Dead March For Penelope Blow A Chief Inspector Littlejohn Mystery Book 15

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1541267850

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Dead March for Penelope Blow (a Chief Inspector Littlejohn Mystery Book 15) by George Bellairs Pdf

The Blow's old house stands proudly in post-war Nesbury. But the building harbours strange secrets. The owner, Mr William Blow, has left a financial mystery in the wake of his death. When Miss Penelope becomes the latest member of the Blow family to die, it sparks one of Scotland Yard's most complex investigations. Who would kill Miss Penelope, a kind, Christian woman known best by Claplady, the local vicar, and Nesbury's Salvation Army? Was jealousy the cause of her death, or simply madness? As Scotland Yard come under pressure to prosecute Miss Penelope's killer, more witnesses crawl out of the woodwork to give their side of the story. How many crimes must be committed before the mystery of the Blow family is finally solved? "One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the ...British detective story" - The New York Times "Sure-fire, that's Bellairs." - New York Herald Tribune "When you get a George Bellairs story you get something worth reading." - Norfolk Ledger-Despatch. 'Dead March for Penelope Blow' is a witty crime thriller by one of the masters of the genre. George Bellairs was the nom de plume of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer and bank manager born in Heywood, near Rochdale, Lancashire, who settled in the Isle of Man on retirement. He wrote more than 50 books, most featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn. He also wrote four novels under the alternative pseudonym Hilary Landon.

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504089821

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Dead March for Penelope Blow by George Bellairs Pdf

“Slow and steady wins the case” as a dedicated London policeman puzzles through a fatal fall, a financial mystery, and an eccentric family’s many secrets (Kirkus Reviews). Miss Penelope Blow’s fatal fall from her bedroom window would seem like a tragic accident, if it weren’t for Penelope’s multiple visits to Scotland Yard before her death, trying to get in touch with Inspector Littlejohn. Now, before he ever had a chance to talk to the woman, he’s driven to look deeper into a case that may very well be murder—with no cooperation from Penelope’s wealthy, secretive, and thoroughly odd family . . . “As is often the case in Bellairs’ novels, his prose is often very wryly amusing. . . . One of his most readable tales, offering an interesting mix of characters and a satisfying puzzle to solve.” —Mysteries Ahoy

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1541259092

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He'd Rather Be Dead (a Chief Inspector Littlejohn Mystery Book 8) by George Bellairs Pdf

The Mayor of the popular resort of Westcombe, Sir Gideon Ware, is no stranger to making enemies. What was once a quaint little harbour is now miles of level, concrete promenade, and acres of pleasure-beach, embracing every kind of device for human entertainment and sensation. Sir Gideon Ware has put Westcombe on the map through bribes, intimidation and threats. When Ware drops dead in the middle of his annual lunch, no one is surprised to hear that murder is suspected. But with so many enemies surrounding Ware, Inspector Littlejohn has his work cut out shifting through Ware's past to find the likely killer. Especially with the Chief Constable so keen on covering up vital facts in the investigation. It becomes clear that Ware was poisoned. But everyone else ate and drank the same things, and no one appeared to have been near enough to Ware to have done the deed. Before Littlejohn can get to the bottom of it, a second murder is committed... Can he crack the case before more lives are put in jeopardy? Or will the long list of suspects help the killer to get away with it...' 'He'd Rather Be Dead' is a classic detective mystery by one of the masters of the genre. George Bellairs was the nom de plume of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer and bank manager born in Heywood, near Rochdale, Lancashire, who settled in the Isle of Man on retirement. He wrote more than 50 books, most featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn, including 'Crime in Leper's Hollow', 'A Knife For Harry Dodd', 'Death Drops the Pilot' and 'Dead March for Penelope Blow'.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007838928

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Saturday Review of Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1541291026

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Death Drops the Pilot (a Chief Inspector Littlejohn Mystery Book 22) by George Bellairs Pdf

The last ferry, the Falbright Jenny, leaves from Elmer's Creek to Falbright across the River Hore. But the ferry is found nose-up on a sandbank. The pilot is missing from her bridge and is later found under Falbright pier, stabbed in his back. Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. But Detective-Inspector Littlejohn and Sergeant Cromwell find the case a challenging one right from the start. From the seedy gentry to the local villagers, it becomes clear that someone is trying to cover their tracks. Who wanted to kill the pilot of the Falbright Jenny and why? 'Death Drops the Pilot' is a witty crime thriller by one of the masters of the genre.,p>"One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the ...British detective story" - The New York Times "Sure-fire, that's Bellairs." - New York Herald Tribune "When you get a George Bellairs story you get something worth reading." - Norfolk Ledger-Despatch. George Bellairs was the nom de plume of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer and bank manager born in Heywood, near Rochdale, Lancashire, who settled in the Isle of Man on retirement. He wrote more than 50 books, most featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn. He also wrote four novels under the alternative pseudonym Hilary Landon.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1274635218

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Death in Room Five by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Detectives
ISBN : OCLC:1338671754

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Death in Room Five by George Bellairs Pdf

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547806448

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ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series) by James Joyce Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "ULYSSES (Modern Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is considered to be one of the most important works of modernist literature, and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement". Ulysses chronicles the peripatetic appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between its characters and events and those of the poem (the correspondence of Leopold Bloom to Odysseus, Molly Bloom to Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus to Telemachus). Joyce divided Ulysses into 18 chapters or "episodes". At first glance much of the book may appear unstructured and chaotic; Joyce once said that he had "put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant", which would earn the novel "immortality". James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses, the short-story collection Dubliners, and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegans Wake.

Author : George Bellairs
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504088428

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Corpse at the Carnival by George Bellairs Pdf

When a seaside festival ends in murder, Superintendent Littlejohn gets caught up in a baffling investigation in this acclaimed British mystery series. It’s holiday time in Douglas and the town is alive with the local carnival. A brass band and bagpipes lead a procession down the promenade, and the cheering onlookers slowly make their way to the pier. But when the crowd thins and the promenade empties, a man is found dead at the center . . . Detective Littlejohn, who happens to be in town visiting a friend, now faces a perplexing case. In a small town that runs on gossip, nobody seems to know the victim. The waitress who identified him knew him only as ‘Uncle Fred.’ Who would want to murder an anonymous man? It soon becomes clear there is more to Uncle Fred than initially thought. As Littlejohn is pulled deeper into the mystery, the layers of Uncle Fred’s secretive life begin to unravel and the superintendent finds himself racing to prevent a second murder . . .

Author : Shuang Liu,Zala Volcic,Cindy Gallois
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446259542

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Introducing Intercultural Communication by Shuang Liu,Zala Volcic,Cindy Gallois Pdf

Books on intercultural communication are rarely written with an intercultural readership in mind. In contrast, this multinational team of authors has put together an introduction to communicating across cultures that uses examples and case studies from around the world. The book further covers essential new topics, including international conflict, social networking, migration, and the effects technology and mass media play in the globalization of communication. Written to be accessible for international students too, this text situates communication theory in a truly global perspective. Each chapter brings to life the links between theory and practice and between the global and the local, introducing key theories and their practical applications. Along the way, you will be supported with first-rate learning resources, including: • theory corners with concise, boxed-out digests of key theoretical concepts • case illustrations putting the main points of each chapter into context • learning objectives, discussion questions, key terms and further reading framing each chapter and stimulating further discussion • a companion website containing resources for instructors, including multiple choice questions, presentation slides, exercises and activities, and teaching notes. This book will not merely guide you to success in your studies, but will teach you to become a more critical consumer of information and understand the influence of your own culture on how you view yourself and others.

Author : Joseph Smith Harris
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1906-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Record of the Smith family descended from John Smith, born 1655 in county Monaghan, Ireland by Joseph Smith Harris Pdf

Author : P. Cobley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780333985120

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The American Thriller by P. Cobley Pdf

What is the American thriller? Has it developed over time? What was it like in the past? This is a book about thrillers and gaining knowledge of what American thrillers were like in a specific period - the 1970s. Analysing seventies texts about crime, police, detectives, corruption, paranoia and revenge, The American Thriller aims to open debates on genre in the light of audience theory, literary history and the place of popular fiction at the moment of its production.

Author : Henry Augustin Beers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : American literature
ISBN : CHI:13590933

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Brief History of English and American Literature by Henry Augustin Beers Pdf

Author : Mather Byles DesBrisay
Publisher : W. Briggs ; Montreal : C.W. Coates ; Halifax : S.F. Huestis
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Lunenburg (N.S. : County)
ISBN : NYPL:33433081708913

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History of the County of Lunenburg by Mather Byles DesBrisay Pdf

Author : Alexander Minister at Creich MacRae
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013599888

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History of the Clan Macrae. With Genealogies. [With Plates, Including Facsimiles and a Map.] by Alexander Minister at Creich MacRae Pdf

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