Death At Wentwater Court

Author : Carola Dunn
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466820616

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Death At Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn Pdf

In a series debut from Carola Dunn that is sure to delight fans of the classic British cozy mystery, Death at Wentwater Court brings readers old and new back to the "golden age" of mystery. It's the early 1920s in England--the country is still recovering from the Great War and undergoing rapid social changes that many are not quite ready to accept. During this heady and tumultuous time, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple, the daughter of a Viscount, makes a decision shocking to her class: rather than be supported by her relations, she will earn her own living as a writer. Landing an assignment for Town & Country magazine for a series of articles on country manor houses, she travels to Wentwater Court in early January 1923 to begin research on her first piece. But all is not well there when she arrives. Lord Wentwater's young wife has become the center of a storm of jealousy, animosity, and, possibly, some not-unwanted amorous attention, which has disrupted the peace of the bucolic country household. Still, this is as nothing compared to the trouble that ensues when one of the holiday guests drowns in a tragic early-morning skating accident. Especially when Daisy discovers that his death was no accident....

Author : Carola Dunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:531373700

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Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn Pdf

Author : Carola Dunn
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466893313

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The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries by Carola Dunn Pdf

More than twenty years ago, Carola Dunn introduced to the world the charming, vivacious and perspicacious Daisy Dalrymple and the tumultuous decade of the 1920s, in an England barely starting to recover from World War I and now undergoing rapid social changes. Death at Wentwater Court: In early 1923, the young Honourable Daisy Dalrymple has made a decision that shocks her social class—she's decided to make her own living as a writer. Landing an assignment to write a series of articles on country manor houses, Daisy travels to Wentwater Court to research her first piece. There she finds a household in turmoil, filled with holiday guests and recriminations. But that's nothing compared to the uproar when one of those guests turns up dead in an "accident." The Winter Garden Mystery: Continuing her assignment on country manor houses, Daisy travels to gloomy Occles Hall, which is under the charge of the autocratic Lady Valeria. While touring the gardens, Daisy discovers the body of a parlor maid that had gone missing two months prior. Distressed by the ineptitude of the local police force, Daisy plunges in to help find the killer before he strikes again. Requiem for a Mezzo: Back in London, Daisy attends a performance of Verdi's "Requiem." During the show, the lead soprano keels over dead of an apparent poisoning. Joining Daisy in figuring out what happened is Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher. The two embark on finding who wanted the singer dead, and why.

Author : Carola Dunn
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780339733

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Daisy Dalrymple Omnibus (Books 1-4) by Carola Dunn Pdf

The first four titles in the Daisy Dalrymple series at a great price. DEATH AT WENTWATER COURT: No stranger to sprawling country estates, well-heeled Daisy Dalrymple is breaking new ground at Wentwater Court to cover a story for Town & Country magazine. But her interview gives way to interrogation when suave Lord Stephen Astwick meets a chilly end on the tranquil skating pond. With evidence that his death was anything but accidental, Daisy joins forces with Scotland Yard so the culprit can't slip through their fingers like the unfortunate Astwick slipped through the ice... THE WINTER GARDEN MYSTERY: So who put the body in with the spring bulbs?The merest hint of spring has arrived in Cheshire, and so has young reporter Daisy Dalrymple. The feisty flapper's visit is a breath of fresh air for gloomy Occles Hall. But while photographing the rather barren grounds, Daisy spots that someone's been digging among the first green shoots - and much to her horror unearths the corpse of missing parlour maid Grace Moss.So begins an extraordinary adventure, as first the dead woman's shocking secret is revealed and then Daisy swiftly realizes she needs to catch the killer before she herself is left pushing up the daisies... REQUIEM FOR A MEZZO: With dashing Scotland Yard detective Alec Fletcher at her side, Daisy Dalrymple is enjoying a splendid performance of Verdi's Requiem featuring her neighbour Muriel Westlea's celebrated sister, Bettina. But the show comes to an abrupt end when what emerges from the star's gifted vocal chords is literally a dying gasp. Daisy soon learns that the doomed diva was notoriously difficult and had more than her share of enemies. There's a philandering tenor, a burly Russian bass and even her own vocal coach husband, with whom she had a turbulent relationship.Did one of them poison the singer? Or was it someone determined to see that Daisy's investigation ends on as bitter a note as Bettina's last performance... MURDER ON THE FLYING SCOTSMAN: Daisy's in danger of heading off the rails!Daisy's embarking on a journey to Edinburgh and her biggest worry is that she has forgotten her book, so how will she pass the time? Her concern proves to be pointless, however, as once the journey begins Daisy finds a pint-sized stowaway on board - Belinda, the daughter of dreamy Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, Daisy's beau.No sooner has this problem revealed itself than Daisy and Belinda run into a bickering Scottish clan en route to the deathbed of the head of the family. But before the express reaches its first stop, one of the greedy McGowans has turned up dead. Is it murder? Daisy's willing to bet her first-class ticket it is - after all, the victim was the heir-in-waiting and she's sharing the carriage with an entire family of suspects who have everything to gain by his death...

Author : Janet G. Husband,Jonathan F. Husband
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838909676

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Sequels by Janet G. Husband,Jonathan F. Husband Pdf

A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

Author : Colleen Barnett
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781615950102

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Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised) by Colleen Barnett Pdf

Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.

Author : John Charles,Candace Clark,Joanne Hamilton-Selway,Joanna Morrison
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838993910

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The Readers' Advisory Guide to Mystery by John Charles,Candace Clark,Joanne Hamilton-Selway,Joanna Morrison Pdf

With several well-chosen booklists, practical programming ideas, and a brand new compendium of print and web-based resources, your only crime would be not adding this guide to your collection!

Author : Carola Dunn
Publisher : G K Hall & Company
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0783818572

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Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn Pdf

When the soprano singing the lead role in Verdi's "Requiem" drops dead of cyanide poisoning during the performance, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple joins Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Alex Fletcher in searching for the killer

Author : Carolyn Hart
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061864933

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Murder Walks the Plank by Carolyn Hart Pdf

A pleasure cruise for mystery buffs soon becomes a playground for a devious killer in the acclaimed author’s beloved series. Mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling has planned a murder mystery cruise in the waters off her not-always-idyllic isle of Broward’s Rock, South Carolina. Everything is going swimmingly—until one of the revelers plunges overboard. And despite hubby Max’s courageous rescue attempt, make-believe murder turns into real-life death. As the body count rises over the next few days, Annie begins to suspect that all the victims were murdered most foully, and that they are all connected in some unknown way. But the killer she seeks is more ingeniously efficient than most—having packed an intricate time bomb with an explosive mix of arson, assault, kidnapping, robbery . . . and homicide, naturally.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017462065

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The Armchair Detective by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gale Group
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0787649643

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What Do I Read Next? 00 V2 by Gale Group Pdf

Author : Gale Group,Barron,Barton,Steven A. Stilwell
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0787610488

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What Do I Read Next? by Gale Group,Barron,Barton,Steven A. Stilwell Pdf

This annual selection guide covers new novels in the mystery fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western fiction and romance genres. By identifying similarities in various books, it seeks to help readers to independently choose titles of interest published during 1995 - 1996. Entries are arranged by author within six genre sections, and provide: publisher and publication date; series name and number; description of characters; time/geographical setting; review citation; genre and setting notations; and related books.

Author : Michael Burgess,Jill H. Vassilakos
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015061422898

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Murder in Retrospect by Michael Burgess,Jill H. Vassilakos Pdf

The pleasures of mystery novels and historical fiction double when the two genres meet in a single book. This detailed guide is the first to document and describe the diverse writings in the growing body of historical mystery literature. Organized alphabetically by author name and series title, the guide covers the works of approximately 70 authors, and contains descriptions of more than 700 works with crime themes (whether strictly in the mystery genre or a mainstream literary novel). For those who want to read historical mysteries in sequence, this is an essential guide; and for those seeking background information on historical mysteries to guide their reading or collection development choices, this book offers a level of detail that facilitates selection. The pleasures of mystery novels and historical fiction double when the two genres meet in a single book. This detailed guide is the first to document and describe the diverse writings in the growing body of historical mystery literature. Its focus is on the best, most representative, most current and easily accessible publications, with an emphasis on series novels. Most have been released in the past decade, with select classic historical mysteries (e.g., Christie's Death Comes as the End, 1945) also cited. Organized alphabetically by author name and series title, the guide covers the works of approximately 70 authors, and contains descriptions of more than 700 works with crime themes (whether strictly in the mystery genre or a mainstream literary novel). For those who want to read historical mysteries in sequence, this is an essential guide; and for those seeking background information on historical mysteries to guide their reading or collection development choices, this book offers a level of detail that facilitates selection. Each series entry names the scene of the crime; identifies the detective and his or her chief associates; notes the series premise; comments on characteristics, features, and overall series quality; and discusses the critical response. Individual series titles (The Cases) are then listed and described in series (or chronological) order. Additional access to titles is provided through detailed indexes: author, title (series and individual), characters, and settings (time and place). Academic, public, and high school librarians will welcome this guide as a valuable reference, readers' advisory, and collection development tool.

Author : Victoria Nichols,Susan Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 081083393X

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Silk Stalkings by Victoria Nichols,Susan Thompson Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of series characters created by women authors in crime and mystery fiction from 1867 to 1997.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2170 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015058373765

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The Cumulative Book Index by Anonim Pdf

A world list of books in the English language.