Download or read book Champagne at the Murder written by Joan Lowery Nixon and published by NTC Business Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stacy Champagne returns to her hometown to help out at her family's Silver Ridge Hotel. She did not plan on getting involved in solving the murder mystery of the unpopular Will Knight. The coauthor is Kathleen Nixon Brush.

Download or read book Murder by Champagne written by Keith Spicer and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ruthless owner of a top French champagne house lies bleeding to death in his own underground caves. Baffled by the secretive world of those who make and market champagne, the Reims region Police Judiciaire face a tangle of deadly rivalries, illicit passions and industrial espionage. All of this lands on the plate of Commissaire Denise Caron, the Police Judiciaire's opera-loving young chief investigator. Drawing on her knowledge of medieval legends, and leaning on her team of experts (and her carpenter-lover) she drives her pursuit to a heart-stopping finale.

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

Download or read book Champagne Murder written by Summer Prescott and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whenever Bed and Breakfast and cupcake shop owner Melissa Gladstone meets someone new, trouble always seems to follow. In this tale of life in sleepy Calgon, Florida, our heroine never dreams that a chance encounter with a sweet, elderly woman will lead to a whirlwind of mayhem and murder.

Download or read book Champagne Murder written by Summer Prescott and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say life imitates art...But sometimes the art world can be murder.Cupcake baker and amateur sleuth, Melissa Beckett, who owns a busy bed and breakfast inn in the sleepy beachside town of Calgon, Florida, has her hands full. Between running a successful cupcake shop, and tending to guests at the inn, the last thing she needs is another homicide. When a chance encounter with a sweet elderly woman drags her into a circle of intrigue, however, Missy has no choice but to dive right into an investigation.Things are not as they seem, and motives are murky, as the determined sleuth seeks out a murderer. Will she find them in time?Find out in this fast-paced Cozy Mystery!

Download or read book Champagne for One written by Rex Stout and published by Crimeline. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith Usher had a decidedly morbid personality. She talked about taking her life, and kept cyanide in her purse. So when she collapses and dies from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone calls it suicide—including the police. But Archie was watching it all, and suspects it was murder. So does Nero Wolfe, especially after he's warned by four men against taking the case. For the world's most formidable detective it is a tantalizing puzzle involving an unlikely combination of philanthropy, deception, blackmail, and an unrepentant killer who just may have committed the perfect crime. Introduction by Lena Horne “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

Download or read book Champagne for One written by R. STOUT and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Champagne with a Corpse written by Joan Lowery Nixon and published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder happens at a fund raiser at the Silver Ridge Hotel.

Download or read book Champagne Cupcakes and Murder written by Cat Chandler and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dead body is turning the wedding into a disaster... but since when does a bridesmaid's duty include solving a murder?Nicki's best friend, Alex, is down to the final days before her wedding at a charming resort. But a one-caterer town can be a problem, especially when the master cakemaker is murdered in the company kitchen.All the carefully made plans are falling apart, and the bridesmaid-turned-amateur-sleuth must solve the puzzle or the catering company will close its doors and the wedding simply won't happen. Unfortunately, Nicki isn't having any better luck than the local, and surprisingly hunky, police chief at pinpointing the killer. With lots of suspects, only one strange clue, and no motive in sight, will Nicki be able to save her friend's big day?If you love reading Agatha Christie, Dianne Harman, Ellery Adams, Cleo Coyle or Joanne Fluke novels, following the clues right along with a fun and sometimes quirky cast of characters, you will love The Food and Wine Club Mystery series. Get your copy today and enjoy reading all about the murders they solve, along with a touch of romance.Champagne, Cupcakes, and Murder is the 4th book in the cozy Food and Wine Club Mystery series. Although it has recurring characters, it can easily be read as a stand-alone novel

Download or read book The Champagne Conspiracy written by Ellen Crosby and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Quinn's uncle is threatened by a blackmailer, Lucie Montgomery delves into a Prohibition-era mystery involving an ancestor's murder the day after President Warren Harding's death in the same San Francisco hotel.

Download or read book Champagne for n written by Rex Stout and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hvert år afholder den berømte multimillionøse Mrs. Robilotti et lille selskab for sine protegéer fra familiens stiftelse for ugifte mødre. Mellem gæsterne i år er også en ung pige med cyankalium i tasken, og pludselig falder hun død om efter et glas champagne. Er det selvmord, sådan som hun selv har truet med, eller skulle det være mord? Én eneste af de tilstedeværende holder på mord – Archie Goodwin, som er sekretær hos den berømte detektiv Nero Wolfe. Trods millionærfamiliens og politiets modstand giver sekretæren sig i kast med at opklare det, han først skal bevise er en forbrydelse. Og hans chef Nero Wolfe lader sig endnu en gang lokke bort fra sine orkidédrivhuse for at spidde en ualmindelig opfindsom morder. Nero Wolfe er en excentrisk ballademager og privatdetektiv i ordets mest private betydning. Kun nødtvungent flytter han sine 150 kg fra lænestolen i sit okkerfarvede murstenshus i New York. Hans overvældende omfang skyldes en lige så overvældende forkærlighed for lækker mad. Nero Wolfe er en stor og meget kræsen gourmet og er selv et geni som kogekunstner. Lykkeligvis bliver Wolfes detektiviske evner dog stadig mere fabelagtige for hvert kilo, han tager på. Den magelige sporhund har nemlig i høj grad brug for disse evner for at kunne tjene penge til sin anden store lidenskab: Orkidéavl. Og han tæller sine store honorarer med samme glæde, som han samler orkideer. Rex Stout (1886-1975) var en af den moderne, amerikanske detektivromans hovedmænd. Han er ophavsmand til den berømte, tykke, orkidédyrkende detektiv Nero Wolfe, som er hovedperson i en lang række af Stouts kriminalromaner. Rex Stout begyndte at skrive romaner i 1927, og i 1934 udkom hans første Nero Wolfe-roman "Fer de Lance", der på dansk fik titlen "Et slag i luften".

Download or read book Murder in the Multinational State written by Stewart King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Spaniards set out to transform the political, social and cultural landscape of the nation following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, its crime fiction traces, challenges and celebrates these radical changes. Crime Fiction from Spain: Murder in the Multinational State provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between detective fiction and national and cultural identities in post-Franco democratic Spain. What sort of stories are told about the nation within the state in the crime genre? How do the conventions of the crime story shape not only the production of national and cultural identities, but also their disruption? Combining criminological theories of crime and community with an analysis of the genre’s conventions, this study challenges the simple classification of Spanish crime fiction as texts written by Spaniards, set in Spain and with Spanish characters. Instead, it develops a dramatic new reading practice which allows for a greater understanding of the role of crime fiction in the construction and articulation of different and, at times, competing, national and cultural identities, including in the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. The book provides a stimulating introduction to the key debates on the study of crime fiction and national and cultural identities in the context of a multinational state.

Download or read book The Duel written by John Ibbitson and published by Signal. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Canada’s foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today’s Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform and immigration. On his watch, First Nations on reserve obtained the right to vote and the federal government began to open up the North. He established Canada as a leader in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took the first steps in making Canada a leader in the fight against nuclear proliferation. And Diefenbaker’s Bill of Rights laid the groundwork for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He set in motion many of the achievements credited to his successor, Lester B. Pearson. Pearson, in turn, gave coherence to Diefenbaker’s piecemeal reforms. He also pushed Parliament to adopt a new, and now much-loved, Canadian flag against Diefenbaker’s fierce opposition. Pearson understood that if Canada were to be taken seriously as a nation, it must develop a stronger sense of self. Pearson was superbly prepared for the role of prime minister: decades of experience at External Affairs, respected by leaders from Washington to Delhi to Beijing, the only Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. Diefenbaker was the better politician, though. If Pearson walked with ease in the halls of power, Diefenbaker connected with the farmers and small-town merchants and others left outside the inner circles. Diefenbaker was one of the great orators of Canadian political life; Pearson spoke with a slight lisp. Diefenbaker was the first to get his name in the papers, as a crusading attorney: Diefenbaker for the Defence, champion of the little man. But he struggled as a politician, losing five elections before making it into the House of Commons, and becoming as estranged from the party elites as he was from the Liberals, until his ascension to the Progressive Conservative leadership in 1956 through a freakish political accident. As a young university professor, Pearson caught the attention of the powerful men who were shaping Canada’s first true department of foreign affairs, rising to prominence as the helpful fixer, the man both sides trusted, the embodiment of a new country that had earned its place through war in the counsels of the great powers: ambassador, undersecretary, minister, peacemaker. Everyone knew he was destined to be prime minister. But in 1957, destiny took a detour. Then they faced each other, Diefenbaker v Pearson, across the House of Commons, leaders of their parties, each determined to wrest and hold power, in a decade-long contest that would shake and shape the country. Here is a tale of two men, children of Victoria, who led Canada into the atomic age: each the product of his past, each more like the other than either would ever admit, fighting each other relentlessly while together forging the Canada we live in today. To understand our times, we must first understand theirs.

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Download or read book Champagne The Farewell written by Janet Hubbard and published by Poisoned Pen Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine-year-old NYPD detective Max Maguire flies to France to attend her friend Chloe Marceau’s wedding at a grand estate in the Valley of the Marne in Champagne, an hour and a half east of Paris. She meets the older and more urbane Olivier Chaumont, a juge d’instruction, or examining magistrate, and experiences a fairy tale evening. But when Chloe’s widowed aunt, the beautiful and successful Lea de Saint-Pern, is found murdered after the wedding dinner, Max and Olivier are shocked back into their respective professional roles. But to Max’s chagrin, Olivier is put in charge of the investigation and she is banned from an official investigative role. The value of vineyards and champagne companies is at an all-time high, and Olivier learns that there are several people attempting to gain control of Lea’s business at the time of her death. Max, with her quintessential American girl next door look (belying a gritty interior), takes a stealthier approach. Quietly using the sleuthing skills inherited from her famous detective dad, she insinuates herself into the victim’s family until their long-held secrets begin to spill out like marbles from an overturned dish. After another family member is found dead on the day of Lea’s funeral, however, Max puts her career, and her tentative relationship with Olivier, in jeopardy as her determination to find the murderer—and prove herself in the process—takes over. While sipping the finest beverage in the world and tasting food that leaves the reader salivating between interrogations and pursuits, the bi-cultural detective duo come to discover that they are unbeatable when it comes to bringing criminals to justice.

Download or read book Bordeaux written by Janet Hubbard and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish, thirty-year-old, NYPD detective Max Maguire returns to France as bodyguard to a famous American wine critic. But when her client turns up dead in her hotel room, and a precious bottle of wine goes missing, Max has no choice but to team up with examining magistrate and former lover, Olivier Chaumont. Max, using aggressive tactics learned from her homicide detective father, stays one step ahead of Olivier in the investigation. Olivier's more elegant approach takes them into the heart of Bordeaux society where he is sure the murderer and some fine dining lurks. Is a counterfeit wine operation with ties to New York somehow connected to the critic's murder? Readers are introduced to the fascinating world of fine wine, and to a cast of characters (and suspects) sure to keep even the most discerning critic on the edge of her seat.

Download or read book Coffee Shopping Murder Love written by Carlos Allende and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last November, I found a dead body inside the freezer that my roommate keeps inside the garage. My first thought was to call the police, but Jignesh hadn't paid his share of the rent just yet. It wasn't due until the thirtieth, and you know how difficult it is to find people who pay on time. Jignesh always does. Also, he had season tickets for the LA Opera, and well . . . Madame Butterfly. Tosca. The Flying Dutchman . . . at the Dorothy Chandler . . . you cannot say no to that, can you? Well, it's been a few good months now--Madame Butterfly was just superb, thank you. However, last Friday, I found a second body inside that stupid freezer in the garage. This time I'm evicting Jignesh. My house isn't a mortuary . . . alas, I need to come up with some money first. You'll understand, therefore, that I desperately need to sell this novel. Just enough copies to help me survive until I find a job . . . what could I do that doesn't demand too much effort? We have a real treasure here, anyhow. Some chapters are almost but not quite pornographic. You could safely lend this to nana afterward!