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Strangled Prose

Joan Hess
Strangled Prose Book PDF

Author : Joan Hess
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466815728

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She would have killed for a bestseller--but someone beat her to it... Professor of Passion, the smutty new romance from Mildred Twiller--a.k.a. Azalea Twilight--isn't the kind of book Claire Malloy likes to hock at her bookstore, but Claire agrees to host a book party for her friend's trashy tale. As torrid as the novel is, it's nothing compared to the evening. After the party, poor Mildred is found dead in her home--stranged with a tightly knotted silk scarf. Now it's up to Clair to find Mildred's killer, and it won't be easy--the two-bit author had offended nearly every faculty member she worked with at nearby Faber College. But who could have hated Mildred with such smoldering passion? Find out in Joan Hess' first Claire Malloy mystery novel Strangled Prose.

Strangled Prose

Joan Hess
Strangled Prose Book PDF

Author : Joan Hess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1447276892

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Claire Malloy's friend has written a trashy novel. Claire agrees to host a book party but at the end of the evening her friend is found strangled. She had admittedly offended many people but who could have hated her with such passion?

Women Times Three

Kathleen Gregory Klein
Women Times Three Book PDF

Author : Kathleen Gregory Klein
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0879726822

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Women Times Three by Kathleen Gregory Klein Pdf

Contributors delineate the range of relationships among women writers, women detectives in mystery fiction, and women readers, examining detective fiction through the eyes of actual and hypothetical women readers in a gender- and genre-specific analysis. They offer a theoretical and critical investigation of both historical and contemporary models of mystery fiction. Authors discussed include Sara Paretsky, Joan Hess, Sue Grafton, and D.R. Meredith. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Roll Over and Play Dead

Joan Hess
Roll Over and Play Dead Book PDF

Author : Joan Hess
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-05-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466807617

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Roll Over and Play Dead by Joan Hess Pdf

Murder is going to the dogs. . . Bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy has donned another hat (or is that a collar?)-as a petsitter extraordinaire. Her furry charges are Miss Emily Parchester's beloved basset hounds, Nick and Nora, and two very good dogs they are. Everything is just ducky...until they vanish. Other neighbors' pets have also disappeared, and no doubt a dognapper is on the prowl. . . Switching to her sleuthing chapeau, Claire quickly locates the shabby abode of Newton Churls, who runs a black market in stolen animals. But instead of a pen filled with purloined pooches, Claire finds one very dead Newton-and it appears his own pit bull terriers did him in. Or did they? Claire smells a human rat behind the brutal murder. And mysteriously, Nick and Nora are still missing. Now Claire is doggedly determined to find them...and run a killer to the ground.

Claire Malloy Mysteries 1-3

Joan Hess
Claire Malloy Mysteries 1 3 Book PDF

Author : Joan Hess
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250159519

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Claire Malloy Mysteries 1-3 by Joan Hess Pdf

In the small and colorful town of Farberville, Arkansas, widow and single mother Claire Malloy struggles with keeping her small local bookstore in the black, with the drama of her young teenage daughter Caron (WHO SPEAKS IN ALL CAPS), the handsome local police Lt. Peter Rosen, and murder. And at least for those puzzling murder investigations, there's a solution—one that she's determined to uncover. Strangled Prose Mildred, author of a smutty new romance, is found murdered after a party at Claire’s bookstore. Claire is left wondering who could have hated Mildred with such passion, but soon finds that the romances contained as much fact as fiction—and perhaps hold the clue to the killer’s identity! The Murder at the Mimosa Inn Claire brings her petulant daughter Caron along to a mock-murder weekend at the charming Mimosa Inn. But fiction becomes alarmingly real as the mock-victim isn’t just playing dead—he’s really been murdered. More determined than ever to find the killer, Claire combs the grounds of the country inn for this most unwelcome guest. Dear Miss Demeanor The scandals mount in Farberville when a respected teacher is fired for pilfering petty cash and suggestive letters are sent to the local advice columnist. Claire Malloy, working undercover to investigate the possible embezzlement, finds herself in the thick of it all when the high school principal is murdered and the killer is still on the loose.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List

John Charles,Shelley Mosley
The Complete Idiot s Guide to the Ultimate Reading List Book PDF

Author : John Charles,Shelley Mosley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781440625602

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List by John Charles,Shelley Mosley Pdf

Great reads for busy people. This is a guide to help busy people find great reads in fiction and nonfiction. Filled with recommendations of popular, entertaining reading, this book covers mystery and suspense, romance, women’s fiction and chick lit, Westerns, science fiction, such nonfiction topics as animals, art, biography, memoirs, business, true crime, and more. Plus, each entry includes a summary of the book, its significance, and a critique/observation/comment.

Finding the Right Texts

Elfrieda H. Hiebert,Misty Sailors
Finding the Right Texts Book PDF

Author : Elfrieda H. Hiebert,Misty Sailors
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781593858865

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Finding the Right Texts by Elfrieda H. Hiebert,Misty Sailors Pdf

Until now, no single volume has comprehensively examined the crucial question of how to select the most appropriate reading material for beginning or struggling readers. From leading authorities, this book meets an important need by reviewing the best available research on the role of specific text features a " including linguistic and conceptual content a " in supporting the development of proficient reading. Also explored are ways that teacher scaffolding can help students who have difficulties with particular aspects or types of texts. The book considers approaches to adapting the design and selection of texts to reinforce reading skills and provide well-paced challenges for Ka "6 students at a variety of ability levels.

The Essential Mystery Lists

Roger M Sobin
The Essential Mystery Lists Book PDF

Author : Roger M Sobin
Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Inc
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781615952038

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The Essential Mystery Lists by Roger M Sobin Pdf

For the first time in one place, Roger M. Sobin has compiled a list of nominees and award winners of virtually every mystery award ever presented. He has also included many of the “best of” lists by more than fifty of the most important contributors to the genre.; Mr. Sobin spent more than two decades gathering the data and lists in this volume, much of that time he used to recheck the accuracy of the material he had collected. Several of the “best of” lists appear here for the first time in book form. Several others have been unavailable for a number of years.; Of special note, are Anthony Boucher’s “Best Picks for the Year.” Boucher, one of the major mystery reviewers of all time, reviewed for The San Francisco Chronicle, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The New York Times. From these resources Mr. Sobin created “Boucher’s Best” and “Important Lists to Consider,” lists that provide insight into important writing in the field from 1942 through Boucher’s death in 1968.? This is a great resource for all mystery readers and collectors.; ; Winner of the 2008 Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Nonfiction.

Death by the Light of the Moon

Joan Hess
Death by the Light of the Moon Book PDF

Author : Joan Hess
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466807624

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Things that go bump in the Bayou... For bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy getting a root canal beats going to a Malloy family reunion. But it is time her fifteen-year-old daughter Caron visits her deceased father's relatives. Now Claire and Caron have arrived at Malloy Manor, a run-down mansion in Louisiana's bayou country...where the mosquitoes are big enough to barbecue, the swamp is crawling with alligators, the butler looks like he stepped out of a teen slasher movie, and the wheelchair-bound matriarch, Miss Justicia, races around the grounds cackling like a loon. It's the perfect setting-for a murder. Before a night has passed, Miss Justicia is sleeping with the fishes. The police call it a "tragic accident." Caron is all for calling a cab. But Claire wants to have a closer look at her "loving" relatives since she has a hunch leaving Malloy Manor isn't going to be all that easy...and neither is staying alive.

The Mystery Readers' Advisory

John Charles,Joanna Morrison,Candace Clark
The Mystery Readers Advisory Book PDF

Author : John Charles,Joanna Morrison,Candace Clark
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 083890811X

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The Mystery Readers' Advisory by John Charles,Joanna Morrison,Candace Clark Pdf

Three librarians from Scottsdale, Arizona provide library staff with an introduction to the mystery genre and offer tips and techniques for providing advice to mystery readers in the library. They include some of their own bibliographies, but refer readers elsewhere for fuller ones. They also include a brief history of the genre to pass on to readers new to it.

BBC World Service

Gordon Johnston,Emma Robertson
BBC World Service Book PDF

Author : Gordon Johnston,Emma Robertson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137318558

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BBC World Service by Gordon Johnston,Emma Robertson Pdf

This book is the first full-length history of the BBC World Service: from its interwar launch as short-wave radio broadcasts for the British Empire, to its twenty-first-century incarnation as the multi-media global platform of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The book provides insights into the BBC’s working relationship with the Foreign Office, the early years of the Empire Service, and the role of the BBC during the Second World War. In following the voice of the BBC through the Cold War and the contraction of the British empire, the book argues that debates about the work and purposes of the World Service have always involved deliberations about the future of the UK and its place in the world. In current times, these debates have been shaped by the British government’s commitment to leave the European Union and the centrifugal currents in British politics which in the longer term threaten the integrity of the United Kingdom. Through a detailed exploration of its past, the book poses questions about the World Service’s possible future and argues that, for the BBC, the question is not only what it means to be a global broadcaster as we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, but what it means to be a national broadcaster in a divided kingdom.

Isn't Justice Always Unfair?

J. Kenneth Van Dover,John F. Jebb
Isn t Justice Always Unfair Book PDF

Author : J. Kenneth Van Dover,John F. Jebb
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0879727233

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Isn't Justice Always Unfair? by J. Kenneth Van Dover,John F. Jebb Pdf

Isn't Justice Always Unfair? explores the uncommonly long and uncommonly rich relationship between the fictional detective and his or her South. It begins with the New Orleans expatriate, Legrand, uncovering Captain Kidd's treasure on an island off Charleston, South Carolina; it covers the satires and parodies of Mark Twain and the polished stories of Melville Davisson Post and Irvin S. Cobb; and it concludes with surveys of the many good and excellent writers who are using the form of the detective story to compose inquiries into the character of life in the South today. At the center of Isn't Justice Always Unfair? lies an analysis of a most remarkable phenomenon: William Faulkner's exploitation of the genre as an avenue into his postage stamp of Southern experience, Yoknapatawpha County.

The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs

Jennifer Speake,John Simpson
The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs Book PDF

Author : Jennifer Speake,John Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780198734901

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"First published as The concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs, edited by John Simpson, 1982"--Title page verso.

Similes Dictionary

Elyse Sommer
Similes Dictionary Book PDF

Author : Elyse Sommer
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781578594696

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Similes Dictionary by Elyse Sommer Pdf

Whether it invokes hard work or merely a hen-house, a good simile is like a good picture—it's worth a thousand words. Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrases—from “abandoned as a used Kleenex” to “quiet as an eel swimming in oil”—the Similes Dictionary will help any politician, writer, or lover of language find just the right saying, be it original or banal, verbose or succinct. Your thoughts will never be "as tedious as a twice-told tale" or "dry as the Congressional Record." Choose from elegant turns of phrases “as useful as a Swiss army knife” and “varied as expressions of the human face”. Citing more than 2,000 sources—from the Bible, Socrates, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and H. L. Mencken to popular movies, music, and television shows—the Similes Dictionary covers hundreds of subjects broken into thematic categories that include topics such as virtue, anger, age, ambition, importance, and youth, helping you find the fitting phrase quickly and easily. Perfect for setting the atmosphere, making a point, or helping spin a tale with economy, intelligence, and ingenuity, the vivid comparisons found in this collection will inspire anyone.

100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors

Bernard A. Drew
100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors Book PDF

Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598844467

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100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors by Bernard A. Drew Pdf

Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authors—without any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.