Download or read book Who Killed Charmian Karslake Inspector Stoddart Book 2 written by Annie Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition presents a classical British murder mystery, featuring Inspector Stoddart and written by Annie Haynes, a contemporary of Agatha Christie.

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Download or read book The Crystal Beads Murder written by Annie Haynes and published by Inspector Stoddart Mysteries. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth and last of the Inspector Stoddart mystery novels, first published in 1930.

Download or read book The House in Charlton Crescent written by Annie Haynes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House in Charlton Crescent by Annie Haynes is about the widow Lady Anne Daventry who tries to get detective Bruce Cardyn to find out who is trying to murder her. Excerpt: "Lady Anne Daventry was not a pleasant old lady. Her nearest and dearest found her difficult to get on with, her servants called her "cantankerous," and her contemporaries—those who remembered her in her far-off beautiful youth—said she had a good heart."

Download or read book The Secret of Greylands written by Annie Haynes and published by Dean Street Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's no dirty trick he wouldn't play—it's my belief that he wouldn't even stop at murder!" Her husband unmasked as a scoundrel, Lady Cynthia Letchingham seeks refuge at her cousin Hannah's north-country home Greylands. But on Cynthia's arrival, she finds Hannah an invalid, having recently suffered a mysterious paralysis; the house is devoid of servants, and Hannah's husband, charming and sinister by turns, keeps watch over everything and everyone. Only the presence of charming Sybil Hammond and a darkly handsome neighbour relieve the atmosphere for Cynthia - but then a dark red stain appears mysteriously on the sleeve of her coat... What has really happened to Hannah, and the other entangled mysteries along the way, make The Secret of Greylands (1924) an absorbing golden age crime novel matching Wilkie Collins' high Victorian gothic to the agility of early jazz age fiction. This new edition, the first in over eighty years, features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. "Not only a crime story of merit, but also a novel which will interest readers to whom mystery for its own sake has little appeal." Nation "Full of thrills and unexpected developments." Star "A most skilfully written detective story and the mystery is carried through quite brilliantly." Clarion "A capital story— highly ingenious." Truth

Download or read book The Bungalow Mystery written by Annie Haynes and published by Dean Street Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He had his tea as usual; when I knocked at the door with the tray (he always had afternoon tea), I found him—like this." Dr Roger Lavington is dreading his debut performance with the village amateur dramatic society. But real-world drama takes over when Lavington's neighbour, a reclusive artist, is found murdered in his own sitting room. Also found on the scene are a lady's glove, a diamond ring, and a mysterious young woman who begs Lavington for his protection. Her safety will depend on her ability to take a role in the forthcoming village play—but is Lavington sheltering a wronged woman or a clever murderess? The Bungalow Mystery (1923) was the first of Annie Haynes's golden age crime novels, and announced a major talent. This new edition, the first in over eighty years, features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. "The ingredients in this story are skilfully mixed." Times "Contrived and worked out with considerable craftsmanship—drawn with sympathy and power." Sunday Times "Contains many cunning devices." Outlook "The mystery is a real mystery." Guardian "Plenty of mystery and drama." Queen "This author has a sure hand at a crime story...strongly recommended to every type of novel reader." Liverpool Courier

Download or read book Witness on the Roof written by Annie Haynes and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a poor girl witnesses a murder in Victorian London, the secret threatens her life as a wealthy lady in this classic from the Golden Age of mystery. Whenever she needed to escape the menace of her scolding stepmother, little Polly Spencer snuck off to her favorite corner among the rooftops of London. But her innocent hiding spot gets her into serious trouble when she spies a crime scene through an open window. Too afraid to go to the police, Polly is instead sent to live with her well-born mother’s family. Many years later, her life has changed considerably. As the wealthy and titled Lady Warchester, she inhabits a world utterly removed from the one she knew as a girl. But when she encounters the pale-faced killer once again, the past and its dangers are suddenly terrifyingly close.

Download or read book The Man with the Dark Beard written by Annie Haynes and published by Inspector Stoddart Mysteries. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nobody would have murdered him," Miss Lavinia cried. "Everybody liked John " "I'm afraid it is evident that someone did not." The note left beside Dr. John Bastow's corpse simply read: "It was the man with the dark beard." Dr. Bastow hadn't approved of his daughter Hilary's fianc . So when Hilary's father is found shot dead inside his own office, the door-key turned from the inside, the fianc Basil Wilton becomes a chief suspect for Scotland Yard. Yet how could the crime have been engineered? Now an important lacquered box is missing; a former colleague of Bastow's has suddenly shaved his beard; and the doctor's ex-secretary has come mysteriously into money. Before Inspector Stoddart of the Yard can form conclusions, another murder takes place, again credited to the "Man with The Dark Beard"... The Man With the Dark Beard is the first of Annie Haynes' Inspector Stoddart mysteries, originally published in 1928. It is a sparkling lost classic from the early golden age of crime fiction. "This is the best detective story she has yet written." Time and Tide.

Download or read book Who Killed Charmian Karslake written by Annie Haynes and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Killed Charmian Karslake? – The riddle around the murder of Charmian Karslake, an American actress, gets murkier at every step with names of even the honourable County family being dragged in the mire. Will Inspector Stoddart be able to join the pieces and solve this puzzle?_x000D_ Annie Haynes (1865-1929) was a renowned golden age mystery writer and a contemporary of Agatha Christie, another famous crime writer, which often led to her comparison with the latter, and unfavourably so. Haynes's fictions are now lauded for their quick-pace action and sustaining aura of suspense till the end.

Download or read book The Master of the Priory written by Annie Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A golden age mystery, first published in 1927.

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Download or read book The Red Right Hand written by Joel Townsley Rogers and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deranged killer sends a doctor on a quest for the truth - deep into the recesses of his own mind. 'Deserves its reputation as one of the greatest mysteries of all time' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review What really happened to Inis St. Erme? What was his fatal mistake? Was it when he and his bride-to-be first set out to elope in Vermont? Or did his deadly error occur later, when they picked up a terrifying hitch-hiker, or when the three stopped at 'Dead Bridegroom's Pond' for a picnic? Dr Riddle is determined to find out, but he soon uncovers a series of bizarre coincidences that leave him questioning his sanity and his innocence. After all, he too walked those wild, deserted roads the night of the murder, stranded and struggling to get home to New York City. The more he reflects, the more his own memories become increasingly uncertain, as he veers into the irrational territory of pure terror...

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Download or read book Seven Years of Darkness written by You-jeong Jeong and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The queen of crime . . . You-Jeong Jeong is shaking up the world of suspense' Glamour 'You-Jeong Jeong is a certified international phenomenon . . . one among the best at writing psychological suspense' Los Angeles Times A young girl is found dead in Seryong Lake, a reservoir in a remote South Korean village. The police immediately begin their investigation. At the same time, three men - Yongje, the girl's father, and two security guards at the nearby dam, each of whom has something to hide about the night of her death - find themselves in an elaborate game of cat and mouse as they race to uncover what happened to her, without revealing their own closely guarded secrets. When a final showdown at the dam results in a mass tragedy, one of the guards is convicted of murder and sent to prison. For seven years, his son, Sowon, lives in the shadow of his father's shocking and inexplicable crime. When Sowon receives a package that promises to reveal at last what really happened at Seryong Lake, he must confront a present danger he never knew existed. Dark, disturbing, and full of twists and turns, Seven Years of Darkness is the riveting new novel from the internationally celebrated author of The Good Son. 'South Korea's preeminent author of psychological thrillers' Entertainment Weekly 'Rightly compared to Stephen King' Die Zeit (Germany)

Download or read book The Drowner written by John D. MacDonald and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Drowner, one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook. Lucille Hanson left her rich husband, a man who lived casually and loved carelessly. She found a new man, one who appeared to treat her right. Lucille was putting together the pieces of her life, determined not to make the old mistakes, the foolish ones that had almost wrecked her the first time around . . . until all of her hopes came to rest at the bottom of the lake where her body is found. It must have been an accident, most people say. It might have been suicide, others think. But among her mourners, just one person refuses to believe it was anything other than murder. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz Praise for John D. MacDonald “The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King “My favorite novelist of all time.”—Dean Koontz “To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen.”—Kurt Vonnegut “A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about the best.”—Mary Higgins Clark

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