A Tip For The Hangman

Author : Allison Epstein
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593311349

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A Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein Pdf

An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance—and murder. England, 1585. In Kit Marlowe's last year at Cambridge, he is approached by Queen Elizabeth's spymaster offering an unorthodox career opportunity: going undercover to intercept a Catholic plot to put Mary, Queen of Scots on Elizabeth's throne. Spying on Queen Mary turns out to be more than Kit bargained for, but his salary allows him to mount his first play, and over the following years he becomes the toast of London's raucous theater scene. But when Kit finds himself reluctantly drawn back into the world of espionage and treason, he realizes everything he's worked so hard to attain—including the trust of the man he loves—could vanish in an instant. Pairing modern language with period detail, Allison Epstein brings Elizabeth's lavish court, Marlowe's colorful theater troupe, and the squalor of sixteenth-century London to vivid, teeming life. At the center of the action is Kit himself—an irrepressible, irreverent force of nature.

Author : Joseph Flynn
Publisher : Stray Dog Press Inc
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780976417095

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The Hangman's Companion by Joseph Flynn Pdf

Jim McGill, the first private eye to live in the White House, calls himself The President’s Henchman. As the husband of President Patricia Darden Grant, he can call himself pretty much what he wants.But with privilege comes obligation. When Patti travels to a G-8 meeting in England, McGill is fitted for evening wear and drafted to be Patti’s escort at a gilded dinner. He’s okay with that. But while Patti is busy reshaping the world, McGill fears his time will be occupied cutting ribbons.Then Glen Kinnard’s daughter, Emilie, asks for help. McGill knows Kinnard from their days as Chicago cops. They were never friends and once almost came to blows. But McGill is a soft touch for a young woman looking out for her dad, and, oh, does Kinnard need help.Taking the ashes of his late wife to her native Paris, Kinnard got into a fight with the star player of the French national soccer team. The brawl under the Pont d’Iéna, the bridge at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, left Kinnard unconscious and the Frenchman dead. Kinnard swears he was only trying to protect a woman the Frenchman was beating. But the woman has disappeared.The French allow McGill to investigate, provided he accepts Gabriella Casale, a State Department Security Officer as his bodyguard, that he works with the investigating magistrate assigned to the case, and that he wraps things up in a week.In Paris, McGill encounters gypsy con artists, British soccer hooligans and a monstrous brute known as The Undertaker. And he tries to ignore rumors reaching him that the president of France was Patti’s old college boyfriend, and things back in England are heating up once again.Time is short and there’s a lot to do— because at the end of the week McGill still has to don his white tie and tails for dinner with Patti and the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Author : Mike Ward
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1402725795

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Scratch and Solve Hangman #1 by Mike Ward Pdf

Play your favorite game whenever and wherever you like without anyone else! Each puzzle has numbers hidden under 26 scratch-off silver circles. Pick a number, rub off the circle, and find out if the letter is in the puzzle and where!

Author : Laura Joh Rowland
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781683319030

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The Hangman's Secret by Laura Joh Rowland Pdf

From award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland, a story about the darkness that lurks within and the deadly secrets that beg to be revealed. Intrepid photographer Sarah Bain and her motley crew of friends are back to hunt criminals in the dark, seedy underbelly of Victorian London, but little do they know, the darkness may lurk closer than they first divined. Photographer Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and sometime street urchin Mick O’Reilly are private detectives with a new gig—photographing crime scenes for London’s Daily World newspaper. The Daily World is the latest business venture of their sole client, Sir Gerald Mariner, a fabulously wealthy and powerful banker. One cold, snowy January morning, Sarah, Hugh, and Mick are summoned to the goriest crime scene they’ve ever encountered. A pub owner named Harry Warbrick has been found hanged and decapitated amid evidence of foul play. His murder becomes a sensation because he was England’s top hangman and he’s met the same fate that he inflicted on hundreds of criminals. Sir Gerald announces that the Daily World—meaning Sarah and her friends—will investigate and solve Harry Warbrick’s murder before the police do. The contest pits Sarah against the man she loves, Police Constable Barrett. She and her friends discover a connection between Harry Warbrick’s murder and the most notorious criminal he ever executed—Amelia Carlisle, the “Baby-Butcher,” who murdered hundreds of infants placed in her care. Something happened at Amelia’s execution. The Official Secrets Act forbids the seven witnesses present to divulge any information about it. But Harry had a bad habit of leaking tips to the press. Sarah and her friends suspect that one of the other witnesses killed Harry to prevent him from revealing a secret related to the execution. What is the secret, and who hanged the hangman?

Author : Francis Selwyn
Publisher : Murder Room
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471904202

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Sergeant Verity and the Hangman's Child by Francis Selwyn Pdf

In his sixth adventure, Sergeant Verity returns to London's 1860s underworld of alleys and brothels, peopled with sneak thieves, dancing girls, thugs, murderers and pimps. From Newgate Gaol come sinister rumours of a man to be hanged for a murder he did not commit. 'Handsome' Jack Rann, safebreaker extraordinary, has been snared by the rival Swell Mob, and a corrupt policeman, 'Flash' Charley Fowler. To reach America and be lost for ever, Jack must escape the death-cell and pull off the robbery planned by his dead accomplice, Pandy Quinn. From Newgate prison to the stage of the Penny Gaff, from bank vaults under Cornhill to rotting sewers below Wapping and Shadwell, Rann flees - while Sergeant Verity closes on the forces of evil with awesome tenacity.

Author : Tobin T. Buhk
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476685922

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American Hangman by Tobin T. Buhk Pdf

In the 1890s, Amos Lunt served as the San Quentin hangman, tying the nooses that brought the most dangerous criminals in the Wild West to their deaths. A former police chief who became the hangman of San Quentin due to an unfortunate turn of events, Lunt stood on the gallows alongside bank robbers, desperadoes and assassins for five years. This book follows Lunt's trail from the Santa Cruz police department to the State Prison. Covering his interesting friendship with a series of death row inmates and the gradual deterioration of his sanity, it is a one-of-a-kind biography that details an American executioner. Also profiled are his subjects--20 of the West's most heinous criminals--as well as Lunt's preparations for their hangings and their final moments on the gallows.

Author : Taona D. Chiveneko
Publisher : Chiveneko Publishing Inc
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780991852406

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The Hangman's Replacement by Taona D. Chiveneko Pdf

If you had to interview the candidates for a country's new hangman, what questions would you ask them? If your family was on the verge of starvation, and becoming a hangman was the only job available, would you apply? If you were hired, what would you do if the prisoners looked like your loved ones? If you knew that another good man was taking the job out of desperation, would you do anything to prevent him from getting it? What if that man's recruitment would somehow guarantee your own survival, would you encourage his candidacy? All these questions were asked of people who never thought they would find themselves in such a position, until they became mired in the chaos surrounding the hangman's replacement.

Author : Lou Cameron
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620641460

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Stringer and the Hangman’s Rodeo by Lou Cameron Pdf

Cheyenne, Wyoming, is a town that's leaping into the twentieth century spurs first. Pretty soon Cheyenne will be just as newfangled fancy as any Eastern city. But the folks there still know how to have fun. First the rodeo—and then the hanging. It's the rodeo that Stringer has been sent out to write about. However, before he knows it, he's up to his neck in the West's most notorious murder case. They're fixin' to hang Tom Horn, but something in town smells worse than a stable boy's boots, and Stringer aims to find out what it is.

Author : Reed Farrel Coleman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698166615

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Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet by Reed Farrel Coleman Pdf

The stellar new novel in Robert B. Parker's New York Times bestselling series featuring Paradise police chief Jesse Stone. Jesse Stone, still reeling from the murder of his fiancée by crazed assassin Mr. Peepers, must keep his emotions in check long enough to get through the wedding day of his loyal protégé, Suitcase Simpson. The morning of the wedding, Jesse learns that a gala 75th birthday party is to be held for folk singer Terry Jester. Jester, once the equal of Bob Dylan, has spent the last forty years in seclusion after the mysterious disappearance of the master recording tape of his magnum opus, The Hangman's Sonnet. That same morning, an elderly Paradise woman dies while her house is being ransacked. What are the thieves looking for? And what's the connection to Terry Jester and the mysterious missing tape? Jesse's investigation is hampered by hostile politicians and a growing trail of blood and bodies, forcing him to solicit the help of mobster Vinnie Morris and a certain Boston area PI named Spenser. While the town fathers pressure him to avoid a PR nightmare, Jesse must connect the cases before the bodies pile up further.

Author : A.J. Scudiere
Publisher : Griffyn Ink
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Bad Name: The Hangman's Shadow Book 1 by A.J. Scudiere Pdf

It was supposed to be a cold case… only it’s not cold at all. Cindy Baker has died a thousand deaths, none of them her own. No matter how carefully she blocks the light, the memories get in, even when they aren’t hers. Jesse Nash knows the truth about Hannalyn Burkhardt’s disappearance is much more sinister than everyone believes. The ten-year-old cold case seems isolated, but Jesse is convinced that’s wrong. Georgia Dunham has to find her missing birth mother – the elusive assassin Sin. Her mother may be good at going undetected but, if Georgia doesn’t get answers soon, a past she doesn’t understand could destroy her family. When the three collide, they’ll find they’ve opened the door to something more malevolent than they ever expected. Bad Name is the first book in the new Hangman’s Shadow series. Each of the three women has a unique and disturbing past, but together might be able to crack the unsolvable. From USA Today Bestselling author and multiple Best Suspense and Best Fiction of the Year award winner AJ Scudiere, this new series will have you anxiously waiting to see if you guessed correctly. “Install a seatbelt in your favorite reading chair.” - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Author : Jack Maguire
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1990-08
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780671763329

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Hopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato, & Ha Ha Ha by Jack Maguire Pdf

Presents the rules for more than two hundred games, including indoor, outdoor, playground, party, and travel games, and includes information on the number of players, equipment, and object of the game.

Author : David Wiltse
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781631680427

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The Hangman's Knot by David Wiltse Pdf

It's the hottest summer ever in Falls City, Nebraska. Acting deputy Billy Tree is struggling to readjust to his old hometown as well as recover from the shattering tragedy that ended his Secret Service career. But amid the shimmering heat, deserted barns, and burning plains, a horrifying, decades-old injustice is about to rear its ugly head when a stranger with a vendetta arrives, hell-bent on making Falls City pay for its sins...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11456150

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The Century Dictionary by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Atlases
ISBN : UIUC:30112069827696

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The Century Dictionary: The Century dictionary by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin Eli Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Atlases
ISBN : UVA:X030732055

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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary by William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin Eli Smith Pdf