The Five Bells And Bladebone

Author : Martha Grimes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476732930

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The Five Bells and Bladebone by Martha Grimes Pdf

A body in a bureau sends the Scotland Yard detective on a vexing investigation in this “absorbing and stylishly crafty” mystery (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique writing bureau, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: “I bought the desk, not the body, send it back.” But the dead body of Simon Lean presents more pressing concerns. Who, for example, would want to kill the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston? Leave it to Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to suggest a connection to the murder of brassy Limehouse lady named Sadie Driver, found dead near Wapping Old Stairs . . . if that stone-cold body on the slipway is really Sadie. Not even her brother, Tommy, on a visit from Gravesend, can swear to it.

Author : Martha Grimes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1988-09-01
Category : Jury, Richard (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0896212041

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5 Bells and Bladestone by Martha Grimes Pdf

Superintendent Richard Jury investigates the murder of Simon Lean, greedy nephew of wealthy Lady Summerston, and the list of suspects includes Simon's wife Hannah, beautiful Diane Demorney, bookshop owner Theo Wrenn Brown, and a best-selling romance writer

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1840222662

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Dictionary of Pub Names by Anonim Pdf

For hundreds of years, the public house in its many guises, from urban gin palace to wayside coaching inn, has been a charming and quintessential feature of British life, and hence the names and signs associated with pubs are a constant reminder of our history, cultural heritage, folklore and local identity.The Wordsworth Dictionary of Pub Names is a fascinating compilation containing nearly five thousand absorbing entries and can be dipped into for fun or consulted on a serious level for intriguing and amusing information not readily available elsewhere. The local pub is an institution unique to the British Isles, but since English literature abounds with references to hostelries past and present, real and imagined, and no tourist's itinerary is complete without a visit to one or several on their route, its virtues are celebrated worldwide and readers everywhere will enjoy an affectionate and, perhaps, nostalgic browse through the pages of this entertaining dictionary.

Author : Martha Grimes
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451411013

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The Grave Maurice by Martha Grimes Pdf

"Chew on this," says Melrose Plant to Richard Jury, who's in the hospital being driven crazy by Hannibal, a nurse who likes to speculate on his chances for survival. Jury could use a good story, preferably one not ending with his own demise. Plant tells Jury of something he overheard in The Grave Maurice, a pub near the hospital. A woman told an intriguing story about a girl named Nell Ryder, granddaughter to the owner of the Ryder Stud Farm in Cambridgeshire, who went missing more than a year before and has never been found. What is especially interesting to Plant is that Nell is also the daughter of Jury's surgeon. But Nell's disappearance isn't the only mystery at the Ryder farm. A woman has been found dead on the track-a woman who was a stranger even to the Ryders. But not to Plant. She's the woman he saw in The Grave Maurice. Together with Jury, Nell's family, and the Cambridgeshire police, Plant embarks on a search to find Nell and bring her home. But is there more to their mission than just restoring a fifteen-year-old girl to her family? The Grave Maurice is the eighteenth entry in the Richard Jury series and, from its pastoral opening to its calamitous end, is full of the same suspense and humor that devoted readers expect from Martha Grimes.

Author : Prachi More
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783839438343

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Actors and Networks in the Megacity by Prachi More Pdf

This study is a concise introduction to Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and its application in a literary analysis of urban narratives of the 21st century. We encounter well-known psycho-geographers such as Iain Sinclair and Sam Miller, and renowned authors, Patrick Neate and Suketu Mehta. Prachi More analyses these authors' accounts of vastly different cities such as London, Delhi, Mumbai, Johannesburg, New York and Tokyo. Are these urban narratives a contemporary solution to documenting an ever-evasive urban reality? If so, how do they embody "matters of concern" as Latour would have put it, laying bare modern-day "actors" and "networks" rather than reporting mere "matters of fact"? These questions are drawn into an inter-disciplinary discussion that addresses concerns and questions of epistemology, the sociology of knowledge as well as urban and documentary studies.

Author : Martha Grimes
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101100141

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Foul Matter by Martha Grimes Pdf

The bestselling author of the Richard Jury novels delivers a razor-sharp and raucously funny send-up of the cutthroat world of publishing. And the praise is pouring in: "A hilarious and wicked caper-adventure on the evils of the book business." —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Does laughing uncontrollably on a subway train constitute legitimate literary criticism? If it does, then Foul Matter...gets a great review from me." —New York Times Book Review "She can kick literary butt—in more ways than one." —USA Today

Author : Mark Haviland
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398426528

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Lochranza by Mark Haviland Pdf

Welcome to Anoone, a world where magic and science share a sometimes uneasy co-existence. Ben Troon is a trainee mage, or wizard, at the Dundonald Academy of Magecraft. He meets Bliss, a fellow student, and they fall deliriously in love. But they are torn apart when Ben is sent to the Magisterium, the heart of Magecraft, in the distant city of Lochranza. When he finds he has lost Bliss to another man, Ben becomes deeply depressed. His mentor, mage and bookseller Ailsa Bleakwill takes his case to the Archmage, Caerlugh. Caerlugh gives him a mission, to travel around the whole of Anoone, and to write a record of his experiences in a journal: the Book. It is a journey where Ben will discover himself as he learns about his world. He is introduced to his travelling companion, the mysterious Motria, and together they set off into the unknown.

Author : Sarah D. Fogle
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786485062

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Martha Grimes Walks Into a Pub by Sarah D. Fogle Pdf

Since the 1979 discovery of her work in a slush pile at Little, Brown, Martha Grimes has gone on to publish more than 30 books, win international acclaim (and a Nero Wolfe Award) for her detective series, and develop a following of readers whose loyalty translates to repeated stays on the best-sellers lists. This collection of 10 critical essays provides an in-depth analysis of Grimes' oeuvre, principally the Richard Jury, Emma Graham, and Andi Oliver series. The essays address Grimes' themes of parental abandonment, loneliness, obsession, greed, mistaken and dual identity, the resilience of children, stunted romantic relationships and animal cruelty. Particular attention is paid to her engaging characters, strong sense of place and the comedy, which feature so strongly in her novels.

Author : Charles Manby Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : London
ISBN : NYPL:33433066656566

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The Little World of London by Charles Manby Smith Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2010 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : London (England)
ISBN : HARVARD:HN4BT4

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The Post Office London Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Martha Grimes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781476732992

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Send Bygraves by Martha Grimes Pdf

In Send Bygraves, Martha Grimes has given us her most fascinating book, a dramatic mystery poem that uses the conventions of the traditional British mystery to explore the very nature of crime, the criminal, and the criminal investigator. Illustrated with thirty-five line drawings by acclaimed artist Devis Grebu, it is an elegant, darkly humorous work—a tour de force of chilling wit and brilliant literary imagination.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069261547

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bernard A. Drew
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,5 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.

Author : Iain Sinclair
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780141930992

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Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire by Iain Sinclair Pdf

Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair's foray into one of London's most fascinating boroughs 'As detailed and as complex as a historical map, taking the reader hither and thither with no care as to which might be the most direct route'Observer Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair's personal record of his north-east London home in which he has lived for forty years. It is a documentary fiction, seeking to capture the spirit of place, before Hackney succumbs to mendacious green papers, eco boasts, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park gnawing at its edges. It is a message in a bottle, chucked into the flood of the future. 'An explosion of literary fireworks'Peter Ackroyd, The Times 'Gloriously sprawling, wonderfully congested, one of the finest books about London in recent decades'Daily Telegraph 'Sinclair adopts the roles of pedestrian, pilgrim and poet, magnificently illuminating the borough's historical and spiritual life'The Times 'Remarkable, compelling, bristles with unexpected, frequently lurid life. On Sinclair's territory there's nobody to touch him . . . a gonzo Samuel Pepys'Sunday Times Iain Sinclair is the author of Downriver (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award); Landor's Tower; White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings; Lights Out for the Territory; Lud Heat; Rodinsky's Room (with Rachel Lichtenstein); Radon Daughters; London Orbital, Dining on Stones, Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire and Ghost Milk. He is also the editor of London: City of Disappearances.

Author : G. A. Tomlin
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338108883

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Pubs by G. A. Tomlin Pdf

Pubs: A Collection of Hotel, Inn, and Tavern Signs in Great Britain and Ireland is a unique compilation that celebrates the rich history and artistry of pub signs. This collection offers readers a visual journey through time, showcasing the cultural significance, creativity, and the evolution of signage in the hospitality industry.