Death Of A Gigolo

Author : Laura Levine
Publisher : Kensington Cozies
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496708540

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Death of a Gigolo by Laura Levine Pdf

Freelance writer Jaine Austen’s life is suddenly full of romance. For one thing, she’s reconnected with her ex—though her cat, Prozac, isn’t happy about it. And Jaine’s also got a new ghostwriting gig, working on a steamy novel called Fifty Shades of Turquoise . . . Daisy Kincaid is in her sixties and heiress to a fortune. Now she wants to make a name for herself as a romance author . . . with a little help from Jaine, that is. As Jaine labors away on love scenes, she gets to know the wealthy woman’s gentleman friend, her household staff, and her social circle—every one of whom is horrified when Daisy falls under the spell of a much younger stud named Tommy, a rude, crude lothario who’s made himself a fixture in Daisy’s Bel Air mansion. After Tommy and Daisy shock everyone by announcing their engagement, it doesn’t take long for someone to stab him in the neck—with the solid gold Swiss Army knife that Daisy gave him as a gift. But to narrow down the list of suspects, Jaine will have to put a bookmark in that love story—and focus all her creative talent into untangling a tale of money and murder . . . “Cozy fans are in for a treat.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Ruth Perini
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0648910768

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Death of the Geriatric Gigolo by Ruth Perini Pdf

A lonely widow is deceived by a charmer

Author : Denzil Devarro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0979108748

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The Black Gigolo A Novel by Denzil Devarro Pdf

Author : Aaron Freundschuh
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781503600973

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The Courtesan and the Gigolo by Aaron Freundschuh Pdf

The intrigue began with a triple homicide in a luxury apartment building just steps from the Champs-Elyseés, in March 1887. A high-class prostitute and two others, one of them a child, had been stabbed to death—the latest in a string of unsolved murders targeting women of the Parisian demimonde. Newspapers eagerly reported the lurid details, and when the police arrested Enrico Pranzini, a charismatic and handsome Egyptian migrant, the story became an international sensation. As the case descended into scandal and papers fanned the flames of anti-immigrant politics, the investigation became thoroughly enmeshed with the crisis-driven political climate of the French Third Republic and the rise of xenophobic right-wing movements. Aaron Freundschuh's account of the "Pranzini Affair" recreates not just the intricacies of the investigation and the raucous courtroom trial, but also the jockeying for status among rival players—reporters, police detectives, doctors, and magistrates—who all stood to gain professional advantage and prestige. Freundschuh deftly weaves together the sensational details of the case with the social and political undercurrents of the time, arguing that the racially charged portrayal of Pranzini reflects a mounting anxiety about the colonial "Other" within France's own borders. Pranzini's case provides a window into a transformational decade for the history of immigration, nationalism, and empire in France.

Author : Erich Maria Remarque
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812985634

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Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque Pdf

From one of the twentieth century’s master novelists, the author of the classic All Quiet on the Western Front, comes Heaven Has No Favorites, a bittersweet story of unconventional love that sweeps across Europe. Lillian is charming, beautiful . . . and slowly dying of consumption. But she doesn’t wish to end her days in a hospital in the Alps. She wants to see Paris again, then Venice—to live frivolously for as long as possible. She might die on the road, she might not, but before she goes, she wants a chance at life. Clerfayt, a race-car driver, tempts fate every time he’s behind the wheel. A man with no illusions about chance, he is powerfully drawn to a woman who can look death in the eye and laugh. Together, he and Lillian make an unusual pair, living only for the moment, without regard for the future. It’s a perfect arrangement—until one of them begins to fall in love. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

Author : Jim Eldridge
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749029036

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Murder at the Louvre by Jim Eldridge Pdf

Paris, 1899. Abigail Wilson has received an invitation from Professor Alphonse Flamand, a prominent French Professor of Archaeology, to join him on a dig in Egypt. Overjoyed to be presented with such an opportunity, Abigail and her husband, Daniel, travel to Paris to meet the Professor at his office in the Louvre to discuss plans. However, when Abigail goes to the appointment, she finds Flamand dead with a knife in his chest. In a whirl of confusion and despite her pleas of innocence, Abigail is arrested. Determined to prove that she has been framed for Flamand's brutal murder, Daniel and Abigail, the Museum Detectives, will delve far into the shadowy corners of the City of Light for the truth.

Author : Stella Marie Alden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798615928925

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The Dead Gigolo Caper by Stella Marie Alden Pdf

Hold onto your seat, cross your legs, and wait for the laughs. Suds and Sam are back! This time, it's murder but there's no body and no motive. In fact, there's no evidence of any foul play except for the word of a nosy busy-body with night-vision binoculars. Despite big bucks, I suggest we pass on this case but Sam's family butts in and of course, it explodes in our face. Now, we're hip deep in a whole lot of shit better left to the police. The good news? No more Joey. We moved into the loft above our new office space. The bad news? They're demolishing the church next door and the jackhammer's sent our kitten into therapy. Did I mention I had to gut the bathroom and we have no shower? "Bill paying?" "You can have that." "Cleaning?" "I can help." "I'll do laundry as long as you throw your stuff in the hamper." "What's a hamper?" "I'll man-splain it to you when we get home." Join Suds and Sam in another hilarious, kick-ass adventure. Warning, this series can become addicting. Happily ever after guaranteed.

Author : Mehmet Murat Somer
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847652577

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The Gigolo Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer Pdf

Devastated by the end of her relationship, our heroine swaps her catsuit for pyjamas and hides away from the world. But her friends from the nightclub refuse to let her waste away in self-pity and drag her out to make up the numbers for a party. Only full make-up will suffice, and there's serious grooming to be done before our girl's up to the challenge - her state of misery has left her so thin that even her favourite Audrey Hepburn number doesn't cling the way it should. At the soirée, she becomes entranced with a powerful married man, but it's unlikely their paths will cross again. Until a body is found in the street, stabbed to death - the victim, a gigolo, has connections to the object of her affection. And it seems that the gigolo lifestyle can leave one, ahem, exposed to hidden dangers. Our girl valiantly agrees to take on the case - any meetings with her beloved are an incidental added bonus.

Author : Mandy Merck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136007101

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America First by Mandy Merck Pdf

At a time when the expanded projection of US political, military, economic and cultural power draws intensified global concern, understanding how that country understands itself seems more important than ever. This collection of new critical essays tackles this old problem in a new way, by examining some of the hundreds of US films that announce themselves as titularly 'American'. From early travelogues to contemporary comedies, national nomination has been an abiding characteristic of American motion pictures, heading the work of Porter, Guy-Blaché, DeMille, Capra, Sternberg, Vidor, Minnelli and Mankiewicz. More recently, George Lucas, Paul Schrader, John Landis and Edward James Olmos have made their own contributions to Hollywood’s Americana. What does this national branding signify? Which versions of Americanism are valorized, and which marginalized or excluded? Out of which social and historical contexts do they emerge, and for and by whom are they constructed? Edited by Mandy Merck, the collection contains detailed analyses of such films as The Vanishing American, American Madness, An American in Paris, American Graffiti, American Gigolo, American Pie and many more.

Author : Lila Karoub
Publisher : Page Publishing, Inc
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781646288144

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Marnie's Journals by Lila Karoub Pdf

Marnie's Journals is a true story about a woman who participates in two decades of crime-related activities that went too far with her latest crime. She was arrested and charged with grand larceny, facing twenty-one years in prison. She was also facing other felony charges. She would begin to have headaches and confusion, trying to keep up with the hearts of three men. The death of one them would change Marnie's course and stop her dead in her tracks to consider her actions. After this death, her life takes a dangerous turn into a life of crime for two decades. Marnie's Journals is a story about multiple men, manipulation, deceit, dishonor, and mayhem.

Author : Kenneth Cameron
Publisher : Orion
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409132721

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Winter at Death's Hotel by Kenneth Cameron Pdf

Where madness and murder await you ... A Louisa Conan Doyle mystery. New York, January 1896. Arthur Conan Doyle, the renowned creator of Sherlock Holmes, arrives at the Britannic Hotel with his wife, Louisa, ready to begin his first American tour. While he prepares his lectures, Louisa becomes mesmerised by this brash, vibrant, dangerous city, especially when a woman's brutally butchered corpse is found in a Bowery alley and Louisa is convinced from the artist's sketch in the paper that she'd seen the victim at the hotel. Arthur is patronisingly sceptical about her womanly 'fantasies' but when she sprains her ankle and is forced to remain at the hotel while Arthur goes on tour, Louisa cannot resist pursuing her intuitions. And when more bodies start appearing, she's convinced that she holds the key to the killings. With the help of the hotel's hard-bitten detective and an ambitious female news reporter, Louisa starts to piece together a story of madness, murder and depravity - a story that leads inexorably back to the hotel itself, the strange story of its unique construction and a madman who is watching her every move.

Author : Joanne Fluke,Laura Levine,Leslie Meier
Publisher : Kensington Cozies
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496726940

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Christmas Sweets by Joanne Fluke,Laura Levine,Leslie Meier Pdf

Gathered in one delightful volume time, here are three yuletide tales of mystery, murder, and romance, featuring your favorite sleuths . . . THE TWELVE DESSERTS OF CHRISTMAS by JOANNE FLUKE It’s the perfect mix of naughty and nice when two lovestruck boarding school teachers watch six kids over Christmas break. But when someone wants the cozy couple’s romance to burn out faster than a scorched fruitcake, it’s Hannah Swensen to the rescue . . . NIGHTMARE ON ELF STREET by LAURA LEVINE Aside from the mortifying costume, how bad can a gig as a mall Santa’s elf be? Jaine Austen finds out when she’s teamed up with the Santa from Hell. But things go from bad to worse when he’s found murdered—and Jaine is suspected of being the naughty one . . . THE CHRISTMAS THIEF by LESLIE MEIER Elizabeth Stone is ready for a white Christmas in Tinker’s Cove, Maine—until a fancy Yule ball at the Florida hotel where she works dumps snow on her plans. The sponsor’s jewels have gone missing and the police are asking about her ties to a cute mystery guest. Good thing Elizabeth’s mother, Lucy Stone, flew down to surprise her . . . Includes Luscious Holiday Recipes!

Author : Laura Levine
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617736193

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The PMS Murder by Laura Levine Pdf

"I'm crazy about Laura Levine's mystery series. Her books are so outrageously funny." --Joanne Fluke On the frontlines of the battle of the bulge, otherwise known as trying on bathing suits in the communal dressing room at Loehmann's, freelance writer Jaine Austen makes a new friend--a wannabe actress named Pam--and gets a new job: sprucing up Pam's bare-bones resume. Their feeling of connection is mutual, so Pam invites Jaine to join The PMS Club–a women's support group that meets once a week over guacamole and margaritas. But joining the club proves to be more a curse than a blessing for Jaine. Though she is warned that Rochelle, the hostess, makes a guacamole to die for, Jaine never takes the warning literally. Until another PMS member, Marybeth, drops dead over a mouthful of the green stuff. Now instead of dishing dirt with The PMS Club, Jaine has to dig up the dirt on the surviving members. . . "Jaine can really dish it out." --The New York Times Book Review

Author : Reb Livingston
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780982600009

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God Damsel by Reb Livingston Pdf

Reb Livingston (hymnographer, crier of laments, wry chronicler of blockages, seepages and Thingamabobs) combs the spiritual runes, tunes and ruined stockings that remain after traffic between the sexes. God Damsel is a fractured, fractious and funny allegory which just might get biblical on your ass. Check it out. -Tom Beckett

Author : Robin Andersen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476649436

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Investigating Death in Paradise by Robin Andersen Pdf

First televised in 2011, Death in Paradise remains one of the most popular shows in the U.K. The detective series is frequently ignored, panned or belittled by television critics, but viewers disagree. Bringing in more than eight million viewers a season, it is accessible in more than 235 global territories. This first book-length assessment of Death in Paradise offers a fresh take on the popular BBC drama. The book positions the show within broader contexts that illustrate its origins and timeless appeal, from the first conceptualizations of "paradise" in ancient cultures to the creation of the classic detective story in the 1920s. The detective inspectors on Death in Paradise come from a long line of fictional eccentrics who excel at finding quirky clues, seeing surprising connections and employing help from other officials and agencies. Through exploration of these narrative elements and more, the author reveals deeper themes of justice, inclusion and environmentalism.