Download or read book Strangled in the Sauna written by Marina Oliver and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do the owners of fabulous jewels refuse to have the police called in when they are stolen? How could a thief open a bedroom safe? Dodie has an aversion to exercise - and even more to massage. But she is persuaded to go to the Yorkshire health spa by Elena, whose boy friend is cousin to the owners. Suspicion obviously falls on the maids, but other staff have legitimate reasons to visit guest rooms. But how they dispose of such well-known jewels? Then a murder and the plot thickens.

Download or read book A Cut Above the Rest written by Marina Oliver and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second Dodie Fanshaw mystery by Marina Oliver, author of 80+ novels. Dodie's rural peace is shattered, first by a mermaid walking up the lawn from the river Thames, and then by a body near the pool. The body belonged to an author who lived next door. His girlfriend, publisher and agent, ex-lovers and neighbours crowd the garden. But who might have killed this best-selling novelist? And why? Inevitably Dodie is drawn into trying to solve the mystery.

Download or read book Riding for a Fall written by Marina Oliver and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dodie Fanshaw goes to stay with her old friend Christine, she soon realises there are tensions, both in the family living at the Manor and the one where Elena is organising daughter Rebecca's wedding. John, the young brother of Robert, who owns the Manor, hates his Uncle Michael, Robert's Trustee, and because he wants to be a detective, gains a reputation as a snooper. Then there is a tragic death, but was it the right victim? Plenty of people have both motive and opportunity, and Dodie is determined to discover the truth.

Download or read book Presentation to a Dying written by Marina Oliver and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In two previous Dodie Fanshaw mysteries, the deaths could have been accidents, but she was sure they were murders and determined to unmask the villains. This death is clearly murder, and the police investigate the many people who had grudges against the new Rector, from his family and his new parishioners. The trouble is, most of them have no alibis, and not all of them tell the truth. Dodie, visiting Sir William and Lady Talbot at the Manor, is able to discover the vital clue.

Download or read book Deadly Pairing written by Randy Shamlian and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly Pairing, Book Three of A Murder in the Kitchen: Marty has landed herself in Santa Barbara, California, where she has set herself up with a specialty wine and food store. But life has not been so sweet after her previous mental breakdown. She has lost her mojo—in essence, she has lost her sexual and conniving prowess as she is legally bound to be on psychotropic drugs as part of the condition of her divorce and visitation rights of her child. Motivated to overcome her situation, she persuades her therapist to supply her with female enhancement pills, which has an immediate effect on her spirits, as well, she is able to see and interact with ghosts from her past. With renewed vigor, she enters a sommelier competition where she meets and falls madly in love with one of her competitors. But it is short lived as her new love interest is murdered. Marty is framed for the crime. Her life begins to unravel as she goes on trial. Albeit, the ghosts are there to lend support and entertain her through the process.

Download or read book Clifford s Blues written by John A. Williams and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A black musician arrested by Nazis in 1930s Germany endures the horrors of the Dachau death camp in this harrowing novel based on historical fact A self-proclaimed “gay negro” from New Orleans, Clifford Pepperidge made his name in the smoky nightclubs of Harlem in the 1920s, playing piano alongside Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, and other jazz greats. A decade later, he thrills crowds nightly in the cabarets of Weimar Berlin. But dark days are on the horizon as the Nazi Party rises to power. Arrested by Hitler’s Gestapo during a roundup of homosexuals, Clifford finds himself placed in “protective custody” and transported to a concentration camp. Stripped of his dignity and his identity, and plunged into a nightmare of forced labor, starvation, and abuse, he seeks escape in his music. When a camp SS officer and jazz aficionado recognizes Clifford, the gentle musician learns just how far a desperate man will go in order to survive. Shining a light on a little-known aspect of the Holocaust, Clifford’s Blues is a disturbing portrait of a dark era in world history and a poignant celebration of the resilience of the human spirit and the power of music.

Download or read book Heathen Garb and Gear Ritual Dress Tools and Art for the Practice of Germanic Heathenry written by Ben Waggoner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Germanic tribes, Goths, and other Germanic-speaking tribes are renowned today in myth, legend, and popular culture. But how did they live? What did they wear? How did they worship? What did they eat? And how did their traditional ways of life reflect their spiritual beliefs? Heathen Garb and Gear takes you on a tour of the world that our forebears knew. More importantly, it shows you how their ways of dressing and living-from weaving woolen cloth and cooking food, to making music and taking steam baths-are reflected in the myths and traditions that have come down to us. Anyone who's ever wanted to wear Viking clothing, or serve authentic Viking feasts, will find plenty of practical tips here. But even if you're not interested in re-enacting the old ways, you'll find much vital information and inspiration for the practice of Heathenry as a living religious tradition.

Download or read book Strangle All the Way written by Clare Kauter and published by Clare Kauter. This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s almost Christmas, I have a broken air conditioner, and the repairman’s shown up dead at my front door. I wasn’t a big fan of the guy, but I need to get to the bottom of this. A girl can’t just ignore someone dumping a body on her doorstep. Especially if it means she becomes the main suspect for the murder. Clearly the man was on someone else’s naughty list too, and I’m determined to figure out whose. With the help of my pet pigs, I’m going to track this killer down. And while I’m at it, surely I can find someone to give me a reasonable quote to fix the air conditioner. Although that might take a Christmas miracle. In the sweltering heat of the Aussie summer, I need to figure out who the murderer is before I take the blame, or worse – before I’m also nogging on heaven’s door. Curl up with this hilarious Christmas mystery today and laugh out loud while getting in the holiday spirit. Download now to start reading. This novella can be read as a standalone.

Download or read book Murder in Calistoga written by Dianne Harman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Nikki Evans is murdered in the sauna at the Serenity Hotel and Spa on opening day, Judy Rasmussen's dream of owning a premiere hotel and spa in Calistoga, California, turns into a nightmare. Her friend, Liz Lucas, an amateur sleuth who's come to the hotel and spa for the opening weekend, has to find the killer before the new hotel and spa's chances for success are ruined by the bad publicity the murder will bring. The murder victim was a guest at the spa and part of a group of five women who are there for a college reunion. But who would want the reunion attendee dead? ... Join Liz and her big boxer guard dog, Winston, as they try to catch the killer, but will they succeed?"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Bath Haus written by P. J. Vernon and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for a 34th annual Lambda Literary Award • A scintillating thriller with an emotional punch: “The tension builds to unbearably claustrophobic levels. To say more would rob readers of the 'no, he didn’t' suspense that makes Bath Haus an unexpectedly twisted, heart-pounding cat-versus-mouse thriller" (Los Angeles Times). Oliver Park, a recovering addict from Indiana, finally has everything he ever wanted: sobriety and a loving, wealthy partner in Nathan, a prominent DC trauma surgeon. Despite their difference in age and disparate backgrounds, they've made a perfect life together. With everything to lose, Oliver shouldn't be visiting Haus, a gay bathhouse. But through the entrance he goes, and it's a line crossed. Inside, he follows a man into a private room, and it's the final line. Whatever happens next, Nathan can never know. But then, everything goes wrong, terribly wrong, and Oliver barely escapes with his life. He races home in full-blown terror as the hand-shaped bruise grows dark on his neck. The truth will destroy Nathan and everything they have together, so Oliver does the thing he used to do so well: he lies. What follows is a classic runaway-train narrative, full of the exquisite escalations, edge-of-your-seat thrills, and oh-my-god twists. P. J. Vernon's Bath Haus is perfect for readers curious for their next must-read novel.

Download or read book The Thursday Murder Club written by Richard Osman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

Download or read book The Other Woman written by Susan Koppelman and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 1984 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside and outside marriage, what happens to the woman betrayed? How do abandoned wives or lovers feel? What happens when the battle between the sexes becomes a triangle? The plots in this collection of eighteen stories written between the 1840s and 1980s are infinitely variable, and the outcomes will enrage, shock, amuse, and sometimes hearten. In some stories, women forge links with other women in solidarity. In others, women fight for their men and win. In many stories, the betrayal ultimately enriches the central character, who learns through the loss of her man the value of her own life.

Download or read book The Conspiracy of Silence written by Augustine Sam and published by AuthorSuite Books. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "hypnotic" political thriller... with an epic courtroom showdown. The conscience of a town steeped in sexism, vanity, and hypocrisy is pricked by the brutal murder of a mysterious woman in a park in Los Angeles. The shock is transformed into a steamy, seductive scandal when the body turns out to be that of Susan Whitaker, the flamboyant wife of the governor of California. Soon, a dazzlingly intricate shuffle of volatile links leads the police to the delicate theory of secret lover/blackmailer, and to the indictment of Benjamin Carlton, Hollywood's most influential black celebrity. Then curious things begin to happen when Carlton's ambitious girlfriend, Rita Spencer, suddenly unearths the shocking secret that Susan Whitaker did not, in fact, exist. Little does anyone realize that this colossal fraud is a mere curtain raiser to a chilling world of ugly skeletons dating back to the assassination of a U.S. senator in a Washington hotel sauna, skeletons connected to riveting sex scandals in high places, skeletons the FBI and political kingmakers will kill for...

Download or read book Murder to Go written by Emma Lathen and published by SIMPLY MEDIA. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ePub eBook 2nd Edition. Murder to Go. Simply Media. 10th of 37 Emma Lathen Best Sellers. Features John Putnam Thatcher, SVP of the Sloan Guaranty Trust. The hottest fast food franchise is acquiring a staid insurance company and murder intercedes. John Putnam Thatcher intercedes to save the Sloan's $12 million loan by peeling away from the emotions to get to the money issues.

Download or read book Murder Your Darlings written by Mark McCrum and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness lurks in sunny Italy after a woman dies at a creative writing retreat and her teacher must investigate: “Amusing . . . Readers will have fun.” —Publishers Weekly Named a “Book of the Year” by Mail on Sunday and Literary Review Francis Meadowes is soaking up the late summer sun in Italy, running a creative writing course at the beautiful Villa Giulia, deep in the remote Umbrian countryside. His students include snooty, irritating Poppy and her ex-ambassador husband; eccentric Northern Irishman Liam, who writes angry poems about the Troubles; kooky American Sasha, younger than most of the group; and mysterious possible spy Tony, amongst others. But what should have been a magical week turns into something sinister when one of the group is found dead in the sauna. The local police quickly turn to amateur sleuth Francis for help. Uncovering betrayal, lies, secrets, and old scores to be settled, Francis soon realizes danger is lurking beneath the genteel and civilized veneer . . . “A neat twist on the classic English-country-house formula.” —Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book A Pound Of Flesh written by Alex Gray and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** ***Don't miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to pre-order.*** Whether you've read them all or whether this is your first Lorimer novel, A POUND OF FLESH is perfect if you love Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE LORIMER SERIES: 'Warm-hearted, atmospheric' ANN CLEEVES 'Relentless and intriguing' PETER MAY 'Move over Rebus' DAILY MAIL 'Exciting, pacey, authentic' ANGELA MARSONS 'Superior writing' THE TIMES 'Immensely exciting and atmospheric' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH _______________ In the depths of a freezing winter, Glasgow finds itself at the mercy of not one, but two serial killers. This is Detective Inspector Lorimer's worst nightmare and beyond anything he's faced in his years on the force. Can he find a link between the brutal slaying of prostitutes in the back streets of the city and the methodical killing of several unconnected businessmen? When the latest victim turns out to be a prominent Scottish politician, the media's spotlight is shone on Lorimer's investigation. Psychologist and criminal profiler Solly Brightman is called in to help solve the cases, but his help may be futile as they realise that someone on the inside is leaking confidential police information. Meanwhile two killers haunt the snowy streets and Lorimer must act fast, before they strike again . . .

Download or read book Parents Who Kill Shocking True Stories of The World s Most Evil Parents written by Carol Anne Davis and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bond between parent and child is the strongest natural connection imaginable. But in rare and shocking cases, that bond can be brutally broken. The Philpott family, 'baby P' and jasmine Beckford are just three cases that have made a nation's blood run cold. But what could possibly drive a parent to commit the cruellest crime of all - the killing of their own child.In Parents Who Kill, renowned crime expert Carol Anne Davis explores the motives behind an act which flies in the face of all reason and instinct. This timely study examines some of the most harrowing cases documented in recent legal history, ranging from tragic negligence to more culturally specific instances of religious honour killings for 'sexual deviancy'.Update to include analysis of the most recent case of Mick and Mairead Philpott, who killed six of their children after setting fire to their own home, Davis casts a forensically objective eye over powerful themes encompassing jealousy, insanity, greed and everything in between. But this is more than just a study in the macabre. David shows great compassion and insight to reveal the psychology behind disability, mercy killings and post-natal depression, whilst in a final conclusion she proposes solutions to these issues and potentially life-saving avenues of help.Parents Who Kill is the compendium for anyone seeking to answer the hardest queston: 'What could possibly turn a parent into a killer?.'Carol Anne Davis writes with dangerous authority about the deadly everyday...You've got to read her.' - IAN RANKIN