The Crossbow Murders An Asheville Mystery

Author : Kenneth Butcher
Publisher : An Asheville Mystery
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1509251588

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The Crossbow Murders, an Asheville Mystery by Kenneth Butcher Pdf

Someone kills a master artist in his studio. Lt. Segal and his partner, Walter, race to the River Arts District to investigate. Weapon of choice? Crossbow. Quirky, even for Asheville. A new cop, Dinah, arrives to assist. Smart, athletic and absolutely fearless, Segal is impressed and welcomes her to the team. Segal's life gets complicated. The victim was the brother of North Carolina's first lady. Segal can't decide if she is sincere or devious, but he can't deny a powerful attraction. A second murder is discovered. Different part of town, different weapon, but none-the-less related to the first. Possible serial killer? The investigation leads Segal's team through more twists and turns than the mountain roads around the city. From fifteenth century art, to Romeo and Juliet, shady real estate deals to crooked politicians and amateur militia of gun-worshiping louts, will the team be able to crack this case before disaster at the Renaissance fair?

Author : Kenneth Butcher
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509251599

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The Crossbow Murders, an Asheville Mystery by Kenneth Butcher Pdf

Someone kills a master artist in his studio. Lt. Segal and his partner, Walter, race to the River Arts District to investigate. Weapon of choice? Crossbow. Quirky, even for Asheville. A new cop, Dinah, arrives to assist. Smart, athletic and absolutely fearless, Segal is impressed and welcomes her to the team. Segal’s life gets complicated. The victim was the brother of North Carolina’s first lady. Segal can’t decide if she is sincere or devious, but he can’t deny a powerful attraction. A second murder is discovered. Different part of town, different weapon, but none-the-less related to the first. Possible serial killer? The investigation leads Segal’s team through more twists and turns than the mountain roads around the city. From fifteenth century art, to Romeo and Juliet, shady real estate deals to crooked politicians and amateur militia of gun-worshiping louts, will the team be able to crack this case before disaster at the Renaissance fair?

Author : Bill Noel
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781936236398

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The Edge by Bill Noel Pdf

AFTER A MURDER VICTIM IS DISCOVERED ON FOLLY BEACH, A RETIREE AND HIS MISFIT FRIENDS MUST FIND THE KILLER BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. After Chris Landrum survives the first hurricane to hit Folly Beach, South Carolina, during this century, he breathes what he is about to discover to be an overly optimistic sigh of relief. When the body of his acquaintance Lester Patterson is discovered with an arrow plunged straight through his heartChriss formerly peaceful retirement on the tiny barrier island suddenly goes from bad to worse. With the help of his remaining quirky acquaintances, Chris launches a relentless mission to stop an imperfect murderer who has already made one critical error in judgment. A weird boardinghouse and a country music bar are all that connect the victimsand now it is up to Chris to determine which one of his misfit friends is the killer and which one is vulnerable enough to be the next victim. Is it Country Cal, a washed-up musician; Harley McLowry, whose name matches his 99 Road King Classic; or songstress Heather Lee, whose friends think a half-dead hog carries a better tune than her? When Chris discovers the police chief is bent on running him off the island, he soon realizes there will be no shortage of roadblocks to finding a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing.

Author : Kenneth Butcher
Publisher : An Asheville Mystery
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1610353617

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As the Crow Dies by Kenneth Butcher Pdf

A bookish police detective and his roller derby star partner investigate a quirky mystery involving superintelligent animals, military conspiracy ... and murder. Witty, engaging and fast-paced, As the Crow Dies is a mystery that veers from the norm in unexpectedly delightful ways.

Author : James Dickey
Publisher : Delta
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307483706

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Deliverance by James Dickey Pdf

“You're hooked, you feel every cut, grope up every cliff, swallow water with every spill of the canoe, sweat with every draw of the bowstring. Wholly absorbing [and] dramatic.”—Harper's Magazine The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the states most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance. Praise for Deliverance “Once read, never forgotten.”—Newport News Daily Press “A tour de force . . . How a man acts when shot by an arrow, what it feels like to scale a cliff or to capsize, the ironic psychology of fear: these things are conveyed with remarkable descriptive writing.”—The New Republic “Freshly and intensely alive . . . with questions that haunt modern urban man.”—Southern Review “A fine and honest book that hits the reader's mind with the sting of a baseball just caught in the hand.”—The Nation “[James Dickey's] language has descriptive power not often matched in contemporary American writing.”—Time “A harrowing trip few readers will forget.”—Asheville Citizen-Times "A novel that will curl your toes . . . Dickey's canoe rides to the limits of dramatic tension."—New York Times Book Review "A brilliant and breathtaking adventure."—The New Yorker

Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:650419670

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Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Pdf

Author : Robin Beck,Robin A. Beck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107022133

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Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American South by Robin Beck,Robin A. Beck Pdf

Offers a new framework for understanding the transformation of the Native American South during the first centuries of the colonial era.

Author : James Mooney
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780486131320

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Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney Pdf

126 myths: sacred stories, animal myths, local legends, many more. Plus background on Cherokee history, notes on the myths and parallels. Features 20 maps and illustrations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015082964886

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Library Journal by Anonim Pdf

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Author : Michael Franzini
Publisher : HarperDes
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0061192007

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One Hundred Young Americans by Michael Franzini Pdf

One Hundred Young Americans is the first book to paint the full picture of youth culture in America today. Gorgeously photographed and meticulously researched, this year-long project represents photographer Michael Franzini's 30,000-mile journey in search of what it truly means to be a teenager in this hyper-connected, media-driven society. The book is packed with first-hand accounts of youth culture in America from 100 teenagers in 50 states. More than two hundred stunning images show every kind of teenager from every part of our nation, mirroring census data for gender, race, religion and sexual orientation and to strike a balance between urban, rural, suburban and small-town locations. Unlike previous generations, these young people have all grown up with unprecedented access to media and information, and their private lives are more public than ever before. You will read stories that will inspire, move, excite, and even anger you. Along this journey, you will meet people who share your experiences, who remind you of others, and who are unlike anyone you have ever met. You will meet every kind of teenager. The cheerleaders, football jocks, student body presidents, prom queens and other popular kids. The nerds, band geeks, gamers and other not-so-popular kids. Also the skaters, stoners, goths, punks, druggies and a lot of kids whose uniqueness defies labels. What they ultimately have in common is that they are struggling to find their identity and become independent. They are growing up. Prepare yourself. This is what it really means to be young in America today.

Author : M. William Phelps,Donna Palomba
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780762788408

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Jane Doe No More by M. William Phelps,Donna Palomba Pdf

In 1993, Donna Palomba was raped by a masked assailant in her own home. Yet, her story is more than a victim’s tale of physical and emotional recovery. It is a story of one woman’s hunt for justice while fending off attacks by institutions designed to defend and protect her—the police department, the local government, and a community clinging to an outrageous claim that Donna had invented the crime to cover up a sexual affair. From the night of the attack, the botched crime scene investigation, and the abuse as authorities attempted to close the case by discrediting her, Donna was left as a victim with no name and no identity. Meanwhile, there was one courageous detective, later to become chief of police, who broke a cops’ code of silence in the name of justice. As they fought on, a legal battle ensued after the Waterbury Police Department—now with media support—refused to let go of its allegations against her and admit wrongdoing. Finally, after eleven years of struggle, Donna learned the identity of her attacker from the chief of police, who explained that the DNA from the rape kit taken a decade ago had turned up a shocking match. In 2007, Donna Palomba was the subject of a special two-hour Dateline episode about her case. Suddenly, she was Jane Doe no more, launching the Jane Doe No More organization and becoming a promoter of the rights of women and victims of sexual assault. With the help of crime investigator and author M. William Phelps, this is her story.

Author : Charles Hudson
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780817351908

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The Juan Pardo Expeditions by Charles Hudson Pdf

Provides English translations of selected passages from the expedition accounts of sixteenth-century explorer Juan Pardo in the Carolinas and Tennessee, and includes interpretations of Pardo's routes and encounters with native peoples.

Author : Natalie Goldberg
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781453224571

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Thunder and Lightning by Natalie Goldberg Pdf

DIVDIVIn the sequel to her bestselling Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg advises readers on how to capture the flashes of inspiration of a writer’s life, and turn this “thunder and lightning” into a polished final piece/divDIV /divDIVAny writer may find himself or herself with an abundance of raw material, but it takes patience and care to turn this material into finished stories, essays, poems, novels, and memoirs. Referencing her own experiences both as a writer and as a student of Zen, Natalie provides insight into the struggles and demands of turning ideas into concrete form. /divDIV /divDIVHer guidance addresses ways to overcome writer’s block, deal with the fear of criticism and rejection, get the most from working with an editor, and improve one’s writing by reading accomplished authors. She communicates this with her characteristic humor and compassion, and a deep respect for writing as an act of celebration./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection./div /div

Author : E.J. Fleming
Publisher : Exposit
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781476632032

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Death of an Altar Boy by E.J. Fleming Pdf

 The tragic death of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for 20 years until the Boston abuse scandal—a string of assaults within the Catholic Church—exploded in the early 2000s. Despite numerous indications, including 40 claims of sexual misconduct with minors, pointing to him as Croteau’s killer, the Reverend Richard R. Lavigne remains “innocent.” Drawing on more than 10,000 pages of police and court records and interviews with Danny’s friends and family, fellow abuse victims, and church officials, the author uncovers the truth—church complicity in a cover up and the masking of priests’ involvement in a ring of abusive clergy—behind Croteau’s death and those who had a hand in it.

Author : Rudi Volti
Publisher : Worth
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1319058256

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Society and Technological Change by Rudi Volti Pdf

Society and Technological Change is the best text available for undergraduate courses exploring the relationship between societal and technological change Brimming with Rudi Volti’s expertise and enthusiasm for its dynamic subject, this always timely volume helps students grasp the vast societal implications of a wide range of technological breakthroughs, both historic and contemporary.