Download or read book Mason Dixon Murders written by Bob Walsh and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heather Macy returns home to become a partner in her father's law firm in a city in southern Pennsylvania. Macy House is in a village across the Mason-Dixon Line in Maryland. Heather's father, W. Henry Macy, inherited the "General's Farm" in 1973. The M-D Line happens to run through it. Heather encounters two simultaneous murder investigations. The murders, separated by 30 years, were committed on the same spot, but the bodies were buried on opposite sides of the border. Heather meets a hermit who has been keeping a record for 30 years of visiting car license plates. He started the "diary" after the first murder. The DNA that the Pennsylvania police gather matches the remains in the Maryland case. Heather unravels the DNA connection and locates both murder weapons. Henry's twin brother Arthur writes a deathbed letter identifying whom he believes committed the 1973 murder. Some arrests are made. One testimony triggers a series of conspiracy confessions by others. One of the 2003 license plate numbers is an accurate but misleading clue.

Download or read book Mason Dixon Murders written by JR (Bob) Walsh and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heather Macy returns home to become a partner in her father's law firm in a city in southern Pennsylvania. Macy House is in a village across the Mason-Dixon line in Maryland. Heather's father, W. Henry Macy, inherited the General's Farm in 1973. The M-D line happens to run through it. Heather encounters two simultaneous murder investigations. The murders, separated by thirty years, were committed on the same spot, but the bodies were buried on opposite sides of the border. Heather meets a hermit who has been keeping a record for thirty years of visiting car license plates. He started the diary after the first murder. The DNA that the Pennsylvania police gathers matches the remain in the Maryland case. Heather unravels the DNA connection and locates both murder weapons. Henry's twin brother, Arthur, writes a deathbed letter identifying who, he believes, committed the 1973 murder. Some arrests are made. One testimony triggers a series of conspiracy confessions by others. One of the 2003 license plate numbers is an accurate but misleading clue.

Download or read book The Scary Mason Dixon Line written by Trudier Harris and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Yorker James Baldwin once declared that a black man can look at a map of the United States, contemplate the area south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and thus scare himself to death. In The Scary Mason-Dixon Line, renowned literary scholar Trudier Harris explores why black writers, whether born in Mississippi, New York, or elsewhere, have consistently both loved and hated the South. Harris explains that for these authors the South represents not so much a place or even a culture as a rite of passage. Not one of them can consider himself or herself a true African American writer without confronting the idea of the South in a decisive way. Harris considers native-born black southerners Raymond Andrews, Ernest J. Gaines, Edward P. Jones, Tayari Jones, Yusef Komunyakaa, Randall Kenan, and Phyllis Alesia Perry, and nonsouthern writers James Baldwin, Sherley Anne Williams, and Octavia E. Butler. The works Harris examines date from Baldwin's Blues for Mr. Charlie (1964) to Edward P. Jones's The Known World (2003). By including Komunyakaa's poems and Baldwin's play, as well as male and female authors, Harris demonstrates that the writers' preoccupation with the South cuts across lines of genre and gender. Whether their writings focus on slavery, migration from the South to the North, or violence on southern soil, and whether they celebrate the triumph of black southern heritage over repression or castigate the South for its treatment of blacks, these authors cannot escape the call of the South. Indeed, Harris asserts that creative engagement with the South represents a defining characteristic of African American writing. A singular work by one of the foremost literary scholars writing today, The Scary Mason-Dixon Line superbly demonstrates how history and memory continue to figure powerfully in African American literary creativity.

Download or read book The Decoration Memorial Day War written by David H. Brown, LTC-USAR/Ret and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people believe the Mason-Dixon Line that separates Pennsylvania and Maryland was established to mark the North from the South during the Civil War. However, that Line was the result of a land dispute nearly a century before the War. Two British astronomers/surveyors named Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon here hired by the Penn family of Pennsylvania and the Calvert family of Maryland to determine the border line between their respective land holdings. The Line serves as the location of a fictional town that straddles it, and where the novel opens. The people of Madixson are strongly divided over not only how to celebrate Memorial Day, but also whether to call the holiday by its original name of Decoration Day. They use the Line as the divide, with the town leaders living on the Maryland side and war veterans residing on the Pennsylvania side. The "feud" escalates into immature "pranks" the night before the holiday. So, it is not surprising that the South Siders blame the North Siders when the mayor of Madixson is killed on the morning of Memorial Day. Repeating his annual routine, he is standing in his front yard saluting the American Flag and beginning to recite the Pledge of Allegiance when the Civil War cannon nearby explodes. The shrapnel fatally imbeds in his body. The North Siders deny they had anything to do with the incident, but the South Siders do not believe them. Neither side realizes this was a "prank" of a totally different kind that nothing to do with the "warring" factions. When the real culprits finally are discovered and brought to trial, the importance of the explosives used in the canon finally comes to light. Adding to this mystery is the discovery that an important character is not what he is purported to be. And, the final chapter is unexpected, to say the least.

Download or read book Death Mark written by Nick Thacker and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He kills for a living... but only those who need killing.Mason Dixon, a bartender and assassin (semi-retired), is given a message: His father has been murdered.The man who did it? A rich rum distributor. Now Mason wants to find him. And kill him. Caught up in the wrong crowd, Mason Dixon just wants to spend his nights running his bar. He thought he was done with the killings, the late-night assassinations, the espionage and bloodshed. He wants to fish, relax on his boat, and hang out drinking the best whiskey he can find. He's a simple man, with a simple plan. But once again Mason is lured into a deadly situation: he's been told that his father was murdered and that the man who did it is rich, one of the most successful spirits importers in the country.Mason enlists his good friend and confidant Joey for help, and the two embark on a high-seas chase, fighting against the imminent hurricane and a well-armed gang. Speedboat chases, firefights, and explosions become Mason's new reality. The only problem is that they're running out of time...Start reading Death Mark today!

Download or read book Mason Dixon Memories written by Stacia Roberts Pangburn and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In essence this is the continuous coming-of-age story about a fragile family during the fifties, sixties, and beyond who spent years crossing the Mason-Dixon Line in search of the truth, new beginnings, redemption, and the best way to live their lives. This nostalgic look back at first loves and friendships that last a lifetime speaks to the strength and continuity of the invisible thread of unity which kept them connected through time and place, even after their family fractured. When two Southern brothers from New Roads, Louisiana married two Northern sisters from New England, the roots of these Mason-Dixon matches were planted in the fertile soil along the great Mississippi. Although one of the only things that they had in common was the word 'new' in their places of origin, the author's young and impetuous parents decided to elope nine days after they were introduced by their older siblings! They then began to build the foundation of our lives in a little cypress shotgun cabin under the beautiful cathedral ceiling of an oak alley on a piece of land called Live Oak. For thirteen years they tried to make their marriage last, but it eventually shattered when Mama left Daddy behind without any warning and took their daughters back to her home in Massachusetts. On the day that we were taken so far away from Daddy and Live Oak, the 'before and after' days of our youth began. We spent years crossing the lines of our lives going back and forth from South to North and back to Dixie again where we eventually spent summers with Daddy and renewed our childhood friendships. Through time most of the relationships from both places stood the test of time and, in the end, after we had all finally come-of-age we eventually returned to the place where our story had begun. Through everything we each grew to see the blessings that were right before us all along. Every day people are impacted by abuse, alcoholism, divorce, murder, mental and physical illness, and suicide. Our family was touched by all of these, but we were also enveloped by the love, kindness, empathy, support, encouragement, understanding, and compassion of those who surrounded us. These are more than mere words because there is a great deal of meaning behind them. "Mason-Dixon Memories" is the story about who we became while we were carried through our lives by the goodness of others.

Download or read book Murder Most Strange written by Dell Shannon and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring fever has hit Luis Mendoza, both on the job and at home. But it hasn't erased the LAPD's endless caseload of bizarre crimes and difficult cases. 'Dapper Dan', the rapist and murderer whose dashing looks and easy charm give him the perfect ploy to trap his pretty victims; a stickup artist who has found a foolproof weapon: a ferocious Doberman; a gruesome double homicide-suicide with a weird twist; a senator's 'natural' death that suddenly doesn't appear so natural - all add up to a month of murder most strange, and Mendoza knows it's time to finally clean house. 'A Luis Mendoza mystery means superlative suspense' Los Angeles Times

Download or read book Paws For Murder written by Annie Knox and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Izzy McHale wants her new Trendy Tails Pet Boutique in Merryville, Minnesota, to be the height of canine couture and feline fashions. But at the store’s opening, it turns out it’s a human who’s dressed to kill… Izzy’s own beloved pets are dressed to the nines for the grand opening of Trendy Tails. Feisty feline Jinx is large and in charge, and happy mutt Packer is lapping up the attention. Izzy and her best friend Rena have their hands full meeting Merryville’s menagerie and serving tasty pupcakes and kitty canapes from their “barkery.” The last thing they need is the town’s local activist, Sherry Harper, scaring off customers and getting tongues wagging by picketing the event. The two manage to stop Sherry’s protest in its tracks, but the trouble for Trendy Tails is just beginning. Sherry is found murdered in back of the shop, and Rena is immediately named as the lead suspect. Now Izzy and her furry friends have a new pet project—collaring a killer. FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

Download or read book Bonnie Blue Murder written by H. A. Covington and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-01-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: APRIL, 1861. As the Confederate cannon opens fire on Fort Sumter and the Civil War begins. A rebel officer on a courier run to the telegraph office, is murdered in a historic Charleston graveyard and his pouch of secret despatches stolen. How did he come to be there? Is it the work of a Union spy? Former Charleston Police Inspector and now Confederate Officer, Major Hugo Legare is assigned to the case. Meanwhile the civilian police arrest a young Jewish soldier, Simon Mendoza, and charge him with murder and espionage. The evidence against Mendoza is dangerously strong and anti-Semitic incitement fills the newspapers, feeding the fires of suspicion and bigotry. But Major Legare is not convinced. There are holes in the police case against Mendoza. Legare and his associate, scapegrace Irish nobleman Captain James Redmond, quickly turn up more than a few skeletons in the dead man's closet as well as a plethora of new suspects including a Boston abolitionist, the beautiful daughter of the city's most wealthy citizen, and one of their own brother officers. But while Legare hunts the killer through the gaslit streets of old Charleston, more bodies start piling up. Legare and Redmond must race against time to stop more murders and recover the vital documents which could change the course of the whole war.

Download or read book Murder in Mississippi written by Howard Ball and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few episodes in the modern civil rights movement were more galvanizing than the 1964 brutal murders of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney. As we approach the 40th anniversary of the murders in June 2004, "Murder in Mississippi" provides a timely and telling reminder of the vigilance democracy requires if its ideals are to be fully realized.

Download or read book Perry Mason in the Case of Too Many Murders written by Thomas Chastain and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1990-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Murder and Misconception written by T. A. Huggins and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a cozy mystery series: A railway engineer is riding on borrowed time as he turns amateur sleuth to solve the murder of a colleague. It’s a matter of routine for Ben Time, a seasoned locomotive engineer: pull thousands of tons of miscellaneous freight from Indianapolis to St. Louis day and night. But the impatience of an early morning rail yard delay turns to dread when Ben discovers that the train master has been found murdered. All signs point to a fellow engineer who had a knack for antagonizing anyone who stood in his way. Ben included. But Ben also believes the man isn’t guilty. Making peace with the prime suspect is only the beginning. Ben also has to clear his name. That means risking his own life to find out who wanted a co-worker dead, and who had the motives for framing an innocent man.

Download or read book Murder in Haste written by Brett Halliday and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Shayne has 24 hours to find out the truth and save a man from death row 3 years ago, Miami Chief of Detectives Peter Painter made the greatest arrest of his career—one that led to Sam Harris being put on death row for killing Rose Heminway’s husband. So when Harris’s wife discovers evidence that she believes could save her husband’s life, Painter does what any corrupt cop would: He sits on the evidence, waiting for the electric chair to do its work. Finally, Mrs. Harris has no choice. She contacts Heminway, who was never fully convinced of Sam’s guilt, though she testified against him, and they take the final course of action of desperate women across Miami: They hire Mike Shayne. The most daring detective in the United States, Shayne has just 24 hours to clear Harris’s name, or an innocent man will fry. Saving Harris will mean the wrath of the entire Miami police department, but Shayne isn’t worried. He’s tougher than any electric chair. Murder in Haste is the 39th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Download or read book Murder in Midtown written by Liz Freeland and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1913, while the women’s suffrage movement gains momentum in the nation’s capital, the thought of a woman joining the New York City police force is downright radical, even if recent transplant Louise Faulk has already solved a murder . . . Louise has finally gathered the courage to take the police civil service exam, but when she returns to her secretary job at the midtown publishing house of Van Hooten and McChesney, she’s shocked to find the offices smoldering from a deadly, early morning fire. Huddled on the sidewalk, her coworkers inform her that Guy Van Hooten’s body has been found in the charred ruins. Rumors of foul play are already circulating, and the firm’s surviving partner asks Louise to investigate the matter. Despite a number of possible suspects, the last person Louise expects to be arrested is Ogden McChesney, an old friend and mentor to her aunt Irene. Louise will have to search high and low, from the tenements in the Lower East Side to the very clouds above the tallest skyscrapers, to get to the bottom of an increasingly complex case . . .

Download or read book Seems Like Murder Here written by Adam Gussow and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2004 C. Hugh Holman Award from the Society for the Study of Southern Literature. Seems Like Murder Here offers a revealing new account of the blues tradition. Far from mere laments about lost loves and hard times, the blues emerge in this provocative study as vital responses to spectacle lynchings and the violent realities of African American life in the Jim Crow South. With brilliant interpretations of both classic songs and literary works, from the autobiographies of W. C. Handy, David Honeyboy Edwards, and B. B. King to the poetry of Langston Hughes and the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, Seems Like Murder Here will transform our understanding of the blues and its enduring power.

Download or read book Honeymoon For Murder written by Tim Myers and published by Tim Myers. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brand New from New York Times Bestselling Author Tim Myers! Honeymoon For Murder, Book 8 in the Lighthouse Inn Mystery Series! Alex and Elise go away to Bear Creek Lodge for their honeymoon, but instead of a relaxing time, they quickly discover that someone died in the room next to them recently. Was it suicide, as the police suspect, or murder, as the newlyweds begin to believe? Their investigation covers the guests at the lodge as well as a new array of eclectic townsfolk, and they soon discover that there is a great deal more going on at Bear Creek than they ever would have suspected. For more information about this and other books, please visit timmyersfiction.com

Download or read book Murder in Gettysburg written by Charles Knepper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-11-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a retired Air Force General is found murdered during a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg, two old friends find themselves helping a local detective solve the case. Along the way they become embroiled deep in a mystery involving counterfeit muscle cars and lost Nazi gold.