The Christie Caper

Author : Carolyn G. Hart
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307574466

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The Christie Caper by Carolyn G. Hart Pdf

A group of Christie buffs. . .In honor of Agatha Christie's one hundredth birthday, mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance Darling plans a week-long celebration of mystery, treasure hunts, title clues, and Christie trivia. Yet even as the champagne is chilling and the happy guests begin arriving on Broward's Rock Island, Annie feels a niggling sense of doom. But the last thing she or her guests expect is that the scheduled fun and mayhem will include a real-life murder. The unexpected arrival of Neil Bledsoe, the most despised book critic in America, was sure to raise a few hackles. An advocate of hard-boiled detection and gory true crime, Bledsoe drops a bombshell on the devoted Christie assemblage: He's penning a scurrilous biography of the grand dame of suspense herself. Before the first title clue is solved, no less than two attempts are made on Bledsoe's life. Now Annie and her unflappable husband, Max Darling, find themselves trying to stop a murder in the making-only the first corpse isn't the one they're expecting. . .and it isn't the last.

Author : Carolyn Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Love stories
ISBN : OCLC:678632319

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The Christie Caper by Carolyn Hart Pdf

Author : Carolyn Hart
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307574541

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Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart Pdf

WHO COULD PLOT A MURDER BETTER THAN A MYSTERY WRITER? At Annie Laurance’s Death On Demand bookstore on Broward’s Rock Island, South Carolina, murder most foul suddenly isn’t confined to the well-stocked shelves. Author Elliot Morgan’s abrupt demise during a weekly gathering of famous mystery writers called the Sunday Night Regulars is proof positive that a bloody sword is sometimes mightier than a brilliant pen. With Annie is the unenviable position of primary police suspect, the pretty young mystery maven and her wealthy paramour, Max Darling, embark on an investigation into a classic locked-room mystery with high stakes. For failing to unmask a brutal and ingenious killer could mean prison for Ms. Laurance. While success could mean her death. “Irresistible! [Carolyn] Hart drops big names from the mystery world like murderers drop clues and Annie and Max are the most endearing new pair of sleuths since Tommy and Tuppence!” – Nancy Pickard

Author : Educational Challenges, Inc. Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1978-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0800919718

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Christie Caper by Educational Challenges, Inc. Staff Pdf

Author : Carolyn Hart
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307574855

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A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn Hart Pdf

When mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance is invited to teach "The Three Great Ladies of the Mystery" class at Chastain Community College, the sometime sleuth discovers that all is not strictly academic in Chastain's hallowed halls of learning. And when a shocking scandal in the school newspaper erupts in a suicide and two violent deaths, Professor Laurance enlists the talents of her new hubby, private eye Max Darling, and dons her thinking cap to probe intrigue and vengeance among Chastain's faculty. A Dangerous Thing Max and Annie, with dubious help from three of their own great ladies of the mystery -- Annie's pixilated mother-in-law, a batty local dowager, and a Christie crime fanatic -- learn that just about everyone at the school had means, motive, and access to the murder weapons. From the secretly boozing professor of advertising to the muscle-bound campus cad who barters passing grades for a little extracurricular activity, anyone on the faculty is a possible killer -- waiting to strike again!

Author : J.C. Bernthal
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : 9781476676203

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Agatha Christie by J.C. Bernthal Pdf

The undisputed "Queen of Crime," Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the bestselling novelist of all time. As the creator of immortal detectives Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple, she continues to enthrall readers around the world and is drawing increasing attention from scholars, historians, and critics. But Christie wrote far beyond Poirot and Marple. A varied life including war work, archaeology, and two very different marriages provided the backdrop to a diverse body of work. This encyclopedic companion summarizes and explores Christie's entire literary output, including the detective fiction, plays, radio dramas, adaptations, and her little-studied non-crime writing. It details all published works and key themes and characters, as well as the people and places that inspired them, and identifies a trove of uncollected interviews, articles, and unpublished material, including details that have never appeared in print. For the casual reader looking for background information on their favorite mystery to the dedicated scholar tracking down elusive new angles, this companion will provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date information.

Author : Shéa MacLeod
Publisher : Sunwalker Press
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Christmas Caper by Shéa MacLeod Pdf

With Christmas fast approaching and her bank accounts woefully low, Sugar Martin is spending her first holiday in Meres Reach, England instead of back home in Oregon. When the festivities are interrupted by an urgent call from her employer, she heads straight to London with Tippy in tow only to discover that her great-great-aunt Euphegenia has left her a final bequest—and a mysterious mission. Christmas is a time for magic and miracles and Sugar will need both if she’s to succeed in her quest. This charming Christmas cozy mystery is the third book in the Sugar Martin Vintage Cozy Mysteries set in post-WW2 England. Read what others are saying about USA Today Bestselling author Shéa MacLeod's Sugar Martin Vintage Cozy Mysteries series: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I loved this quick cozy read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes cozy mysteries with a little tongue-in-cheek humor.” –P.H. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I really like this cozy! Sugar and the other characters are enjoyable and would be people I would like in real life.” – J Read the entire Sugar Martin Vintage Cozy Mysteries series: Book 1 – A Death in Devon Book 2 – A Grave Gala Book 3 – A Christmas Caper Book 4 – A Riviera Rendezvous Topics: Shéa, Shéa MacLeod, cozy mystery, cozy mysteries, animal cozy mystery, murder mystery, cosy mystery, corgi, whodunnit, humor, single woman, funny mystery, humor, British mystery, England, English mystery, English village, aristocracy, action and adventure, friendship, romantic subplot, vintage, retro, historical mystery, 1940s, mystery, detective, amateur sleuth, woman detective, private investigator, crime, caper, heist, lighthearted, inheritance, fun read, post WW2, Christmas, holiday, Yule Other readers of this book enjoyed books by: London Lovett, Kate Parker, Rick Bleiweiss, Agatha Christie, Kim M. Watt, Leighann Dobbs, Kelly Oliver, Traci Andrighetti, Irish March, M. K. Dean, Sara Rosett, Amy Saunders, C.J. Archer, Bailey Booth, ACF Bookens, Fiona Grace, Matthew Costello, Rose Temple, Victoria Walters, Maggie Robinson, Abigail Keam, Rhys Bowen, Helena Marchmont, Vivian Conroy, Martin Davies, Anna Castle, E. C. Bateman, Ada Moncrieff, Catherine Coles, Alice Duncan, Haper Lin, M. Louisa Locke, Carol Caverly, Penelope Swan, Fiona Leitch, Helena Dixon, Tam May, Emma Jameson, Ruby Riverton, P.C. James, Patricia Wentworth, M. Ruth Myers, Mary Roberts, Rinehart, Jessica Fellowes

Author : Carolyn Hart
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307574534

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Deadly Valentine by Carolyn Hart Pdf

Mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance didn't really want to go to her neighbor's Valentine Day masked ball -- particularly not after the voluptuous brunette made a pass at Annie's husband, Max. So when her dizzy mother-in-law, Laurel, made a surprise visit to Broward's Rock Island, Annie thought it would be a perfect excuse to skip the party. She should have known better: True to form, Laurel accepted the invitation for all three of them. But the biggest surprise of all came at the party's end, when Annie found the amorous hostess in the gazebo--murdered.

Author : Vivian Conroy
Publisher : Canelo
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781788633666

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Honeymoon with Death by Vivian Conroy Pdf

A newlywed finds herself with someone newly dead in this charming historical mystery from the author of A Testament to Murder. After a whirlwind romance and dream wedding, the new Mrs. Ramsforth is whisked away to an idyllic Greek island by her adoring husband. But as soon as they arrive at their luxurious hotel overlooking the azure sea, Damaris is struck by the feeling she’s been here before . . . Puzzling over the familiarity, Damaris’ honeymoon goes from unsettling to a complete nightmare when she finds herself standing over a dead body, unable to explain how she got there. Now only one man can save her—fellow holidaymaker and former Scotland Yard inspector Jasper. But even he starts to doubt Damaris’ innocence when he discovers that it’s not her first time embroiled in a murder case . . . Now including the first chapter from Under the Guise of Death, the next book in the Murder Will Follow series. “If you are a fan of cozy mysteries, particular Agatha Christie, you don’t want to miss this series. Plus it is fun to spend the summer in the Greek isles, even if it is just in the pages of a book.” —Girl Who Reads “If you enjoy mysteries set in the 1920s with an Agatha Christie style, grab yourself a copy of this fantastic story!” —SplashesIntoBooks “A delightful cosy murder mystery . . . A quick, fun read, perfect for a (beach) holiday when you need your dose of murder and mystery, but you don’t want to overexert those little grey cells with a dark and long-winded thriller. Recommended!” —FromBelgiumWithBookLove

Author : Carolyn Hart
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307570680

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Southern Ghost by Carolyn Hart Pdf

Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand bookstore, is shocked to hear talk about her husband, Max, and a beautiful blonde. By the time she’s faced down a hostile police chief and bailed Max out of the Chastain, South Carolina, jail, the lady has vanished and Max is the prime suspect in an unspecified crime. The baffling, bloodstained trail leads straight to the doorstep of Tarrant House, home of the venerable Southern family with a violent history dating back to the Revolution—and ghosts of a far more recent vintage. Annie and Max find that the dignified façade of Tarrant House hides a hotbed of deadly passions as the family turns on itself in a mayhem of murderous motives and angry accusations. But in the end Annie must summon all her sleuthing skills to stop a desperate killer who is ready to strike again to keep the secrets that haunt the Tarrants from the light of day. . . . Praise for Southern Ghost “Tantalizing . . . keep[s] the reader guessing all the way.”—The Denver Post “Pleasing . . . chillingly effective…remarkably satisfying.”—Publishers Weekly “[Annie and Max] make one of the most attractive pairs of sleuths since Dashiell Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Author : Phyllis M. Betz
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476677279

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Reading the Cozy Mystery by Phyllis M. Betz Pdf

With their intimate settings, subdued action and likeable characters, cozy mysteries are rarely seen as anything more than light entertainment. The cozy, a subgenre of crime fiction, has been historically misunderstood and often overlooked as the subject of serious study. This anthology brings together a groundbreaking collection of essays that examine the cozy mystery from a range of critical viewpoints. The authors engage with the standard classification of a cozy, the characters who appear in its pages, the environment where the crime occurs and how these elements reveal the cozy story's complexity in surprising ways. Essays analyze cozy mysteries to argue that Agatha Christie is actually not a cozy writer; that Columbo fits the mold of the cozy detective; and that the stories' portrayals of settings like the quaint English village reveal a more complicated society than meets the eye.

Author : Carolyn Hart
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307569790

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Mint Julep Murder by Carolyn Hart Pdf

One of America's most beloved mystery writers, Carolyn G. Hart, the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning author, returns to her original mystery series that features Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand Bookstore, and her husband, Max, with Mint Julep Murder. Normally, Annie Laurence Darling would be eagerly awaiting her trip to Head Island, where this year's Dixie Book Festival is being held. But this year Annie has agreed to be the author liaison to five authors honored with the much-coveted Dixie Book Festival Medallions, and she fears she is going to have her hands full juggling murderous egos. What Annie doesn't count on is the untimely death of ambitious Mint Julep Press publisher Kenneth Hazlitt. Hazlitt arrives at the Festival peddling a proposal for Song of the South, a trashy roman clef that details the indiscretions of some famous Southern authors at a writers' conference--writers who more than resemble the Dixie Festival Medallion winners. When Hazlitt drops dead after drinking a hit of bourbon from his private stock, the evidence points to Annie--the fatal glass is imprinted with her fingerprints. As more and more evidence points her way, Annie and Max must act fast to catch a wily killer...before the police throw the book at Annie!

Author : Jon L. Breen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781605431680

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A Shot Rang Out by Jon L. Breen Pdf

A collection of mystery criticism and essays from the reviewer of books for Ellery Queen Magazine. Jon Breen is the worthy successor of Anthony Boucher and his hundreds of reviews of books and authors is a must-have for all serious mystery fans. A Ramble House book

Author : Tory Christie
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781515816461

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Curious McCarthy's Power of Observation by Tory Christie Pdf

In her first week in fourth grade (exiled to a new school because of redistricting) Curious decides that she wants to be a scientist, and her first task is to sharpen her powers of observation by observing her large family, three older sisters and three younger brothers--and try and become effectively invisible in her new class.

Author : Martha Hailey DuBose
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312276553

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Women of Mystery by Martha Hailey DuBose Pdf

In this remarkable book, Martha Hailey DuBose has given those multitudes of readers who love the mystery novel an indispensable addition to their libraries. Unlike other works on the subject, Women of Mystery is not merely a directory of the novelists and their publications with a few biographical details. DuBose combines extensive research into the lives of significant women mystery writers from Anna Katherine Green and Mary Roberts Rinehart with critical essays on their work, anecdotes, contemporary reviews and opinions and some of the women's own comments. She takes us through the Golden Age of the British women mystery writers, Christie, Sayers, Marsh, Allingham and Tey, to the leading crime novelists of today, focused on the women who have become legends of the genre. And though she laments, "so many mysteries, so little time," she makes a good effort a mentioning "some of the best of the rest." When DuBose writes of the lives of her principal players, she relates them to their times, their families, their personal situations and above all to their books. She subtly points out that Sayers, whose experience with the men in her life was inevitably disastrous, created in Lord Peter the ideal lover -- one who is all that a woman desires and needs. DuBose gives us the curriculum vitae that Dorothy Sayers created to help her bring Peter Wimsey to a virtual actuality. Ngaio Marsh would give up an active presence in the theatrical world she loved, but she recreated it for herself as well as her readers in many of her novels. The biographies of these woman are as engrossing as the stories they wrote, and Martha DuBose has shined a different, intimate and intriguing light on them, their works, and the lives that informed those works. This book is so full of treasure it's hard to see how any mystery enthusiast will be able to do without it. And what a gift it would make for anyone on your list who has been heard to announce "I love a mystery." Some of the treats inside: In the Beginning: The Mothers of Detection Anna Katherine Green Mary Roberts Rinehart A Golden Era: The Genteel Puzzlers Agatha Christie Dorothy L. Sayers Ngaio Marsh Margery Allingham Josephine Tey Modern Motives: Mysteries of the Murderous Mind Patricia Highsmith P.D. James Ruth Rendell Mary Higgins Clark Sue Grafton and more!!