Download or read book The Murder That Had Everything an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rene Doria disappears just as he is to marry into wealthy society. Amos Lee Mappin is engaged by the hysterical bride-to-be, and soon stumbles into a murder case with puzzling ties to the past. There are plenty of clues and numerous suspects in this wry look at the upper class and America's infatuation with fame. The Murder That Had Everything! was published in 1939.
Download or read book The Death of a Celebrity an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least five people wished Gavin Dordress, the playwright, dead the night of his ill-starred party. It was that night Gail Garrett and Bea Townley quarreled openly for the leading role in his new play-which no one had read. The next morning he was found shot to death, a chessman imprinted on his forehead, and nearby a letter of farewell that sounded suspiciously like one of his stage characters speaking. The police called it suicide. But Cynthia Dordress and Lee Mappin called it murder. For weeks suspense rode high. Then a new and amazing clue sped a seemingly hopeless hunt to a thrilling finish. The Death of a Celebrity was published in 1938.
Download or read book The Death of a Celebrity written by Hulbert Footner and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Death of a Celebrity" by Hulbert Footner is a crime novel that follows the aftermath of the death of Gavin Dordress, a playwright who has managed to gain a number of enemies. When he winds up murdered, many people are quick to claim it's a suicide. However, Miss Cynthia Dordress is unsure, and neither is the investigator Lee Mappin, who is inclined to say that, indeed, murder might be involved in this tragic and untimely event.
Download or read book The Folded Paper Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Peters was a repairer of watches, sole proprietor of a little store in Fourth Street—a strange little man, a bit of a philosopher too, and fond of friendly arguments with Fin Corveth, a free-lance journalist. One day Peters is murdered, and Corveth finds himself involved in a baffling mystery in which a little brass ball plays an important part—for the little brass ball conceals an emerald locket, which in turn conceals a blank square of folded paper, which obviously holds a secret . . . but what?
Download or read book Orchids to Murder An Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Mappin investigates the disappearance of a close friend, who went missing minutes before her wedding. An added poignancy, this was Mr. Footner's last book. It was published after his death, with a eulogy by his friend Christopher Morley.
Download or read book Orchids to Murder An Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee Mappin investigates the disappearance of a close friend, who went missing minutes before her wedding. An added poignancy, this was Mr. Footner's last book. It was published after his death, with a eulogy by his friend Christopher Morley.
Download or read book Death of a Saboteur an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime author and occasional detective Amos Lee Mappin has entered the war effort as an undercover investigator, trying to infiltrate a spy ring. A shooting doesn't help matters, and Mappin must scramble to maintain his cover while keeping the police in the dark about his mission. A dangerous new foe enters the fray and friends end up in peril as Mappin is forced to play out the game of cat-and-mouse to an exciting finish. Death of a Saboteur was published in 1943.
Download or read book Who Killed the Husband written by Hulbert Footner and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jules Gartrey, a prominent banker, is killed in his apartment and the police have Al Yohe in their sights. Crime writer and occasional detective Amos Lee Mappin finds himself corralled into investigating by his staff and Yohe’s young bride. Mappin soon finds that this there are plenty of suspects, but Yohe is still at the top of the list.
Download or read book The Mystery of the Folded Paper an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fin Corveth's friend Nick is robbed, and an emerald locket is stolen. Murder soon follows, and the only clue to motive is a folded piece of blank paper. Dark clouds are gathering and threaten to envelope Nick's young ward, Mariula. Fin brings in mystery writer Amos Lee Mappin, as it becomes clear that greater events are afoot than simple murder. The Mystery of the Folded Paper was published in 1930.
Download or read book Murderer s Vanity an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Amos Lee Mappin and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime author Amos Lee Mappin gives a radio interview that catches the ear of a would-be killer, setting up a deadly game of cat and mouse. Will a murder go unnoticed while a psychopath freely walks the streets? Mappin must use all of his wits to piece together a bare handful of clues. Murder will out . . . or will it? Murderer's Vanity was published in 1940.
Download or read book The House with the Blue Door written by Hulbert Footner and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Cassells, a rich widow, has set up a home for ex-convicts, but her good intentions create a boiling cauldron of trouble, as passion, jealousy, and manipulation lead to murder. Amos Lee Mappin has no difficulty finding suspects and motives, and it quickly becomes obvious that no one is outside the scope of his investigation. But can he find the killer before more bodies show up?
Download or read book Mystery Index written by Steven Olderr and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides indexes to American and British mystery novels by author, title, subject, setting, and characters.
Download or read book Unneutral Murder an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminologist Lee Mappin and assistant travel to Portugal during WWII to distribute a new secret code for the Allies and to help on the Underground Railroad smuggling freedom-loving Germans out of Nazi Germany. But the Gestapo has spies everywhere, and investigation of a murder close to home is hindered by the Portuguese authorities' need to remain neutral parties. With new friends, Mappin builds a case against the murderers while helping enemies of der Fuehrer secure passage to liberty. Unneutral Murder was published in 1944.
Download or read book The House with the Blue Door an Amos Lee Mappin Mystery written by Hulbert Footner and published by Coachwhip Publications. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Cassells, a rich widow, has set up a home for ex-convicts, but her good intentions create a boiling cauldron of trouble, as passion, jealousy, and manipulation lead to murder. Amos Lee Mappin has no difficulty finding suspects and motives-and it quickly becomes obvious that no one is outside the scope of his investigation. But can he find the killer before more bodies show up? The House with the Blue Door was first published in 1942.
Download or read book Twentieth Century Crime Mystery Writers written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 1585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigating Women written by David Skene-Melvin and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet some fascinating females: Jennie Baxer, 1890s journalist and world traveller Nelvana of the Northern Lights, created for comic book-starved Canadians during the Second World War the 60s’ Eve Adam, the "Rock Hit of Prague," whose methods violate all the "rules" for detective books and, very much of the 1990s, vampire detective Vicki Nelson, whose beat is Toronto’s Queen Street West As well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin’s introduction describes hundreds of female sleuths and their creators in an in-depth analysis of women detective fiction by Canadians. You will recognize many of the writers included in Investigating Women: Grant Allen, Robert Barr, Marisa De Franceschi, Adrian Dingle, Katherine V. Forrest, Hulbert Footner, Maurice Gagnon, Margaret Haffner, Joan Hall Hovey, Tanya Huff, Medora Sale, Josef Skvorecky, and Betsy Struthers. For each of the selections a brief note sets the story; bibliographies help readers find other books by the authors featured in Investigating Women.
Download or read book The Whole Story written by John E. Simkin and published by K. G. Saur. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.
