The Cat And The Corpse In The Old Barn

Author : Kate High
Publisher : Constable
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472131720

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The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn by Kate High Pdf

'Animal lovers will delight' Ann Granger 'A real treat . . . I loved it. Cats, dogs, murder and a credible and relatable heroine' Barbara Nadel 'This debut promises to build up into a popular series' Daily Mail Clarice Beech has two passions in life: animal rescue and Detective Inspector Rick Beech. She is devoted to the first but she and Rick have been separated for the past six months - life without him is hard. Clarice shares her other love, for contemporary ceramics, with the charming Lady Vita Fayrepoynt. When Vita's adopted three-legged ginger cat Walter disappears from Weatherby Hall Clarice is called in to find him. Walter, snug in an old barn, is quite well. But his discovery ends with Clarice in hospital, and Rose Miller, late of the Old Vicarage in the morgue. There is nothing natural about Rose's death... Putting their differences aside, Clarice and Rick are drawn together to try to understand the murder that has shaken the rural Lincolnshire community. As she explores Rose's past Clarice is pulled into a shady world of blackmail, scams and violence. And as the secrets of Weatherby Hall and the Fayrepoynt family threaten to spill out Clarice finds friendships tested, and her own life at risk. A debut mystery set in the Lincolnshire Wolds, featuring an amateur detective who mixes sleuthing with her other great love: animal rescue. The perfect classic crime mystery for fans of Ann Granger, M. C. Beaton and Caroline Graham's Midsomer Murders.

Author : Kate High (Contemporary artist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Cats
ISBN : 1004099185

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The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn by Kate High (Contemporary artist) Pdf

Clarice Beech has two passions in life: animal rescue and Detective Inspector Rick Beech. She is devoted to the first but she and Rick have been separated for the past six months - life without him is hard. Clarice shares her other love, for contemporary ceramics, with the charming Lady Vita Fayrepoynt. When Vita's adopted three-legged ginger cat Walter disappears from Weatherby Hall Clarice is called in to find him. Walter, snug in an old barn, is quite well. But his discovery ends with Clarice in hospital, and Rose Miller, late of the Old Vicarage in the morgue. There is nothing natural about Rose's death. Putting their differences aside, Clarice and Rick are drawn together to try to understand the murder that has shaken the rural Lincolnshire community.

Author : Kate High
Publisher : Constable
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349135236

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Murder and the Moggies of Magpie Row by Kate High Pdf

'Animal lovers will delight' Ann Granger 'A real treat . . . I loved it. Cats, dogs, murder and a credible and relatable heroine' Barbara Nadel When Clarice Beech finds her friend Peter Ramsey dead in his kitchen, she believes he's succumbed to a fatal heart attack. Peter, who lived in one of the five cottages on Magpie Row in the Lincolnshire Wolds, was a keen supporter of stray cats - which made him very unpopular with the neighbours. And after Chris Morris, an alcoholic neighbour, disrupts Peter's funeral, insisting Peter was murdered - and he knows who the murderer is - Clarice discovers there's no shortage of possible suspects among the Magpie Row inhabitants. Who, behind Magpie Row's idyllic façade, might have had murder in mind? And, after his outburst at Peter's funeral, where is Chris? And is Clarice, with her mission to tend to Peter's strays, as well as uncover the truth about her friend's death, putting herself in danger's way?

Author : Kate High
Publisher : Constable
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349135199

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The Missing Wife and the Stone Fen Siamese by Kate High Pdf

'Animal lovers will delight' Ann Granger on The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn 'A real treat . . . I loved it. Cats, dogs, murder and a credible and relatable heroine' Barbara Nadel on The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn Driving home from a ceramics evening class, Clarice Beech reflects on the absence of one of her students, Colin Compton-Smythe. Later, Emily, Colin's daughter, telephones to say her father has died during routine surgery. Distraught, Emily opens up to Clarice about his wretched childhood and the day five-year-old Colin returned home to discover Avril, his mother, gone. Colin never believed she would have left without him and had been trying to find out more about Avril's disappearance all those years ago. Clarice readily agrees to accompany Emily to Colin's funeral. On arriving at the stunning Victorian Gothic manor house, with Bellatrix, the majestic stone Siamese cat reposing at its entrance, Clarice soon becomes drawn into the fractious world of the Compton-Smythe family: Colin's argumentative father Ralph and his equally combative partner Tessa, their daughter, Dawn, being stalked by an ex-lover and, most unsettling of all, Ernestine, Ralph's emotionally unpredictable sister. And then there's Johnson, Ralph's menacing manservant. Clarice discovers the nearer she gets to the truth, the greater she is in danger as somebody is intent that the mystery of the missing wife should never be resolved.

Author : Ren Yuding
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647815530

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Record: Living in A Haunted House by Ren Yuding Pdf

I entered a housing agency and that night, a lady in a qipao came looking for me ... Every day at 9 AM, it would be updated at 7 PM on time. Please subscribe to support, send the safety amulet, keep your life safe and sound. (TL: OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG/OMG

Author : Kate Webb
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529421255

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Stay Buried by Kate Webb Pdf

The darkest truths should never surface . . . A twisty and atmospheric Wiltshire-set crime novel from a brilliant new voice in the genre. Stay Buried will keep you guessing until the end. 'Your next must-read' LUCY FOLEY 'Absolutely brilliant plotting' ANN CLEEVES Detective Inspector Matt Lockyer has been side-lined to working cold cases, following a bad decision he made in a recent investigation in order to support a friend. Lockyer isn't too bothered though, as it gives him the chance to review some of the cases that keep him up at night and to look into his own brother's senseless killing which still remains unsolved. On a quiet afternoon Lockyer receives a phone call from prisoner Hedy Lambert - a woman he put inside for murder fourteen years ago. She informs him that the man she was originally accused of killing has turned up alive and well. She begs him to reopen her case. All those years ago, Lockyer had been the one to pin down Hedy's motive, but deep down he'd never wanted to believe she was guilty. The thought that he might have sent an innocent woman down for life doesn't sit well with him and he agrees to reopen the investigation. But has it become too personal and is he being manipulated? Perhaps there are some cases that should just stay buried. ****************************** Praise for Stay Buried 'Gloriously atmospheric' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'The twists were terrific' GYTHA LODGE 'A well-written deftly plotted whodunnit' GUARDIAN 'Remarkably assured' LITERARY REVIEW 'Accomplished, twisty' WOMAN AND HOME

Author : Debra Sennefelder
Publisher : Kensington Cozies
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496728944

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The Corpse in the Gazebo by Debra Sennefelder Pdf

Food blogging is turning Hope Early into a household name. But the dead body down the block makes her a #1 suspect . . . It seems everyone loves Hope’s blog these days, and she’s busier than ever volunteering to help other women create their own paths to success. So she’s shocked when a neighbor petitions to run Hope right out of her small Connecticut town! Set in her ways, apparently Birdie Donovan doesn’t like the chaos Hope’s sleuthing creates, the police activity and crime scenes, and it’s happening way too often lately. Eager to make amends, Hope bakes Birdie a batch of her best muffins. The delicious treats might have smoothed things over—until Hope discovers Birdie dead in her gazebo the very next day . . . Now instead of worrying about holding on to her beloved home, Hope is trying to stay out of jail. Because suddenly she’s the lead suspect in the case. Not even her boyfriend, Police Chief Ethan Cahill, is promising he can clear her name, much less discuss the investigation with her. It’s up to Hope to get to bake new ground on the case before the lifestyle brand she’s created—and her whole life—crumbles . . . Includes Recipes from Hope’s Kitchen! Praise for THE UNINVITED CORPSE “Fans of Krista Davis’s Domestic Diva mysteries will appreciate another detective who specializes in cooking and lifestyle suggestions.” —Library Journal

Author : Wei Lai
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 1078 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781648576768

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Midnight Anchorwoman by Wei Lai Pdf

Behind every live broadcast, there was a hidden secret. The female host Xia Mu entered the 404 live broadcast room. As the live broadcast was about to end, the image of her roommate Su Lin falling from a high vantage point appeared on the screen. The next day, Xia Mu received news of Su Lin's death. This was just the beginning, the terrifying scenes of death kept appearing, the ghosts of movie theaters, the shadows of women's toilets, the men hanging on the hooks, the women with paper faces ... Who can unravel the secret behind the death broadcast room? The mysterious and unfathomable Sealing Village, the frightening and terrifying decapitation techniques, the mysterious disappearance of the Night Ghost Clan, and the unimaginable strange things that happened around Xia Mu. The demonic symbols that were everywhere, the iron boxes that were dug out from the cave, the secrets that were hidden in the boxes, all these seemingly unbelievable things were finally linked together. Xia Mu was surprised to discover that her status as a friend and relative had changed, and what she saw was not the truth at all. From the very beginning, an invisible hand had begun to control everything.

Author : Colin Harrison
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374706371

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The Havana Room by Colin Harrison Pdf

The Havana Room is the tale of a man from his fall from the heights of power and wealth in New York to the moment where he might well die. Bill Wyeth is a successful real-estate attorney in his late thirties with a wife and son, who, by the merest chance, loses everything: family, job, status. Unmoored and alone, Wyeth drifts toward the city's darker corners. Restoration seems unlikely, redemption impossible, when Wyeth finds himself in an old-time Manhattan steakhouse. He is intrigued by the manager, Allison Sparks--sexy, complicated, and independent in all ways. She also controls access to the restaurant's private bar. This is the Havana Room, and what goes on in there, he's told, is secret. Wyeth agrees to help Alison's friend, Jay Rainey, in concluding a last-minute midnight real-estate transaction. As soon as he sees the players and the paperwork, Wyeth knows something is wrong. Within hours, Wyeth finds himself tangled in Rainey's peculiar obsessions, which involve a Chilean businessman who feels he's been swindled, an old farmer frozen dead to a bulldozer, an outrageous black owner of a downtown hiphop club, and a fourteen-year-old English girl. Only Rainey knows the connections among these people, which are revealed when Wyeth is finally admitted to the Havana Room--where the survival of its inhabitants is most uncertain.

Author : Karen Dionne,Tyler Tichelaar
Publisher : Loving Healing Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615995080

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U.P. Reader -- Volume #4 by Karen Dionne,Tyler Tichelaar Pdf

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler's days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.'s natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises. The forty-five short works in this fourth annual volume take readers on U.P. road and boat trips from the Keweenaw to the Soo. Every page is rich with descriptions of the characters and culture that make the Upper Peninsula worth living in and writing about. U.P. writers span genres from humor to history and from science fiction to poetry. This issue also includes imaginative fiction from the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Award winners, honoring the amazing young writers enrolled in all of the U.P.'s schools. Featuring the words of Karen Dionne, Donna Winters, Tyler R. Tichelaar, Brandy Thomas, Jon Taylor, T. Kilgore Splake, Joni Scott, Donna Searight Simons, Terry Sanders, Ninie G. Syarikin, Becky Ross Michael, Cyndi Perkins, Charli Mills, Tricia Carr, Raymond Luczak, David Lehto, Tamara Lauder, Chris Kent, Sharon Kennedy, Jan Stafford Kellis, Rich Hill, Elizabeth Fust, Deborah K. Frontiera, Ann Dallman, Mikel B. Classen, T. Marie Bertineau, Larry Buege, Craig Brockman, Megan Sutherland, May Amelia Shapton, Cora Mueller, and Fenwood Tolonen. "U.P. Reader offers a wonderful mix of storytelling, poetry, and Yooper culture. Here's to many future volumes!" --Sonny Longtine, author of Murder in Michigan's Upper Peninsula "As readers embark upon this storied landscape, they learn that the people of Michigan's Upper Peninsula offer a unique voice, a tribute to a timeless place too long silent." --Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky "I was amazed by the variety of voices in this volume. U.P. Reader offers a little of everything, from short stories to nature poetry, fantasy to reality, Yooper lore to humor. I look forward to the next issue." --Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly The U.P. Reader is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation. A portion of proceeds from each copy sold will be donated to the UPPAA for its educational programming. Learn more at www.UPReader.org

Author : John Updike
Publisher : Random House
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307415844

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Licks of Love by John Updike Pdf

In this brilliant late-career collection, John Updike revisits many of the locales of his early fiction: the small-town Pennsylvania of Olinger Stories, the sandstone farmhouse of Of the Farm, the exurban New England of Couples and Marry Me, and Henry Bech’s Manhattan of artistic ambition and taunting glamour. To a dozen short stories spanning the American Century, the author has added a novella-length coda to his quartet of novels about Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom. Several strands of the Rabbit saga come together here as, during the fall and winter holidays of 1999, Harry’s survivors fitfully entertain his memory while pursuing their own happiness up to the edge of a new millennium. Love makes Updike’s fictional world go round—married love, filial love, feathery licks of erotic love, and love for the domestic particulars of Middle American life.

Author : Gareth Young
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Church controversies
ISBN : 9781598589450

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The Grace of Guilt by Gareth Young Pdf

When fifteen-year-old Jessica Jackson's crush on her pastor's son leads to rape, she finds herself pregnant and alone, rejected by both family and church as an unrepentant sinner. And when fellow-church member, Simon Cassell's homosexual relationship with his high school friend is discovered, he is beaten by his father and ostracized. Meanwhile, middle-aged Dwight Cook is struggling with the economic failure of his business, the town hardware store, with estrangement from his wife and oldest son, and with uncontrollable lust for a female employee half his age. The outcasts' struggles with underserved guilt intensify when a lynching brings the FBI to the rural North Carolina town and both church and family members are implicated, and when a tormented loved one commits suicide. The Grace of Guilt follows the destruction of three families and their quests for redemption, and examines the old prejudice of the new South.

Author : Robert Southey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044015210008

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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Southey, LL.D. (later Poet Laureate.) by Robert Southey Pdf

Author : John Aikin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : English poetry
ISBN : NYPL:33433076027402

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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged... by John Aikin Pdf

Author : John Frost
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : English poetry
ISBN : UVA:X001234065

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The Modern Poets of England by John Frost Pdf