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Murder At The Tindari

Author : Connie L. Beckett

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 50,62 MB

Release : 2022-09-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Kansas City, 1922: a hub of jazz music and the mob. While the Kansas side of the city had Carrie Nation and prohibition, on the Missouri side the Irish Pendergast brothers kept the liquor flowing. Claire O'Connor is a young newspaper reporter, hungry to find her next big case. While interviewing Anthony Glaviano about his new restaurant, a man is cut down outside on the street. Claire wants to solve the murder. Unknown to her, Anthony is keeping secrets from her, and the restaurant's true purpose is something completely different. The two begin an affair, but soon, a handsome detective begins blackmailing Claire about the Glaviano family and their criminal dealings, and Claire needs to decide where her loyalties lie. Connie L. Beckett's 'Murder At The Tindari' is a romantic mystery set in the early 20th century United States.



Sweet Creek

Author : Connie L. Beckett

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 119 pages

File Size : 21,56 MB

Release : 2023-08-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Gwen Lindstrom and her partner, Jay, travel to Florence, Oregon, to escape the Wyoming winter. A scenic hike takes an unexpected turn when they stumble upon a lifeless body in Sweet Creek Falls. Dismissed by local authorities, Gwen's curiosity is piqued. She delves into the mystery surrounding the city commissioners, unearthing financial irregularities and concealed motives. Soon, Gwen's pursuit of truth intertwines her fate with those willing to guard their secrets - no matter the cost. The third book in Connie L. Beckett's Gwen Lindstrom Mysteries series, 'Sweet Creek' is a gripping tale of mystery, resilience, and courage.



A Monstrous Escape

Author : Teter Keyes

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 122 pages

File Size : 35,16 MB

Release : 2024-10-21

Category : Juvenile Fiction

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An ancient monster has escaped, and 13-year-old Deidra Ann Williams must face her biggest challenge yet. A malevolent force, once imprisoned in a mystical chest, is wreaking havoc across the globe. Even the magical forest behind Deidra Ann's home is no longer safe. With her grandmother Granny mysteriously weakened and Uncle Abe missing, the responsibility falls on Deidra Ann and her family to stop the monster. With time running out and her family in danger, Deidra Ann must learn new magic and brave fierce storms to save the world. But can they find the missing key and outsmart their adversary? A story of magic, family and the battle between chaos and order, A MONSTROUS ESCAPE is the third book in the Deidra Ann Adventures series of middle-grade novels by Teter Keyes.



Hidden Rooms, Secret Spaces

Author : Connie L. Beckett

Publisher : Next Chapter

Page : 187 pages

File Size : 38,26 MB

Release : 2024-06-27

Category : Fiction

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After the much-anticipated Y2K disaster doesn't happen, freelance writer Kat Addison searches for a story to write. Visiting an abandoned Prohibition speakeasy beneath Prescott, Arizona, she discovers the body of a long-dead woman in a secret cabinet. Intrigued, she decides to write about her efforts to identify the woman, find out who killed her, and why she was murdered. Soon after, Kat gets targeted by a stalker and realizes that there must have been secrets that died with the dead woman...secrets that somebody wants to keep buried no matter the cost.



Excursion to Tindari

Author : Andrea Camilleri

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 42,87 MB

Release : 2005-02-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101126825

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“The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.” —Donna Leon A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment building one morning, and an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari—two seemingly unrelated cases for Inspector Montalbano to solve amid the daily complications of life at Vigàta police headquarters. But when Montalbano discovers that the couple and the murdered young man lived in the same building, his investigation stumbles onto Sicily's brutal "New Mafia," which leads him down a path more evil and far-reaching than any he has been on before.



Bloody Italy

Author : Patricia Prandini Buckler

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 207 pages

File Size : 11,37 MB

Release : 2014-03-13

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 078645864X

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These new essays comprise a critical analysis of present-day crime fiction and nonfiction works set in Italy (all of which are available in English). The writers discussed range from Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin to Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri. Essays also deal with nonfiction by Roberto Saviano and Douglas Preston. An emerging theme is the corruption of Italian police and judiciary officials and the frustration of officers and politicians trying to work ethically within a flawed system. Many of the works discussed show the struggle of the honest characters to find at least a limited justice for the victims.



Funny Thing About Murder

Author : David Geherin

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 24,38 MB

Release : 2017-10-11

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1476629781

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Focusing on crime fiction and films that artfully combine comedy and misdeed, this book explores the reasons writers and filmmakers inject humor into their work and identifies the various comic techniques they use. The author covers both American and European books from the 1930s to the present, by such authors as Rex Stout, Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, Elmore Leonard, Donald E. Westlake, Sue Grafton, Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich, along with films from The Thin Man to the BBC's Sherlock series.



Methods of Murder

Author : Elena Past

Publisher : University of Toronto Press

Page : 369 pages

File Size : 22,65 MB

Release : 2012-01-01

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1442643889

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Past traces the roots of the twentieth-century literature and cinema of crime to two much earlier, diverging interpretations of the criminal: the bodiless figure of Cesare Beccaria's Enlightenment-era On Crimes and Punishments, and the biological offender of Cesare Lombroso's positivist Criminal Man



Excursion to Tindari

Author : Andrea Camilleri

Publisher : Pan Macmillan

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 27,27 MB

Release : 2010-12-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0330526375

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The fifth in the hit Italian crime series by Andrea Camilleri, Excursion to Tindari is a darkly comic detective story featuring Inspector Montalbano. Maybe a phrase, a line, a hint somewhere would reveal a reason, any reason, for the elderly couple's disappearance . . . A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment building early one morning, and an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari – two seemingly unrelated cases for Inspector Montalbano to solve amid the daily complications of life at Vigàta police headquarters. But when Montalbano discovers that the couple and the murdered young man lived in the same building, his investigation stumbles onto Sicily's brutal 'New Mafia', which leads him down a path more evil and more far-reaching than any he has been down before. Excursion to Tindari is followed by the sixth novel in the Inspector Montalbano series, The Scent of the Night.



Sequels

Author : Janet G. Husband

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 793 pages

File Size : 36,59 MB

Release : 2009-07-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0838909671

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A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.