Death Comes To An Open House

Author : Yvonne Whitney
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781450287524

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Death Comes to an Open House by Yvonne Whitney Pdf

When real estate agent June Barnes is fatally stabbed at a Washington DC open house, two of her business cards are found torn into shreds at the murder scene. Even though June had many enemies, it is not long before her fellow co-workers are living in fear. It seems that someone bent on revenge is targeting real estate agents. As the police begin their investigation, Jean Terrence, a shy and unsuccessful real estate agent suddenly becomes a prime suspect. But Jeans friend Rita is determined to save her; together, the two self-appointed detectives launch their own amateur investigation. Soon, the women discover that few had access to the murder weapona treasured silver letter openerand they are more familiar with the personality quirks of their oddly assorted cohorts better than the police. Could Harold, a brooding agent with a fondness for knives, be a suspect? Or is it Marian, the betrayed office beauty? Better yet, could it be Kevin, the repressed hanger-on? In this classic mystery tale, Jean and Rita are on a mission to reveal the truth and, in the process, unveil unwelcome secrets that eventually pushing them toward a deplorable discovery.

Author : Adam Bunch
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459738089

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The Toronto Book of the Dead by Adam Bunch Pdf

Exploring Toronto’s history through the stories of its most fascinating and shadowy deaths. If these streets could talk... With morbid tales of war and plague, duels and executions, suicides and séances, Toronto’s past is filled with stories whose endings were anything but peaceful. The Toronto Book of the Dead delves into these: from ancient First Nations burial mounds to the grisly murder of Toronto’s first lighthouse keeper; from the rise and fall of the city’s greatest Victorian baseball star to the final days of the world’s most notorious anarchist. Toronto has witnessed countless lives lived and lost as it grew from a muddy little frontier town into a booming metropolis of concrete and glass. The Toronto Book of the Dead tells the tale of the ever-changing city through the lives and deaths of those who made it their final resting place.

Author : David Dickinson
Publisher : Constable
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472113795

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Death Comes to the Ballets Russes by David Dickinson Pdf

London, 1912, and the famed Ballet Russes have come to London to perform. Anticipation is high, for Diaghilev’s troupe is renowned throughout Europe. At the end of their famed performance of Thamar at the Royal Opera House, the Georgian queen stabs her prince to death and throws him into the river. But life mirrors art when the prince is found truly dead, stabbed through the heart in the orchestra pit below stage. But the corpse is not the dancer in the programme. It is his understudy. Powerscourt is summoned to investigate. But who was the intended victim – the understudy, or the star of the Ballets Russes? And the Ballet Russes are not the only Russian visitors in London this season. Lenin, Europe’s most dangerous revolutionary, has sent some bank robbery money to be changed into pounds. There are stolen jewels from St Petersburg to be sold. And there are other darker forces abroad too and Powerscourt has to look death in the face before he can solve the mystery of Death at the Ballet Russes

Author : Sandra Bretting
Publisher : Lyrical Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781516105748

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Death Comes to Dogwood Manor by Sandra Bretting Pdf

A run-in with a real estate developer gets a bridal designer hitched to a murder investigation in this Southern mystery by the national bestselling author. While driving to her bridal hat shop on Great River Road, Missy DuBois accidentally sideswipes a Rolls Royce parked in front of Dogwood Manor. Of course, the car belongs to the much-reviled property developer Herbert Solomon, who is converting the antebellum mansion into a high-end hotel. But Solomon is too busy berating his contractor and interior designer to worry about a little fender bender. When Missy returns to check out the mansion’s chapel—where her latest client will be married—she finds Solomon’s dead body on the property. With poison found in his system, Missy starts stitching the clues together. But then her shop is flooded right before it’s supposed to be featured in a bridal magazine. Now before everything becomes sheer disaster, she’ll have to clean house while training her sights on a killer.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1742
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : PRNC:32101077778700

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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Death of Queen Anne to the Present Time by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Camille Mariani
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440107009

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Links to Death by Camille Mariani Pdf

A top newspaper position in the peaceful Maine city of Fairchance appeals to Beth Armstrong as ideal. But she soon learns that reporting has a dark side when she must photograph the slashed body of a young woman, found on the golf course. Two more similar muders panic local residents, who demand a more aggressive investigation. When Beth discovers the motive linking the victims, she never guesses that she may become the fourth.

Author : Daniel Taylor
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781910674451

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Death Comes for the Deconstructionist by Daniel Taylor Pdf

When Jon Mote is hired to investigate the murder of his erstwhile mentor, literary star Richard Pratt, the grad school dropout feels woefully unequal to the task. Skittering on the edge of madness, his only source of hope is the dogged love of his developmentally disabled sister, Judy, who serves as cheerleader, critic and moral compass. Soon the siblings find themselves haunting the neighbourhoods of Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota – from crime scenes to the halls of academe – exposing a series of suspects along the way. When he stumbles upon Pratt’s terrible secret, Mote is prompted to discover an equally dreadful mystery in his own past – a revelation that accelerates his descent into darkness and puts both himself and Judy at grave risk. ‘Daniel Taylor’s oddly reluctant Sherlock Holmes is accompanied by the most unusual and heartwarming Watson in my reading experience.’ Paul J. Willis, author of The Alpine Tales

Author : Larry R. Leichter
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780595204823

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Death House by Larry R. Leichter Pdf

There is an excellent chance this book will save your life. You will see doctors, the practice of medicine, and community hospitals as you have never seen them before. You will learn about things you never could have believed existed before. For what is written in this book has never been told before in its entirety, anywhere and by anyone. Doctors with respectable credentials and good reputations are harming, maiming, and yes, murdering their patients. They are doing it with the support and blessings of the hospitals at which they work. And they are doing it with only their interests, not their patients' welfare in mind. The reason? In one word: MONEY. Dealing with a different incident of physician caused abuse, each chapter will contain an anecdotal story based on true events that happened to real patients at the hands of real doctors. Though in certain instances the patient's actual first name will be used, at all times the physician perpetrator's anonymity will be maintained. There should be nothing more important to you than your life and the lives of your loved ones. You must not let these DEATH HOUSE physicians who MURDER FOR MONEY take from you that which is most precious.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89124339961

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Current Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel Kemp
Publisher : Westgate Co
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Occultism
ISBN : 0962762342

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Life in the House of Death by Daniel Kemp Pdf

Daniel Kemp's viewpoint is bifocal. At once, being part of that which we all share...Life, in the midst of death, but also, there is a secondary aspect. One with a more magnified view; Life hand in hand with Death. Death as confidant, friend and advisor. The ever -- overbearing uncle that one tends to dismiss except in times of turmoil when such sage advice is the only key to reason. As humanity, we abide day to day, and night to night in the House of Death. And it is to all of you that one voice resonates from the heart, and with any hope, into the soul. The House of Death has many doors. It all depends upon which one you knock as to what answers.

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Headline
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755395743

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The House of Death (Telamon Triology, Book 1) by Paul Doherty Pdf

As Alexander the Great sits with his troops poised to attack, his guides are murdered. Can he uncover the spies in time? The House of Death is the first mystery in the magnificent Ancient Greece series featuring Alexander the Great and his physician Telamon, by master historian Paul Doherty. Perfect for fans of Gary Corby and Margaret Doody. 'Paul Doherty has created a vivid, credible picture of life in the Persian and Macedonian courts on the eve of Alexander's conquests' - The Times It is 334 BC and the young Alexander sits with his troops by the Hellespont, poised to attack the empire of the great King Darius III. To win the approval of the gods for his enterprise he makes many offerings, yet the smoke does not rise, the sacrificial animals are flawed. Worse, his guides are being brutally murdered, Persian spies are in the camp, and Alexander's generals have their own secrets. Into this turmoil comes Telamon, a physician and boyhood friend of Alexander. As the climax builds and Alexander throws off his nervous fears, winning a brilliant and bloody triumph over the Persians, Telamon must at last succeed in unmasking their enemies... What readers are saying about The House of Death: 'A book to fall in love with' 'Paul Doherty at his very best! Very well researched - a joy to read' 'Found myself totally engrossed in the book; I could not put it down till I got to the very last page'

Author : Eliot S. Hermon
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781546279075

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Our Story Alain Edmund Hurin-Chester Shelagh Lewesdattir by Eliot S. Hermon Pdf

Alain Edmund Hurin, a kid from Brooklyn blessed with a fine education and an avid reader of science fiction as well as historic novels, enlists first in the National Guard and then in the US Army. Through World War II and Korea, he earned promotions and decorations, while before, between, and after active duty in college, he earned degrees in history and languages. The history degrees lead to a life in academia, and the science fiction leads to a visit to the court of Charlemagne and the acquisition of a bride.

Author : David Garrett Izzo
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1570034036

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Christopher Isherwood by David Garrett Izzo Pdf

The first thorough examination of Isherwood's work and life in twenty years, Izzo's analysis brings into play the Mortmere stories, by Isherwood and Edward Upward (dating from the 1920s but published only in 1994), and the Diaries, 1939-1960, published in 1996, to reposition Isherwood within a circle of British writers that included - besides Upward - W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Cecil Day Lewis.

Author : Patricia Chambers Walker,Thomas Graham
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0742503445

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Directory of Historic House Museums in the United States by Patricia Chambers Walker,Thomas Graham Pdf

The first comprehensive guide to America's historic house museums, this directory moves beyond merely listing institutions to providing information about interpretive themes, historical and architectural significance, collections, and cultural and social importance, along with programming events and facility information. Useful cross-reference guides provide quick and easy ways of locating information on almost 2500 museums. A multi-functional reference for museum professionals, local historians, historic preservationists or anyone interested in America's historic house museums.

Author : G.X. Chen
Publisher : G.X. Chen
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781522792093

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Death Comes to Lake Como by G.X. Chen Pdf

Death Comes to Lake Como opens with Fang Chen and his new bride corresponding with their friend, Ann Lee, while on vacation in Italy. Things quickly turn sinister when a nurse for a wealthy American tourist and a retired cook are murdered. Ripples of strife left over from the Cultural Revolution in China pull Ann and Fang Chen into a complicated murder case. The answers are not easily found by the amateur detectives and take them through a maze of leads across the byzantine network of Chinatown's residents. Connections one wouldn't expect are brought to light as the investigation deepens, and more innocent people are dragged into a plot motivated by a sinister agenda. Ann and Fang Chen must solve the mystery before it hits closer to home than they could've imagined. Rich with surprise at every twist and turn, Death Comes to Lake Como is an intriguing murder mystery that blends love and friendship with greed and deceit, all in the lush setting of Italy's Lake Country.