The Mad Hatter Mystery

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Penzler Publishers
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613161340

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The Mad Hatter Mystery by John Dickson Carr Pdf

A corpse in a top hat leads Dr. Gideon Fell to a killer with a sick sense of humor in this mystery by the celebrated author of Hag’s Nook. At the hand of an outrageous prankster, top hats are going missing all over London, snatched from the heads of some of the city’s most powerful people―but is the hat thief the same as the person responsible for stealing a lost story by Edgar Allan Poe, the manuscript of which has just disappeared from the collection of Sir William Bitton? Unlike the manuscript, the hats don’t stay stolen for long, each one reappearing in unexpected and conspicuous places shortly after being taken: on the top of a Trafalgar Square statue, hanging from a Scotland Yard lamppost, and now, in the foggy depths of the Tower of London, on the head of a corpse with a crossbow bolt through the heart. Amateur detective and lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is on the case, and when the dead man is identified as the nephew of the collector, he discovers that the connections underlying the bizarre and puzzling crimes may be more intimate than initially expected . . . Reprinted for the first time in thirty years, the second novel in the Dr. Gideon Fell series, which need not be read in any order, finds the iconic character investigating one of the most extraordinary murders of his career. A baffling whodunnit with menace at every turn, The Mad Hatter Mystery proves that Carr is the “unexcelled master of creepy erudition, swift-moving excitement and suspense through atmosphere” (New York Times). “Every sentence gives a thrill of positive pleasure. [The Mad Hatter Mystery] is the most attractive mystery I have read for a long time.”―Dorothy Sayers

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0060809973

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The Mad Hatter Mystery by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Large type books
ISBN : OCLC:28906825

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Mad Hatter Mystery by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Author : Helen Starbuck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999246100

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The Mad Hatter's Son by Helen Starbuck Pdf

The Mad Hatter's Son is a gripping tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and unexpected twists and turns that leave you unable to pull away. Annie Collins is an OR nurse who is used to caring for others-both inside the operating room, and in her own personal life. So it isn't a surprise when she is drawn-albeit unwillingly-into the chaos that is her long-time friend Libby Crowder's life. The friendship between Annie and Libby began deteriorating after Libby met the cold and wealthy Edward Matheisen, and quickly ended after she married him. It's been four years since Annie and Libby parted ways. But now she's back and seeking Annie's help. With puzzling symptoms and a plea for help, Annie can't help but wonder: Is Libby really ill or is there more to the story than what Libby is saying? Annie's suspicions heighten when Libby's close friend is severely beaten and dies. Faced with Libby's own apparent suicide, Annie is beside herself with guilt and unable to stop asking questions to uncover the truth. But the answers to these questions don't come without a price. Annie finds herself drawn into a life that has derailed, and pursuing the mystery of Libby's illness threatens to derail her own life as well. Friends change, love betrays, and the end results are never what you anticipate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Death of the Mad Hatter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Amanda Hale
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fascists
ISBN : 1771833904

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Mad Hatter by Amanda Hale Pdf

"When Christopher Brooke is arrested under Regulation 18B in June of 1940 a slow process of personal disintegration begins. His subsequent years of detention as a supporter of Oswald Mosley''s British Union of Fascists leads from imprisonment in Liverpol's notorious Walton Gaol, to special interrogation at Latchmere House-- the MI5 headquarters where Col. Tin--Eye Stephens dispenses his own peculiar brand of psychological torture-- to Peveril Camp on the Isle of Man. Mary Byrne, an Irish farm girl from County Cavan, arrives in England and is hired as housekeeper/nanny in the Brooke household where she bonds with Cynthia Brooke and her three children. Mad Hatter charts the slow unravelling of a marriage and the tightening of its children in the devastation of post--war England as the story of the Brooke family moves inexorably to a tragic conclusion. The denouement shows Christopher's descent into religious mania and his increasing isolation until his suicide in 1950, leaving Cynthia Brooke with her unresolved grief."--

Author : Jenn McKinlay
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425258903

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Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay Pdf

ONE IN A MILLINER Scarlett Parker and her British cousin, Vivian Tremont, are hard at work at Mim’s Whims—their ladies’ hat shop on London’s chic Portobello Road—to create hats for an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea, a fund-raiser for a local children’s hospital. It seems like a wonderfully whimsical way to pass the hat, and Scarlett and Viv are delighted to outfit the Grisby family, the hosts who are hoping to raise enough money to name a new hospital wing after their patriarch. Unfortunately, the Grisby heir will not live to see it—he’s been poisoned. When traces of the poison are found on the hat Scarlett and Viv made for him, the police become curiouser and curiouser about their involvement. Now the ladies need to don their thinking caps and find the tea party crasher who’s mad enough to kill at the drop of a hat…

Author : Marrisse Whittaker
Publisher : Billie Wilde Thrillers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1914614682

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The Mad Hatter Murders by Marrisse Whittaker Pdf

"GRIPPING! Wow . . . kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end, so many twists and turns, that kept me thinking, just one more chapter! . . A rollercoaster ride!" --Amazon reviewer, five stars A British police detective's latest case gets curiouser and curiouser in this hard-hitting novel by the author of The Devil's Line. DSI Billie Wilde's romantic relationship is intense--but it's nothing compared to the pressure of her latest case, especially since the new chief of police is gunning for her squad. If they don't get a handle on a series of deaths--which seem to have a connection to Alice in Wonderland--they could wind up being demoted. And the identity of one of the victims has made things devastatingly personal for Billie. In search of clues, she winds up working closely with PI Ellis Darque, who is working undercover. But as Billie works to sort out what's going on behind the scenes, and confronts dark truths about her own family, she starts to feel like she's gone through the looking-glass herself . . . This chilling police procedural by the author of The Magpie, finalist for the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction, is a compelling tale filled with complex motives, tangled mysteries, and shocking surprises.

Author : Peter Lovesey
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781569477205

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Mad Hatter's Holiday by Peter Lovesey Pdf

The fourth Sergeant Cribb Investigation set in the seedy underbelly of Victorian London Brighton, 1882: Albert Moscrop spends his holiday peering at beachgoers through a telescope, piecing together disarmingly trivial observations into a compelling drama for his own amusement. A keen student of human nature, Moscrop concentrates his interest on one particular family—the Protheros, especially the beautiful Zena Prothero, whose husband appears to take her for granted. Moscrop gradually moves into the circle of the Prothero family, only to become involved in a sensational murder. All of Brighton is horrified by the gruesome crime, and the local police seek the help of Scotland Yard’s Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray, who soon find themselves challenged by the strangest case of their careers, one as mystifying as it is macabre. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Fell, Gideon (Fictitious character)
ISBN : OCLC:123251164

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Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr Pdf

Author : Barbara Jaye Wilson
Publisher : G. K. Hall
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 0754048691

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Murder and the Mad Hatter by Barbara Jaye Wilson Pdf

Slimy talent agent Lemon Crenshaw exceeds the bounds of friendship when he cons Greenwich Village hat designer Brenda Midnight and tangles her in a terrible legal bind.

Author : Marrisse Whittaker
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504073974

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The Mad Hatter Murders by Marrisse Whittaker Pdf

“GRIPPING! Wow . . . kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end, so many twists and turns, that kept me thinking, just one more chapter! . . A rollercoaster ride!” —Amazon reviewer, five stars A British police detective’s latest case gets curiouser and curiouser in this hard-hitting novel by the author of The Devil’s Line. DSI Billie Wilde’s romantic relationship is intense—but it’s nothing compared to the pressure of her latest case, especially since the new chief of police is gunning for her squad. If they don’t get a handle on a series of deaths—which seem to have a connection to Alice in Wonderland—they could wind up being demoted. And the identity of one of the victims has made things devastatingly personal for Billie. In search of clues, she winds up working closely with PI Ellis Darque, who is working undercover. But as Billie works to sort out what’s going on behind the scenes, and confronts dark truths about her own family, she starts to feel like she’s gone through the looking-glass herself . . . This chilling police procedural by the author of The Magpie, finalist for the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction, is a compelling tale filled with complex motives, tangled mysteries, and shocking surprises.

Author : Sandra Bretting
Publisher : Lyrical Underground
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781601837189

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Someone's Mad at the Hatter by Sandra Bretting Pdf

Missy DuBois’s Louisiana hat studio is the destination for Southern brides who want to make a fashion statement. But designing headpieces isn’t her only talent, she’s also got a head for solving murders . . . It’s not uncommon for folks to live it up a little too much on New Year’s Eve. But when Missy walks into her parking lot at Crowning Glory on New Year’s Day and discovers professional wedding planner Charlotte Deveraux inside a whiskey barrel, the poor woman isn’t just hung over . . . she’s dead. Since the murder weapon was an old hat stand that belonged to Missy, her customers are cancelling appointments and everyone in town seems to be turning up their noses at her. Despite plenty of intrigue to motivate a hatful of suspects, suspicion keeps falling squarely on Missy. All the more reason to clear her name—or the next veil she designs will come in a shade of black . . .

Author : Jenn McKinlay
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101624692

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Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay Pdf

An all-new series from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay Not only is Scarlett Parker’s love life in the loo—as her British cousin Vivian Tremont would say—it’s also gone viral with an embarrassing video. So when Viv suggests Scarlett leave Florida to lay low in London, she hops on the next plane across the pond. Viv is the proprietor of Mims’s Whims, a ladies’ hat shop on Portobello Road bequeathed to both cousins by their beloved grandmother, and she wants Scarlett to finally join her in the millinery business. But a few surprises await Scarlett in London. First, she is met at the airport not by Viv, but by her handsome business manager, Harrison Wentworth. Second, Viv—who has some whims of her own—seems to be missing. No one is too concerned about the unpredictable Viv until one of her posh clients is found dead wearing the cloche hat Viv made for her—and nothing else. Is Scarlett’s cousin in trouble? Or is she in hiding?

Author : Jenn McKinlay
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698181786

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At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Library Lover’s Mysteries and Death of a Mad Hatter comes a tale of hat shop owners who put a cap on crime. MURDER CAN BE SO OLD HAT Cousins Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont’s fashionable London hat shop, Mim’s Whims, is visited by a new customer bearing an old hat box. Ariana Jackson is getting married and wants to restore her mother’s bridal hat and veil for the occasion. The elegant item was made by Scarlett and Vivian’s grandmother over thirty years ago, so Viv is delighted to take the job. When Scarlett goes to Ariana's office to consult about the restoration cost, she finds her outside, standing over her boss’s dead body. Though Ariana claims to know nothing about his demise, the investigation unveils a motive for murder. Now, with the bride-to-be in custody and the wedding on hold, Scarlett and Viv must find the real killer before Ariana's future is boxed up for good.