deal: He’ll spare my life… In exchange for my complete and utter submission. I have to let him use me, bend me, break me as he pleases. And I have to keep my mouth sealed shut. At first, I’m nothing more than a mafioso’s ragged toy. But as the savage, sweaty nights tick past, something becomes more and more clear to me: There’s a lonely man behind the mobster mask. And I’m falling hard for him.

Download or read book To Hang Out The Washing written by Joe Lake and published by Interactive Publications. This book was released on 2023-01-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Hang Out the Washing is a remarkable account by a man whose memories of World War II are as vivid today as they were authentically lived more than seventy-five years ago. The young soldier’s journey begins in Birmingham UK in 1940 during the Battle of Britain and concludes in Germany in 1945.

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Download or read book The Hangman s Hanging written by Paul Tipping and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m Detective Sergeant Henry Hanratty from New Scotland Yard. I’ve been on the job for nearly 30 years. I’d been assigned to this case in order to ensure max discretion in the handling of this particular suicide, given the fact that we were dealing with the suicide of the State Executioner. But this was not suicide. It was a crime.

Download or read book Home Improvement All in One For Dummies written by Roy Barnhart and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put on your grubbies, get out your tools, and get ready to tackle home repairs and improvements with the goof-proof instructions in this guide that combines the best of nine For Dummies home improvement books in one comprehensive volume. Whether you’re an accomplished do-it-yourselfer or a novice, the easy-to-follow instructions, complete with photos and illustrations, will guide you through: Basic home maintenance and improvement projects from the foundation to the roof, including windows, doors, and electrical repairs and replacements Painting and wallpapering Bathroom and kitchen remodeling, including installing cabinets, countertops, fixtures, and appliances Carpentry, woodworking and flooring Plumbing, including unclogging fixtures and fixing leaky faucets Want to spruce up bedroom? Spiff up the kitchen? Shore up the porch? Build stairs? Replace creaky doors and drafty windows? Make the most of your space? Inside or out, major renovation or minor repair, the how-to is all right here. Think about it—if you do just one project yourself instead of calling a plumber, electrician, painter, handyman, or other service person, you’ve saved far more than the cost of this book! And you’ll have it on hand to guide you through the next project!

Download or read book A Time for the Death of a King Nicholas Segalla series Book 1 written by Paul Doherty and published by Headline. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was a passionate lover. But was she also a murderess? In the first of Paul Doherty's series featuring the time travelling scholar Nicholas Segalla, the reader is transported to the 16th century Scottish court. Perfect for fans of Susanna Gregory and C. J. Sansom. Edinburgh, 1567. Beautiful Mary, Queen of Scots, leaves her ill husband's bedside to attend the wedding festivities of her maid of honour. Hours later, the calm night is shattered by a devastating explosion. The King's body is found in a field with a cloak, a chair, a slipper and a dagger by his lifeless corpse. When stolen letters cast suspicion on the queen herself, she is accused of murder. Was the fiery Mary the perpetrator of the King's bloody murder, or the object of a ruthless plot of betrayal, crafted by England's most masterful assassin, the Raven Master? Only the shadowy scholar Nicholas Segalla can uncover the truth. What readers are saying about Paul Doherty: 'A cracker, full of twists and turns, with an overarching mystery of who exactly is Segalla' 'Paul Doherty's books are a joy to read' 'The sounds and smells of the period seem to waft from the pages of [Paul Doherty's] books'