Download or read book Mystery at the Masked Ball written by Eric Weiner and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Scarlet, Mr. Greene, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. Peacock, Professor Plum, and Mrs. White gather once again for entertainment and mystery. Original.
Download or read book Mystery at the Masked Ball written by A. E. Parker and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While weekend guests at Mr. Boddy's mansion, Mr. Green, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Miss Scarlet, and Professor Plum must figure out who is the perpetrator of a series of crimes.
Download or read book Murder at the Masked Ball written by Magda Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amateur sleuth Kitty Worthington once more investigates when a noble lord plummets to his death, and a dear friend is suspected of murder. Can she catch the killer before her friend swings from the wrong end of a rope?London. 1923. When an invitation arrives to the Duchess of Brightwell's Midsummer Masked Ball, Kitty Worthingtondoes not even think of declining. Not with a mother on the hunt for a noble husband for her. But no sooner does she curtsy to her hostess at the ball than tragedy strikes. A very dead earl is found at the bottom of a staircase, and it's clearly the work of foul play.Having proven himself a dab hand at dealing with the nobility, Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Robert Crawford is soon asked to investigate. In no time at all he hones in on Lord Newcastle, a friend of Kitty who'd earlier pummeled the earl for sorely abusing his wife.Afraid her friend may wrongfully pay with his life, Kitty once more organizes her ace team, including her maid, two noble lords, a beloved sister, a lady, and Sir Winston, her still flatulent Bassett Hound. From the seediest parts of London to the fancy mansions of Mayfair, they fearlessly pursue the truth. For if they fail to find the killer, their dear friend may dance one last jig from the end of a rope.Murder at the Masked Ball, the third book in The Kitty Worthington Mysteries, is another frolicking, historical cozy mystery filled with quirky suspects, a wicked villain, and an intrepid heroine sure to win your heart. For lovers of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey alike.
Download or read book Masked Ball at Broxley Manor written by Rhys Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delectable prequel to the national bestselling Royal Spyness mysteries featuring Lady Georgiana Rannoch—thirty forth in line to the throne, and England’s poorest heiress. At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man—until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad. When the prince, dressed as the devil, rescues her from an embarrassing situation at the ball, Georgie is surprised to find her unwanted suitor to be a dashing, charming man—especially when he pulls her aside and gives her the kiss of a lifetime. But as the time comes for the unmasking, Georgie’s rescuer vanishes and the party is thrown into chaos, making it clear that everything at Broxley Manor is not as it appears… Includes a preview of the latest Royal Spyness mystery, The Twelve Clues of Christmas, available November 2012.
Download or read book Murder at the Masquerade Ball written by Margaret Addison and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mardi Gras Masquerade written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone thinks a ghost is the thief, but Nancy is on the case! A masked Mardi Gras ball turns spooky when revelers are tormented by a what they think are ghosts. When Deirdre Shannon’s antique tiara is snatched Nancy is certain the crook is a guest--not a ghoul.
Download or read book The Mixed up Mask Mystery written by Elizabeth Levy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fletcher, the basset hound, tries to find out who is intent on ruining the masked ball celebrating the opening of a new park before the dance turns into a disaster.
Download or read book Ava James and the Ivy Grove written by A J Rivers and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a masked gala on Ivy island, "The price of betrayal is death.". FBI Agent Ava James had a difficult entrance into the FBI. After shadowing famed agent Emma Griffin inside the disturbing underbelly of Windsor Island. Ava James is now ready to carve out her own path in the agency. But before she dives into the case awaiting her in Harlan, she receives an invitation to attend a special gala weekend. A gala honoring her aunt who has devoted her life to charity. Although still recovering from the shocking aftermath of the last island she attended. Ava does her best to put her best foot forward for the sake of her aunt. When a strange suicide mars the special event, it's Ava that starts questioning what she sees. As the secrets of the Foundation start to bubble to the surface, Ava faces the realization that she may be more than just an invited guest. Truth, lies, and consequences. The only way off this island may be death...
Download or read book The Illuminati Ball written by Cynthia von Buhler and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you received an invitation to attend a mysterious masked ball held by a secret organization of the rich and powerful, would you accept? Meet the five candidates who do: the scientist, the singer, the chef, the attorney, and the financier. They crave power, love, money, respect, fame – that which eludes them. Their enigmatic host, known only as Pig King, craves something more basic: salvation for his kind. But the Illuminati Ball requires a sacrifice… “I was seduced by Cynthia’s art. She is a wonder.” – Neil Gaiman “Creative genius.” – Forbes
Download or read book Death Wears a Mask written by Ashley Weaver and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Award-shortlisted author Ashley Weaver returns with Death Wears a Mask, the witty and stylish next installment in the delightful 1930s Amory Ames mystery series “Amory Ames and her rakish husband Milo might just be the new Nick and Nora Charles.” —Deborah Crombie It was amazing, really, what murder had done for my marriage . . . Following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel, Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with her reformed playboy husband, Milo. She hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their relationship. However, Amory soon finds herself drawn into another investigation when an old friend of her mother’s asks her to look into the disappearance of valuable jewelry snatched at a dinner party. Amory agrees to help lay a trap to catch the culprit at a lavish masked ball. But when one of the illustrious party guests is murdered, she is pulled back into the world of detection, caught up in both a mystery and a set of romantic entanglements where nothing is as it seems. Also out now in the Amory Ames mysteries: Murder at the Brightwell and A Most Novel Revenge
Download or read book The Masque of the Red Death written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", Prince Prospero isolates himself and his wealthy guests to avoid a deadly plague. Despite his efforts to escape death, it invades his masked ball, proving that no one can escape fate.
Download or read book Her Royal Spyness written by Rhys Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST ROYAL SPYNESS MYSTERY! The New York Times bestselling author of the Molly Murphy and Constable Evan Evans mysteries turns her attentions to “a feisty new heroine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers.”* London, 1932. Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, 34th in line for the English throne, is flat broke. She's bolted Scotland, her greedy brother, and her fish-faced betrothed. London is a place where she'll experience freedom, learn life lessons aplenty, do a bit of spying for HRH—oh, and find a dead Frenchman in her tub. Now her new job is to clear her long family name...
Download or read book The Grey Domino written by G. H. Teed and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Domino masked ball leads to international intrigue for Sexton Blake and Mlle. Yvonne Cartier.
Download or read book The Lying Game written by Ruth Ware and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of the “twisty-mystery” (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and The Turn of the Key comes Ruth Ware’s The Lying Game. Isa Wilde knows something terrible has happened when she receives a text from an old friend. Why would Kate summon her and their two friends to the seaside town where they briefly attended the Salten House boarding school together seventeen years ago? The four friends had quickly bonded over the Lying Game—a risky contest that involved tricking fellow boarders and faculty with their lies. Now reunited, Isa, Kate, Thea, and Fatima discover that their past lies had far-reaching effects and criminal implications that threaten them all. In order to protect their reputations, and their friendship, they must uncover the truth about what really happened all those years ago. Atmospheric and twisty, with just the right amount of chill, The Lying Game will have readers at the edge of their seats, not knowing who can be trusted in this tangled web of lies.
Download or read book The Death of Mrs Westaway written by Ruth Ware and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “perfectly executed suspense tale very much in the mode of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca” (The Washington Post) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, and The Turn of the Key. On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person—but also that the cold-reading skills she’s honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money. Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased…where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, this is a “captivating and eerie page-turner” (The Wall Street Journal) from the Agatha Christie of our time.
Download or read book The Affair at the Victory Ball written by Agatha Christie and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Affair at the Victory Ball" unfolds as an enthralling short story within Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series. In this intriguing narrative, the fastidious Belgian detective Hercule Poirot attends the glamorous Victory Ball, only to find himself entangled in a perplexing mystery when a murder takes place during the festivities. As Poirot navigates the opulent world of high society and investigates the elaborate masquerade, readers are treated to a captivating blend of Christie's signature wit, meticulous plotting, and clever deductive reasoning. The narrative weaves a tapestry of deception, hidden motives, and unexpected twists that keep readers on the edge of their seats. "The Affair at the Victory Ball" stands as a testament to Agatha Christie's ability to craft compelling short mysteries. With Poirot's brilliant insights and the author's knack for suspense, this story provides enthusiasts with another delightful opportunity to unravel a captivating mystery in a condensed and elegant setting.
Download or read book Let s Read Marcello Mouse and the Masked Ball written by Julie Monks and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader. The complete story and original illustrations of MARCELLO MOUSE AND THE MASKED BALL by Julie Monks have been specially re-designed into a smaller early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, this new version offers children a natural next step on from picture books to support them as they grow in reading confidence. Marcello Mouse is off to the Magical Masked Ball. But he hasn't been invited. And as Marcello soon discovers, this ball is no place for a mouse. This is a great series which, by using well-loved stories, will encourage young children to become enthusiastic, independent readers.
