Vintage Murder Of The Twenties

Author : Gerald Sparrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Murder
ISBN : 0213993953

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Vintage Murder of the Twenties by Gerald Sparrow Pdf

Author : Leslie S Klinger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681779263

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Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s by Leslie S Klinger Pdf

Classic American Crime Writing of the 1920s—including House Without a Key, The Benson Murder Case, The Tower Treasure, The Roman Hat Mystery, The Tower Treasure, and Little Caesar—offers some of the very best of that decade’s writing. Earl Derr Biggers wrote about Charlie Chan, a Chinese-American detective, at a time when racism was rampant. S. S. Van Dine invented Philo Vance, an effete, rich amateur psychologist who flourished while America danced and the stock market rose. Edwin Stratemeyer, a man of mystery himself, singlehandedly created the juvenile mystery, with the beloved Hardy Boys series. The quintessential American detective Ellery Queen leapt onto the stage, to remain popular for fifty years. W. R. Burnett, created the indelible character of Rico, the first gangster antihero. Each of the five novels included is presented in its original published form, with extensive historical and cultural annotations and illustrations added by Edgar-winning editor Leslie S. Klinger, allowing the reader to experience the story to its fullest. Klinger's detailed foreword gives an overview of the history of American crime writing from its beginnings in the early years of America to the twentieth century.

Author : Stephen Bates
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781785788185

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The Poisonous Solicitor by Stephen Bates Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED ... A GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING ROMP' JANICE HALLETT, THE SUNDAY TIMES 'IMMERSIVE AND COMPELLING' DAVID KYNASTON 'A PAGE-TURNER' ROBERT LACEY 'CAREFUL AND COMPELLING' KATE MORGAN 'YOU WILL READ IT IN ONE SITTING' MARC MULHOLLAND 'A REAL-LIFE GOLDEN-AGE CRIME NOVEL' SEAN O'CONNOR A brilliant narrative investigation into the 1920s case that inspired Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham. On a bleak Tuesday morning in February 1921, 48-year-old Katharine Armstrong died in her bedroom on the first floor of an imposing Edwardian villa overlooking the rolling hills of the isolated borderlands between Wales and England. Within fifteen months of such a sad domestic tragedy, her husband, Herbert Rowse Armstrong, would be arrested, tried and hanged for poisoning her with arsenic, the only solicitor ever to be executed in England. Armstrong's story was retold again and again, decade after decade, in a thousand newspaper articles across the world, and may have also inspired the new breed of popular detective writers seeking to create a cunning criminal at the centre of their thrillers. With all the ingredients of a classic murder mystery, the case is a near-perfect whodunnit. But who, in fact, did it? Was Armstrong really a murderer? One hundred years after the execution, Agatha-Award shortlisted Stephen Bates examines and retells the story of the case, evoking the period and atmosphere of the early 1920s, and questioning the fatal judgement.

Author : Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Anna Katharine Green,Mary Roberts Rinehart,John Kendrick Bangs,Agatha Christie,Robert Barr,Ellis Parker Butler,Maurice Leblanc,Wilkie Collins,Edgar Wallace,Melville Davisson Post,R. Austin Freeman,A. E. W. Mason,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 8609 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547718642

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Vintage Murder Mysteries - Ultimate Anthology by Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Anna Katharine Green,Mary Roberts Rinehart,John Kendrick Bangs,Agatha Christie,Robert Barr,Ellis Parker Butler,Maurice Leblanc,Wilkie Collins,Edgar Wallace,Melville Davisson Post,R. Austin Freeman,A. E. W. Mason,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited mystery collection: Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter Charles Dickens: Hunted Down Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel Robert Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag E. W. Hornung: The Amateur Cracksman The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures A Thief in the Night Mr. Justice Raffles John Kendrick Bangs: Mrs. Raffles R. Holmes & Co Melville Davisson Post: The Sleuth of St. James's Square Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Clue of the Twisted Candle Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Anna Katharine Green: The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair Ellis Parker Butler: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook A. E. W. Mason: At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions More Tish Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary

Author : Emily Queen
Publisher : Willow Hill Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Murder Most Unlikely by Emily Queen Pdf

Can it really be called murder when there's no dead body? Rosemary Lillywhite is over the moon about her budding romance with handsome detective inspector Max Whittington, and she can hardly wait for their first official date! When she's invited to an art exhibition opening, Rosemary thinks a night out on the town in London will be just the ticket. What she doesn’t expect is to run into one of Max's old flames, or to get caught up in another murder investigation. Then, the gallery owner disappears, and Aurora Kingsley calls on Max to solve the case and find her missing lover. With no choice but to investigate, Max agrees, this time bringing Rosemary along for the ride. The only trouble is, it doesn't seem like there's been a crime committed at all, and Rosemary begins to wonder if Aurora isn't just out to rekindle her romance with Max! Rosemary is determined to close the case and eliminate the threat to her love life, but will she be able to do it before sparks fly? Book five in The Mrs. Lillywhite Investigates series. Are you ready to escape to the roaring twenties? For fans of Beth Byers, Leighann Dobbs, Lee Strauss, and cozy historical murder mysteries. A light, cozy mystery with no swearing, graphic scenes, or cliffhangers.

Author : Mary Ellen Hughes
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780738755496

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A Vintage Death by Mary Ellen Hughes Pdf

"A satisfying mystery. ... Suggest for fans of other mysteries set in cute tourist areas, such as Lorna Barrett's Booktown mysteries."—Library Journal Callie Reed has put together a special event, but a killer is ripping it apart at the seams As the new owner of a music box store in Keepsake Cove, a quaint town full of collectible shops on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Callie Reed is eager to get more involved in her community. So she volunteers to plan the fall street decorations and welcome a visiting author who's come for a special book signing. But the celebratory mood is cut short when the local B&B owner is found dead, killed with a pair of vintage scissors. Suspicion is cast on the victim's estranged wife, Dorothy, who owns Keepsake Cove's vintage sewing shop. Callie is sure Dorothy is innocent, and the visiting author agrees. Together, they begin their own investigation, only to discover that many people in Keepsake Cove have secrets. Secrets that are worth killing to keep. Praise for the Keepsake Cove Mysteries: "Hughes kicks off her new Keepsake Cove series with a charming locale."—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Christa Bakker
Publisher : Christa Bakker
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838318185

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The Cold Case: a Vintage Murder by Christa Bakker Pdf

Who killed the Woman in the Wine? It’s a question that has haunted the village for over thirty years, but the woman’s daughter is convinced I, Julie Belmain, can come up with an answer. No one cares that I have the worst cold ever. And no one cares – because no one knows – that the daughter’s boyfriend is also my old crush. All I want to do is run into his arms... but all he wants is for me to crack an unsolved murder case that’s older than I am. Do I really want to poke my snotty nose into my neighbours’ and friends’ affairs? When the cold trail heats up in the old hotel I’ve invested in, I don’t have much choice. Diving into the past brings up shameful secrets and private grudges that send shock waves through the village. No one – including my own mother – can escape the consequences. If I keep digging into the past, we may end up with another death...

Author : Janet L. Smith
Publisher : Northwest Corner Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781941890110

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A Vintage Murder by Janet L. Smith Pdf

Seattle attorney Annie Macpherson is stunned to receive a desperate phone message from her old high school friend, Taylor North. They haven't spoken in seventeen years, ever since the bitter fight involving Taylor's violent boyfriend--and eventual husband--Steven Vick. So, with trepidation and a touch of dread, Annie rushes to Yakima Valley, where Taylor owns a winery, and discovers a curious truth. In the last six months--after Taylor threw Steven off the land and out of her life--threatening events have begun to plague the North Faire Winery. Bottles and corks vanish, spray paint spoils the ripe grapes, salt is sifted into the wine. But the worst is yet to come when a bludgeoned body is found--and Taylor is the prime suspect. The third book in the Annie MacPherson Mystery Series, which began with Sea of Troubles.

Author : Michele Scott
Publisher : Michele Scott
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Vintage Murder by Michele Scott Pdf

When things in the land down under start to heat up, murder steps in. Nikki and her boss-turned-boyfriend came to Australia to visit the Hahndorf Winery, but it seems they’ve also walked onto a movie set. And when lead actress Lucy Swanson is found dead in her trailer, bitten by a poisonous snake, Nikki must comb the vineyards of the valley to catch a killer with a venomous streak—before she’s struck herself.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082932438

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Library of Congress Catalogs by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Denise Jaden
Publisher : Denise Jaden Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Murder during the Antique Auction by Denise Jaden Pdf

Some people will kill for the perfect antique. The question is… who did? When Mallory and Amber try their hand at catering their first event—an antique auction held on New Year’s Eve—they have high hopes for helping the locals ring in the new year with a little culinary decadence. But when a highly anticipated collector fails to show up and bid on a piece he’d been prattling on about for most of a year, the antique dealer is sure something is wrong. Has the collector gone missing? Or was someone willing to kill him to get their hands on a prized antique clock? Find out when you snuggle up with this new whodunit!

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307742483

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Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Subject catalogs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211444398

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Library of Congress Catalog by Library of Congress Pdf

A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.

Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387092752

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : British Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Best books
ISBN : IND:30000092332901

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Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired by British Library Pdf