Murder Most Historical

Author : Ashley Gardner,Jennifer Ashley
Publisher : Jennifer Ashley
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781941229743

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Murder Most Historical by Ashley Gardner,Jennifer Ashley Pdf

This anthology includes: The Bishop's Lady (an Émilie d’Armand mystery), A Soupçon of Poison (a Kat Holloway Below-Stairs mystery), and A Matter of Honor (a Regency mystery with a touch of paranormal). Three historical mysteries span time from the court of Louis XIV to Victorian London. Meet Émilie d’Armand, a young woman who witnesses corruption and murder in seventeenth-century France (The Bishop’s Lady), and Katherine Holloway, an English cook sought after by the wealthy, who finds herself embroiled in murder, assisted only by the mysterious Daniel McAdam (A Soupçon of Poison). Finally, explore the darker side of Regency London in an alternate look at that period. Robert Archer, an army soldier whose family faces ruin, searches in desperation for a way to heal his family, assisted by an unlikely ally (A Matter of Honor).

Author : Anna Lee Huber
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496728500

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Murder Most Fair by Anna Lee Huber Pdf

All is far from quiet on the home front in USA Today bestselling author Anna Lee Huber’s captivating mystery series, in which former Secret Service agent Verity Kent receives a visitor—who is being trailed by a killer . . . November 1919.A relaxing few weeks by the seaside with her husband, Sidney, could almost convince Verity Kent that life has returned to the pleasant rhythm of pre-war days. Then Verity’s beloved Great-Aunt Ilse lands on their doorstep. After years in war-ravaged Germany, Ilse has returned to England to repair her fragile health—and to escape trouble. Someone has been sending her anonymous threats, and Verity’s Secret Service contacts can only provide unsettling answers. Even deep in the Yorkshire Dales, where she joins Verity’s family for the holidays, Ilse encounters difficulties. Normally peaceful neighbors are hostile, seeking someone to blame for the losses they’ve endured. When Ilse’s maid is found dead, Verity must uncover whether this is anti-German sentiment taken to murderous lengths, or whether there is a more personal motive at work. Could Verity’s shadowy nemesis, Lord Ardmore, be involved? And if so, how much closer to home will the blow land when he inevitably strikes again? “…A treat for WWI buffs and the legion of fans who have grown fond of Verity.” —Publishers Weekly Praise for Anna Lee Huber’s Penny for Your Secrets “A historical mystery to delight fans of Agatha Christie or Daphne du Maurier.” —Bookpage “Stellar mystery . . . a great read for fans of the series and all who enjoyDownton Abbey-era fiction.” —Booklist

Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443404938

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Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy Pdf

In the court of Henry VIII, it was dangerous for a woman to catch the king’s eye. Beautiful cousins Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard are both to learn that Henry’s passion is all-consuming -- and fickle. For Anne Boleyn, being King Henry’s mistress gives her a position of power; being his queen puts her life in jeopardy. Catherine Howard’s beauty and innocence attract the king, but a past mistake is destined to haunt her.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191637963X

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Murder Most Local by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alyssa Maxwell
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617738319

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Murder Most Malicious by Alyssa Maxwell Pdf

“Downton Abbey fans will enjoy Maxwell’s evocative descriptions” of British post-WWI society in the first Lady and Lady’s Maid Mystery (Library Journal). December 1918: As a difficult year draws to a close, there is much to celebrate for nineteen-year-old Phoebe Renshaw and her three siblings at their beloved family estate of Foxwood Hall. The dreadful war is finally over; eldest daughter Julia’s engagement to their houseguest, the Marquis of Allerton, appears imminent; and all have gathered to enjoy peace on earth, good will toward men. But the peace of Foxwood Hall is shattered on the morning of Boxing Day, when the Marquis goes missing. Not entirely missing, however, as macabre evidence of foul play turns up in gift boxes given to lady’s maid Eva Huntford and a handful of others. Having overheard her sister and the Marquis in a heated exchange the night before, Lady Phoebe takes a personal interest in solving the mystery. As the local constable suspects a footman at Foxwood Hall, Phoebe and Eva follow the clues to a different conclusion. But both young women will need to think outside the box to wrap up this case—before a cornered killer lashes out with ill will toward them . . . “A super-fun read featuring Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva, as they put aside their society roles to risk their necks in order to catch a killer.”—Suspense Magazine “Details of the lives of the nobility and their servants, and the aftermath of the war, are woven throughout the story, and the forward-thinking Phoebe is a charming main character.”—Booklist

Author : Bartee Haile
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781625852625

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Murder Most Texan by Bartee Haile Pdf

A chronicle of sixteen ruthless killings from Lone Star history and the dirty details that have shocked and bewildered Texans for decades. Texas has long boasted of its iron fist and strict treatment of criminals. Nevertheless, a number of homicidal scoundrels and fiends have slipped through the state’s justice system despite even the best efforts of the legendary Texas Rangers. In 1877, Texas saw its first high-profile murder case with the slaying of a woman in Jefferson and the subsequent “Diamond Bessie” trial. More than a century later, state legislator Price Daniel Jr., was shot in cold blood by his wife at their home in Liberty, TX. True crime writer and historian Bartee Haile unburies these and other stories from Texas’s murderous past. With these stories and more—from senseless roadside murders to political assassinations—discover the seedy underbelly of the Lone Star State’s murderous past.

Author : Ada Moncrieff
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728248929

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Murder Most Festive by Ada Moncrieff Pdf

The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery! Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen... and then disaster strikes. Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs the bedrooms are made up ready for their occupants. But one bed will lie empty that night... Come Christmas morning, guest David Campbell-Scott is found lying dead in the snow, with only a hunting rifle lying beside him and one set of footprints leading to the body. But something doesn't seem right to amateur sleuth Hugh Gaveston. Campbell-Scott had just returned from the East with untold wealth—why would he kill himself? Hugh sets out to investigate... and what he finds is more shocking than he ever could have expected.

Author : Gabrielle Wittkop
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1939663148

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Murder Most Serene by Gabrielle Wittkop Pdf

In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offers a cruel portrait of a beautiful but corrupt city-state and its equally extravagant and corrupt inhabitants. Redolent of darkness, death, poison and transgression, it is also an over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek Venetian romp. Rich in historical detail and bursting with bejeweled putrescence, Gabrielle Wittkop's chilling memento mori eschews the murder mystery in which it is garbed for a scintillating depiction of physical, moral, societal and institutional corruption, in which the author plays the role of puppeteer--"present, masked as convention dictates, while in a Venice on the brink of downfall, women gorged with venom burst like wineskins." Self-styled heir to the Marquis de Sade, Gabrielle Wittkop (1920-2002) was a French author who wrote a remarkable series of novels and travelogues, all laced with sardonic humor and dark sexuality, with recurrent themes of death, disease and decrepitude. After meeting Justus Wittkop, a German deserter, in Paris under the Occupation, she hid him from the Nazis and then married him after the war, in what she described as an "intellectual alliance," given he was homosexual. He would commit suicide in 1986, with her approval, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's. Her first novel, The Necrophiliac, appeared in 1972, but a number of her books have only been made available since her own suicide in 2002, after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486131948

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A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe Pdf

Considered the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century, this fascinating history by the author of Robinson Crusoe profiles the deeds of Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, others.

Author : Jennifer Ashley,Ashley Gardner
Publisher : Jennifer Ashley
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781941229170

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A Soupçon of Poison by Jennifer Ashley,Ashley Gardner Pdf

Author : Jordan Schildcrout
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780472052325

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Murder Most Queer by Jordan Schildcrout Pdf

A fascinating look at the shifting meanings of murderous gay characters in American theater over a century

Author : Michael Cohen
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0838638511

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Murder Most Fair by Michael Cohen Pdf

The treatment of formal features is historical."--Jacket.

Author : Robin Stevens
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 1776 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1665910852

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A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Collection by Robin Stevens Pdf

Fans of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Enola Holmes will love the first five books in the exciting Wells & Wong historical mystery series, now available together in one collectible paperback boxed set! Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong both have a penchant for solving mysteries. In fact, outspoken Daisy is a self-described Sherlock Holmes, and she appoints wallflower Hazel as her own personal Watson when they form their own (secret!) detective agency. The only problem? There is nothing to investigate at the perfectly proper Deepdean School for Girls they both attend. Or is there? Follow Daisy and Hazel as they put their deductive skills and friendship to the test to solve a series of murders most unladylike involving a teacher’s disappearing body, a poisoning at a high society tea party, a sinister slaying aboard the Orient Express, a brutal bully’s demise at their school’s Bonfire Night, and a holiday homicide in the stairwells of Cambridge. This entertaining paperback boxed set includes: Murder Is Bad Manners Poison Is Not Polite First Class Murder Jolly Foul Play Mistletoe and Murder

Author : John Emsley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-13
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780192806000

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The Elements of Murder by John Emsley Pdf

A fascinating account of the five most toxic elements describes the lethal chemical properties of arsenic, antimony, lead, mercury, and thallium, as well as their use in some of the most famous murder cases in history, with profiles of such deadly poisoners as Mary Ann Cotton, Michael Swango, and Saddam Hussein and a look at modern-day environmental catastrophes.

Author : Jessica Berg
Publisher : Red Adept Publishing, LLC
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Murder Most Pemberley by Jessica Berg Pdf

Eat a crumpet. Check. Say “bloody hell” in an English pub. Check. Solve three murders and fall in love? Definitely not on the list. But when England dishes up murder, even an American girl knows it’s time to channel her inner Agatha Christie. American Eliza Darcy travels to Merry Old England to partake in a Darcy/Bennet family reunion for one reason: to solve the estrangement between her father and uncle. Not long after Eliza’s arrival and exploration of the vast estate of her ancestors, a dead body surfaces. Murder and mayhem replace afternoon teas and flirting with her British heartthrob. Eliza has every intention of keeping her snoot out of official Scotland Yard business, but when clues to the murder begin to merge with her investigation into her family’s rift, her inner wannabe sleuth self-activates. With the help of her batty great-aunt and the sexy Heath Tilney, Eliza hurries to untangle the web of lies and secrets. As corpses start to pile up faster than the clues, Eliza fears the estate’s family graveyard will swallow another body: hers.