Download or read book Murder in Cucumber Alley written by Michael Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is February 1927 and Schenectady, New York, proud home of General Electric is booming with prosperity. Rodney Longworth, handsome and debonair assistant manager at the elegant Hotel Van Curler, experiences firsthand the explosion of violence when two women are brutally murdered in Cucumber Alley, not far from the home he shares with his parents in the historic stockade district. Soon yet another victim is found. It seems no one is safe. As his suspicions and apprehension grow, Rodney elicits the assistance of Sloane Sheppard, a private investigator. Long held secrets, surprising family revelations, open hostilities and another murder attempt confound Sloane as he races against time to resolve the crisis occurring in the otherwise placid neighborhood. Amidst a backdrop of flappers, speakeasies, jazz music, beguiling scientists and the newfound expedient of television, Murder in Cucumber Alley continues to a shocking denouement when Sloane Sheppard unmasks the culprit behind the horrendous murders in Cucumber Alley. Michael Sinclair is a native of Albany, New York. His previous novels in the 1920s historical series are An Unfortunate Coincidence and The Consequences of Murder.
Download or read book The White Alley written by Carolyn Wells and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justin Arnold, millionaire scion from New York has it all: lots of money, the splendid inherited mansion White Birches, faithful servants and a fiancée whom he loves very much but who unfortunately does not love him back, even though he is well aware of it. The weekend festivities at the millionaire's estate proceed as planned, until they are interrupted by an unexplained event: the disappearance of Justin from a locked room in his mansion. Justin is presumed dead, killed by an intruder. But why? And who? Detective Fleming Stone is called upon to solve this complicated and mysterious case.
Download or read book Darker Than The Night written by Michael Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter 1926, Albany, New York. The nation is in the grip of prohibition. Corruption and bootleggers proliferate. A local actress is murdered one night and the city is on high alert. At a dance marathon at Harmanus Bleecker Hall, a second horrendous death occurs, the victim a relative of Alan Cartwright, assistant manager of the illustrious showplace. Police embark on an arduous investigation. Doubts and suspicions mount and motives and secrets abound. Eager for resolution to the mysterious death, Alan recruits private investigator Sloane Sheppard, but soon yet another victim meets a brutal end. Slowly but inexorably darkness begins to fade as crucial revelations lead Sloane Sheppard step by surprising step to the answers he seeks to resolve the shocking deaths and to bring a devious and cunning killer to justice
Download or read book The Price of Murder written by Bruce Alexander and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the dangerous intrigue of Georgian England in this novel in Bruce Alexander's acclaimed historical mystery series featuring Sir John Fielding. When the body of a young girl is pulled from the Thames, blind magistrate Sir John Fielding’s investigation leads his protégé, Jeremy Proctor, into the notorious Seven Dials section of London. There the sordid inclinations of both the working class and aristocracy may be found—and there, Jeremy learns that the girl’s mother has disappeared near the racetrack. As he delves further into the mystery, he will begin to realize just how high the stakes are, and—when an acquaintance of his own suddenly vanishes—just how terribly steep the odds really are.
Download or read book Fog Alley written by Holly Hertzel Mike Prittie and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When best friends Fox Flaherty and Daisy Harlow arrive at False Creek Studios to begin filming 'Fog Alley', they have no idea that they will soon be embroiled in a tense murder investigation. When filming begins, nobody expects that a high profile murder will happen the first day on set. When Fox and Daisy are pulled into the investigation, they begin to unravel the many secrets held by cast, crew and others surrounding the production. But the danger to their own safety becomes a reality when they become targets of a sinister killer.
Download or read book Murder at Mount Vernon written by Robert J. Muller and published by Poesys Associates. This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics, murder, and mortal danger confront retired General George Washington as he considers whether to accept the presidency of the United States. The General has retired to his farm, Mount Vernon, but he cannot escape the politics of his time. The new constitution requires a president, and no one doubts it must be him. Except himself. Colonel David Humphreys, Washington’s aide-de-camp in the war, has come for a protracted visit to his friend the General. He’s working on his poetry and a biography of his benefactor while he enjoys the bucolic life in Virginia, but his aversion to enslavement distresses his New England sensibilities. Colonel George Mason of Gunston Hall, a nearby plantation, is the General’s principal political opponent in the area. When the General and Colonel Humphreys find a murdered slave by the river, events take a darker turn. The General fears the event will give his political enemies ammunition to use against him, complicating his decision to accept the presidency. As the official investigation proceeds, two things are clear. Colonel Mason and his allies believe they can charge the General with murder, and the General discovers that not all is well on his own plantation. Goods are missing, and he discovers growing problems with his enslaved workers. Probing these problems reveals connections to an effort by the British to stir up trouble in Alexandria and elsewhere in the former colonies. To accept the presidency, Colonel Humphreys and the General must show he is innocent of the crime. As they investigate, they fall deeper into the political conflict of the day and find themselves in increasing personal danger. But the General must also confront a great moral decision—whether to free his slaves. Murder at Mount Vernon is the first novel in the Founding Fathers series of historical mysteries.
Download or read book Motion for Murder written by Kelly Rey and published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Kelly Rey comes a laugh-out-loud mystery that is so funny it should be a crime… Jamie Winter loathes her job as a secretary in the sleaziest law firm in New Jersey. Trouble is, someone else loathes the whole firm—enough to kill one of the partners, the two-timing, eleven-fingered king of lowbrow television commercial spots, Dougie Digits. Now, Jamie is being strong-armed into investigating by Dougie’s frosty widow, Hilary. The suspect list is long, including the firm’s bookish paralegal, embezzling bookkeeper, ambitious associate, and resentful senior partners. Add to that list a mélange of oddball clients with grudges of their own, and Jamie has her work cut out for her. With assists from her studly landlord and husband-hungry sister, Jamie uncovers enough dirt on her coworkers to launch a tabloid in her hunt to find the killer...before he or she strikes again! Jamie Winters Mysteries: Motion for Murder – book #1 Mistletoe & Misdemeanors– holiday short story Death of a Diva – book #2 Motion for Misfits (short story in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection) The Sassy Suspect – book #3 Verdicts & Vixens – book #4 A Playboy in Peril – book #5 "Move over Stephanie Plum—there's a new girl in town! Jamie Winters is smart, sassy, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Mix one fun mystery, some fantastic romantic chemistry, and witty quips throughout for a sure-fire winner! Who knew a lawyer's office could be so funny?" ~ Gemma Halliday, New York Times bestselling author
Download or read book Mersey Murder Mysteries Collection written by Brian L. Porter and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 3171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All nine books in 'Mersey Murder Mysteries', a series of British crime novels by Brian L. Porter, now in one volume! A Mersey Killing: Liverpool, 1999. Skeletal remains found in the docklands lead Detective Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake into a journey through time, as the investigation takes them back to early days of the Mersey Beat. All Saints: The Liverpool murder investigation unit runs into a series of horrific murders, which begins as the body of Matthew Remington is found in the graveyard of St. Matthew’s Church. Detective Chief Inspector Andy Ross and Sergeant Izzie Drake must lead their team in a race against time to prevent further atrocities. A Mersey Maiden: A peaceful cricket match on a warm summer’s day turns to murder and mystery, as the star player Aaron Decker is found dead in his bed, his girlfriend sleeping soundly beside him. Political implications are considered, before the case takes on a new twist with links to the disappearance of a German U-Boat and a British warship in 1945. A Mersey Mariner: Soon after the aging cargo liner Alexandra Rose steams into the Mersey Estuary, one of the ship’s passengers is found dead in his cabin. Andy Ross and his team discover that the case has its roots in the depths of the Amazonian Rainforest. A billionaire entrepreneur, passengers who may not be exactly who or what they say they are, a team of medical researchers and a team of vicious mercenaries all have their part to play. A Very Mersey Murder: In 1966, England wins the soccer World Cup at Wembley. The same night, the body of a young barmaid is discovered close to an abandoned lighthouse near Liverpool. Two more murders follow, and all remain unsolved. In 2005, Detective Inspector Andy Ross and his team are called in when a disturbingly similar series of murders begins in the same location. Last Train to Lime Street: As the late night train from Manchester to Liverpool approaches the outskirts of the city, it hits the body of a man under the bridge. After the police look into the case, they learn that the man was a well-known American movie director - of the adult variety. As Andy Ross and his team investigate the death, they find out that the man’s list of enemies is almost as long as the railway line from Manchester to Liverpool. The Mersey Monastery Murders: When a monk is found poisoned at the St. Emma’s Priory, the Chief Constable - a friend of the Prior - insists that Andy Ross and his team handle the investigation. The case turns out to be more complex than they first thought. After a second victim is found with a pitchfork thrust through his body, Ross discovers that to solve the case, they must reopen a cold case from years ago. A Liverpool Lullaby: After a woman's body is found in a local beauty spot, her heart surgically removed, D.I. Andy Ross and his team are called in to investigate. But this time, they face a criminal mastermind unlike any they have before, who soon becomes known as The Doctor. All evidence points to romantic connections between the killer and his prey, with an eerie lullaby left playing on an old tape recorder next to the victims. The Mersey Ferry Murders: A new serial killer is at large in Liverpool. The victims appear to have no connection to each other, and Detective Inspector Andy Ross and the Merseyside Police Force Specialist Murder Investigation Team are brought in to investigate. Ross and his team of detectives soon realize that the killer has a ‘murder list’ and that unless he or she can be stopped, the city’s streets will soon be awash with the blood of the innocents.
Download or read book Murder on Russian Hill written by Lenore Glen Offord and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coco Hastings is young, recently married, gainfully employed, loves to read murder mysteries, and is a member of the San Francisco smart set. One morning, while her husband is away on business, she arrives late to work and finds that her boss, Tony Austin, has not yet arrived. After receiving a call summoning her to his Russian Hill apartment, Coco finds Tony dead with a bullet wound in his heart. As Inspector Geraghty of the San Francisco police leads the investigation, Coco at first likes the idea of helping to catch real murderer. She soon decides that its not so fun when all of the suspects are friends -- and even she and her husband, who had returned to the city in time to have done away with Tony himself, come under suspicion before the killer is revealed.
Download or read book Shades of Grey written by Jasper Fforde and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller and “a rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness” (The Washington Post) from the author of the Thursday Next series and Early Riser Welcome to Chromatacia, where the societal hierarchy is strictly regulated by one's limited color perception. And Eddie Russet wants to move up. But his plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended. Juggling inviolable rules, sneaky Yellows, and a risky friendship with an intriguing Grey named Jane who shows Eddie that the apparent peace of his world is as much an illusion as color itself, Eddie finds he must reckon with the cruel regime behind this gaily painted façade.
Download or read book Murder Must Advertise A Detective Story written by Dorothy Leigh Sayers and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder Must Advertise' is a remarkable tale of murder and scandal at a chic London advertising agency. Lord Peter Wimsey, a multi-talented aristocrat with a fondness for detecting, goes undercover in the agency where he gets involved in solving a murder mystery.
Download or read book Murder on the Common written by Christopher Jon Luke Dowgin and published by Salem House Press. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The immortal Henry Sinclair goes on another journey to solve the most famous murder of the nineteenth century within the Witch City. Captain Joseph White is bashed on the head and stabbed 13 times with two daggers, but there is no blood on his sheets. He is murdered on the same day as Joseph Smith founds the Mormon Church amidst the formation of the Anti-Masonic Party. Sinclair will go against the power-brokers in Washington who call Salem home to protect his Templar treasures he brought to America from Scotland a 100 years before Columbus. The powers of the Illuminati and Lovecraftian dark magic threaten him from solving the murder as oriental vampires and a plague of opium hits the shores of Salem. Prince Henry Sinclair is the creator of the Money Pit on Oak Island and the murder led to the Parker Brothers shaping their game Clue.
Download or read book The Empty Sleeve written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Him what's born on the chime . . . he's the one what'll have communications with the devil.' At the age of fourteen, 'chime-child' Peter Gannet is apprenticed to a locksmith in Covent Garden. But his desperate longing to escape from the insufferable adults around him and go to sea leads him into some dubious undertakings. Before long, the old ship's carpenter's dire prophecy comes true, for in the locksmith's workroom he meets a phantom with an empty sleeve. Tense and atmospheric, this is a gripping thriller about ghosts, a wall of hands, envy, dishonesty and finally murder!
Download or read book A Beautiful Blue Death written by Charles Finch and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal parts Sherlock Holmes and P.G. Wodehouse, Charles Finch's debut mystery A Beautiful Blue Death introduces a wonderfully appealing gentleman detective in Victorian London who investigates crime as a diversion from his life of leisure. Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist the chance to unravel a mystery. Prudence Smith, one of Jane's former servants, is dead of an apparent suicide. But Lenox suspects something far more sinister: murder, by a rare and deadly poison. The grand house where the girl worked is full of suspects, and though Prue had dabbled with the hearts of more than a few men, Lenox is baffled by the motive for the girl's death. When another body turns up during the London season's most fashionable ball, Lenox must untangle a web of loyalties and animosities. Was it jealousy that killed Prudence Smith? Or was it something else entirely? And can Lenox find the answer before the killer strikes again—this time, disturbingly close to home?
Download or read book Pirate Cinema written by Cory Doctorow and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, Cory Doctorow, comes Pirate Cinema, a new tale of a brilliant hacker runaway who finds himself standing up to tyranny. Trent McCauley is sixteen, brilliant, and obsessed with one thing: making movies on his computer by reassembling footage from popular films he downloads from the net. In the dystopian near-future Britain where Trent is growing up, this is more illegal than ever; the punishment for being caught three times is that your entire household's access to the internet is cut off for a year, with no appeal. Trent's too clever for that too happen. Except it does, and it nearly destroys his family. Shamed and shattered, Trent runs away to London, where he slowly learns the ways of staying alive on the streets. This brings him in touch with a demimonde of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity, making felons of millions of British citizens at a stroke. Things look bad. Parliament is in power of a few wealthy media conglomerates. But the powers-that-be haven't entirely reckoned with the power of a gripping movie to change people's minds.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Saving Jason written by Michael Sears and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest Jason Stafford novel from Michael Sears, author of the highly acclaimed Long Way Down and Black Fridays. Jason Stafford used to be a hot Wall Street trader, went too far, and paid for it in prison. Now a financial investigator, he’s been asked to look into rumors of a hostile takeover of his firm, but he has no idea it will turn his whole life upside down. Suddenly embroiled in a grand jury investigation of Mob-related activities on Wall Street, and threatened by some very serious men, he is thrust into witness protection with his young autistic son. And then his son disappears. Has he been kidnapped, or worse? With no choice but to act, Stafford has no choice but to come out of hiding and risk everything to save his son, his firm, his pregnant girlfriend—and himself.
Download or read book Batman Catwoman 2020 7 written by Tom King and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Batman begins to doubt Catwoman’s allegiance, it leads to trouble on the streets of Gotham. Who does Selina support: Joker, Phantasm, or the Dark Knight? Well, he’ll soon find out that some questions are better left unasked. If he’s going to test her loyalty, she’s going to test his mettle. Thus, Bruce Wayne finds himself locked in a bank vault with the Gotham PD knocking on the door!
