Download or read book Noir Chapter 1 The Good Girl written by Reyshan Parker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NOIR the Good Girl the Detective and the Femme Fatale written by Reyshan Parker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detective murder mystery from three different perspectives that follows each characters life, Malanie Diangelo - a fed up house wife with an affinity for cupcakes, David Brissel - a washed up photographer turned P.I., and Sandra Bloom - a trophy wife with an axe to grind) in overlapping chapters wherein their lives become intertwined in a web of greed, deceit, and revenge. It all starts when David's Boss, Earl Jones is found murdered in an alley. Instead of going to the police, David finds out who did it and comes up with a plan to get revenge in more ways than one. Unfortunately, Melanie and Sandra have each devised plans of their own... Enjoy the ride as the plot twists and turns through a maze of intrigue, and desire! Find out who is manipulating who... and will anyone make it out alive in this twisted tale that will keep you guessing right up until the last shot is fired
Download or read book Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir written by J. Grossman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with "bad" women.
Download or read book The Good Daughter written by Karin Slaughter and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss the next Will Trent thriller, This Is Why We Lied, coming this August! SOON TO BE A PEACOCK LIMITED SERIES STARRING JESSICA BIEL “The Good Daughter is like Law and Order meets The Good Wife.” —theSkimm The stunning new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her— a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense. Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind… Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father — Pikeville's notorious defense attorney — devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night. Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself — the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again — and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized — Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, but it's a case that unleashes the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime that destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever… Packed with twists and turns, brimming with emotion and heart, The Good Daughter is fiction at its most thrilling.
Download or read book All the Missing Girls written by Megan Miranda and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A...story about the disappearances of two young women--a decade apart--told in reverse"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Good Girls Lie written by J.T. Ellison and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.T. Ellison’s pulse-pounding new psychological thriller examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to in order to protect their secrets. Goode girls don’t lie… Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous. In a world where appearances are everything, as long as students pretend to follow the rules, no one questions the cruelties of the secret societies or the dubious behavior of the privileged young women who expect to get away with murder. When a popular student is found dead, the truth cannot be ignored. Rumors suggest she was struggling with a secret that drove her to suicide. But look closely…because there are truths and there are lies, and then there is everything that really happened. Don’t miss It's One of Us, the next page-turning thriller from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison!
Download or read book The Femme Fatale in Brazilian Cinema written by Antônio Márcio da Silva and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model.
Download or read book A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Download or read book Siren City written by Robert Miklitsch and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert Miklitsch has convinced me. Sound and music in film noir are every bit as important as the visuals. Siren City drives home this argument with authority and elegance. Highly recommended."---Krin Gabbard, author of Hotter Than That: The Trumpet, Jazz, and American Culture --
Download or read book The Whedonverse Catalog written by Don Macnaughtan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Director, producer and screenwriter Joss Whedon is a creative force in film, television, comic books and a host of other media. This book provides an authoritative survey of all of Whedon's work, ranging from his earliest scriptwriting on Roseanne, through his many movie and TV undertakings--Toy Story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly/Serenity, Dr. Horrible, The Cabin in the Woods, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.--to his forays into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The book covers both the original texts of the Whedonverse and the many secondary works focusing on Whedon's projects, including about 2000 books, essays, articles, documentaries and dissertations.
Download or read book Plus Size Paula Pin Up written by Eva Quim and published by Gulliver Noir. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Paula—my imaginary pin-up model. She's big, busty, and brimming with enthusiasm! Rather than make a book about dozens of pin-up girls, I thought I’d focus on just one. It can be fun to really get to know a particular pin-up, inside and out. So I made up this book about a made-up girl I named Paula, capturing her as she might look in different seasons, with different hair styles, costumes and make-up. Sometimes, one of Paula's imaginary sisters seems to have slipped into book, but as they're all just as pretty. So without further ado let me introduce you to Paula, a pretty, imaginary, college girl from the heartland with a sweet and sunny disposition. She knows she's cute, and the effect her proportions have on some people, which can be infuriating in real life. So at college she dresses conservatively and doesn't have much time for dating as she concentrates on her studies. But in my pin-up world she can be both a good girl and a bad one. She can be anything she wants. So she lets her hair down, and indulges herself, posing for the artist in all the ways that drive men wild. She’s a day dream. She’s a fantasy. She’s having fun. And she wants you to look at her!
Download or read book The Ellie Foreman Mysteries Box Set of Six written by Libby Fischer Hellmann and published by The Red Herrings Press. This book was released on 2024-07-24 with total page 1891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her life may be in shambles, but Ellie Foreman can’t resist a good mystery. Even one that risks far more than her career. WHO IS ELLIE FOREMAN? If you’re just meeting me, hello. I’m Ellie Foreman and I produce documentary films and videos in Chicago. People tell me I’m too curious for my own good, because I sometimes investigate crimes and murders as well. The problem is that in each of the 6 thrillers, the suspense ramps up and puts me in life-threatening situations. Or, as has happened, my daughter’s or my father’s life is jeopardized. I cherish my family and promised them that in the future I would walk away from a case if anything remotely smelled dangerous. I tried. I really did. It didn't work. I can’t understand why they don’t believe me. "A masterful blend of history, politics, and suspense. Publishers Weekly It might be because of the 6 novels in this Box Set. When you read them, you’ll discover, along with me, secrets from the past that have affected the present. You’ll question suspects from Chicago to Eastern Europe and China, and travel from the plush corridors of the Greenbrier Resort to Chicago’s Lawndale, once ground zero for riots. In each story you’ll find nail-biting suspense along with my dry sense of humor… you'll stay up way too late, unable to rest until you too know who “did it.” "Complicated, Fascinating. Hellmann has a beautifully tuned ear... which makes many of her scenes seriously funny." Chicago Tribune I hope you’ll find, as I do, that my friends, like Susan and Fouad, are the balm every woman needs to keep her balance, both physical and mental. And I hope you’ll share the unconditional love I feel for my daughter and my father. My ex-husband? Not so much. When you’ve finished the Box Set, let me know. We can go out to lunch and… talk. I won’t try to talk you into anything dangerous. Really. I promise. Enjoy the 6 Ellie Foreman Mysteries from Award-winning author of Compulsively Readable Thrillers, Libby Fischer Hellmann. Titles include: An Eye For Murder A Picture of Guilt An Image of Death A Shot To Die For Jump Cut Virtually Undetectable
Download or read book The Broken Girls written by Simone St. James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist uncovers the dark secrets of an abandoned boarding school in this chilling suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel. Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants—the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the ones too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall, and local legend says the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their friendship blossoming—until one of them mysteriously disappears.... Vermont, 2014. Twenty years ago, journalist Fiona Sheridan's elder sister’s body was found in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And although her sister’s boyfriend was tried and convicted of the murder, Fiona can’t stop revisiting the events, unable to shake the feeling that something was never right about the case. When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during renovations links the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past—and a voice that won’t be silenced....
Download or read book Imaginary Girls written by Nova Ren Suma and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby. But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood. With palpable drama and delicious craft, Nova Ren Suma bursts onto the YA scene with the story that everyone will be talking about.
Download or read book Film Genre written by Barry Keith Grant and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering an accessible introduction to the study of film genres and genre films, this book examines the use of genre in cinema from its beginnings to the present day. This book explains the various elements of genre, the importance of genre in popular culture, problems of definition, Hollywood and the studio system, ideology and genre, national cinema and genre, authorship and genre, and debates about representation. The book also provides an in-depth examination of four key genres: the Western, the horror film, the film musical, and the documentary film. Each chapter provides a historical overview of the genre and a summary of important critical debates, and concludes with a case study that builds on the historical and theoretical aspects already introduced and provides a model for subsequent analyses. Featured boxes throughout the text highlight specific cycles, filmmakers, and trends, and each chapter concludes with a list of suggestions for further reading. Film Genre: The Basics is an invaluable resource for those new to studying film and for anyone interested in the history and ongoing significance of film genres and genre films.
Download or read book Ida Lupino Forgotten Auteur written by Alexandra Seros and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The acting career of legendary star Ida Lupino is well known, but there has been little analysis of her directorial career. She was one of the few female directors in Classical Hollywood and the only one with membership in the Directors Guild of America between 1948 and 1971. Like Orson Welles, her career was notable in transitioning from acting to directing first in film and then in television, in addition to helping to create and run the production company The Filmakers [sic]. Her films were notably about women navigating difficult positions in society, dealing with controversial issues such as rape and bigamy. Nevertheless, she was the first female director of a noir film, The Hitch-Hiker, which is a suspenseful tale of two motorists taken hostage by a serial killer in the Southwest. Alexandra Seros, a filmmaker herself, examines Lupino's career with a focus on her directorial roles and how she navigated this as a woman, as well as a wife and mother, in male-dominated Hollywood. She explains how Lupino began directing and formed The Filmakers before providing a close analysis of three of her films (Not Wanted, Never Fear, and the aforementioned The Hitch-Hiker) and examining how she navigated the shooting and negotiated with the censors to be able to tell the stories she wanted to tell. Seros then details Lupino's transition to television and her taking the director's reins in that medium as well. Lupino directed episodes in a wide variety of genres, but specialized in Westerns and thrillers. Even as the press and the studios tried to focus on her femininity as a dutiful wife and loving mother, she often refused to play along and be coded as feminine in this way. Seros analyzes three of Lupino's directed episodes, comparing them with similar work done by noted male directors Nicholas Ray, Robert Aldrich, and Alfred Hitchcock, stressing Lupino's efficient, effective work in finishing the shows on time and within budget. She finishes by arguing that Lupino was a new kind or auteur, whose collaborative "family" approach to filmmaking was far ahead of its time"--
Download or read book Hansel Gretel written by Alessandro Coppo and published by Panda Edizioni. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C.B. Knock, journalist, gathers the testimonies of the fablers involved in “Hansel & Gretel’s story”, giving the reader new interpretations about the witch atrocious homicide. An opinions’ kaleidoscope which gives the impression of an impossible unambiguous interpretation. Second edition enhanced by an interpretation of the events by C.B. Knock himself and by the comments of the opinion leader, The Mad Hatter.
