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The Case of the Negligee Murders

Author : Bascom Wilson

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 31,28 MB

Release : 2012-12-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1475964447

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Detective Jack Sinclair and his partner in both work and life, Maggie Williams, are enjoying a lull in major crimes on the Virginia Eastern Shore. But just as Jack sits down to enjoy the view of Chesapeake Bay from his beach home, his impromptu vacation day is suddenly interrupted by bad news. Murder has once again found its way to the quiet, peaceful town of Onancock. Women, similarly dressed in negligees of various colors, are being brutally killed in empty vacation houses along the Eastern Shore. With no murder weapons and a plethora of mysterious clues, Jack and Maggies challenging investigation soon leads them to discover that the victims are connected to an infamous Virginia Beach gentlemans club. As their suspect list grows to include influential pillars in the community and a close friend, Jack and Maggie must pull out all the stops as they carefully dissect the hypothetical motives of a murderer obsessed with negligees. In this riveting murder mystery, a serial killer lurks in the shadows as two detectives attempt to piece together an intriguing puzzle and wait for the murderer to make the one slip-up that will lead them to solving the crime.



Murder in a Small Town

Author : Gary T Brideau

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 170 pages

File Size : 18,78 MB

Release : 2022-07-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1669839680

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Thomas and his girlfriend Sasha were on their way home from a 1950s dance and had to stop for the night. The next day they sat in a restaurant called asked eddies to order breakfast when somebody came in and reported murder on route 11. Thomas, being a detective, went to the crime scene with his wife to see if they could help. But Thomas and Sasha become tangled in a web of lies and deceit.



Nightsticks and Negligees

Author : Lucinda Mack

Publisher : FriesenPress

Page : 189 pages

File Size : 27,68 MB

Release : 2019-11-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1525547925

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When homicide detective Lexi is assigned to a mysterious double murder, she must report to Katia, her beautiful but icy-cold superior. As they work to unravel this shocking crime, they find themselves falling into a passionate love affair. Lexi, who has never loved a woman before, must navigate her mystification while she is swept up in overpowering feelings of desire for her boss. But can their tender new relationship survive the harsh challenges of their job as they go from brutal murder to brutal murder, attempting to bring the perpetrators to justice? Together these two women from different worlds must find the muscle to rip down their barriers and create a new haven for themselves, even when the odds are overwhelmingly stacked against them.



The Secret Lives of Dentists

Author : W.A. Winter

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 275 pages

File Size : 10,57 MB

Release : 2021-04-20

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1645060241

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In 1955, small-town girls flock to Minneapolis for work, love, and adventure. But Teresa Hickman, from Dollar, North Dakota, is a special case. Beguiling. Promiscuous. And, on a chilly April morning, dead along an abandoned trolley track in a Southside neighborhood. Teresa Hickman was three months pregnant when she was strangled. Was the unborn child’s father also her killer? Could the killer have been––among the many men drawn to her like flies to honey––Dr. H. David Rose, a middle-aged dentist who admits he was with her the night she died? There’s no forensic evidence or credible witnesses tying him to the murder. Yet the police, including a pair of obsessive investigators with lethal secrets of their own, agree that a Jewish dentist will get them a conviction. Dr. Rose’s spectacular trial and its shocking aftermath will mesmerize the Upper Midwest like few crime sagas before or since.



Death's Acre

Author : William Bass

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 23,37 MB

Release : 2022-03-08

Category : True Crime

ISBN : 0593441389

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“Fans of the forensics-oriented novels of such mystery writers as Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell...not to mention television series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will make an eager audience for this one.”—Booklist On a patch of land in the Tennessee hills, human corpses decompose in the open air, aided by insects, bacteria, and birds, unhindered by coffins or mausoleums. This is Bill Bass’s “Body Farm,” where nature takes its course as bodies buried in shallow graves, submerged in water, or locked in car trunks serve the needs of science and the cause of justice. In Death’s Acre, Bass invites readers on an unprecedented journey behind the gates of the Body Farm where he revolutionized forensic anthropology. A master scientist and an engaging storyteller, Bass reveals his most intriguing cases for the first time. He revisits the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder, explores the mystery of a headless corpse whose identity astonished police, divulges how the telltale traces of an insect sent a murderous grandfather to death row—and much more. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS



Murder Hunt

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Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 247 pages

File Size : 27,45 MB

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ISBN : 0595277128

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Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem

Author : Jane Hinchey

Publisher : Baywolf Press

Page : 197 pages

File Size : 10,64 MB

Release : 2018-12-21

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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This paranormal cozy mystery will have you completely spellbound and laughing out loud. Harper Jones has it all. Or so she thought, until a series of events sends her world spiraling out of control. In less than twenty-four hours, she loses her witch’s license, her job, and her fiancé. Returning to her magical hometown of Whitefall Cove for Christmas with nothing but a suitcase and a broken heart, she’s determined to enjoy the holiday and start the new year afresh. Her plans go haywire fast when her old nemesis and high school bully Whitney Sims turns up dead, and Harper is implicated in her murder. Between a detective who doesn’t appreciate her amateur sleuthing skills, running a bookstore she purchased on a whim, and studying to re-sit her witch’s exam, Harper has her hands full. She’s determined to find out whodunit, and clear her name, but she quickly finds the murderer has other plans. *** Keywords: cozy animal mystery, cozy cat mysteries, humorous mystery, funny mysteries, cozy mystery series, cozy mysteries, animal cozies, humorous cozy mystery, amateur sleuth, women sleuth, funny cozies, murder mystery, cozy murder mystery series, whodunnit, cozy murder mystery books, cozy murder mysteries, witch cozy mysteries, witch mystery, paranormal cozy mystery romance, para cozy, paranormal mystery, mystery with romance, small town mystery, cozy with cats, mystery with female sleuth, mystery with humor, animal mysteries, mystery series Perfect for readers of Nic Saint, Leighann Dobbs, Samantha Silver, Sara Bourgeois, Kathi Daley, Addison Moore, Annabel Chase, Molly Fitz, Amanda M. Lee, Rita Mae Brown, Nancy Warren, Patti Larsen, Denise Grover Swank, Deanna Chase, Tonya Kappes, Morgana Best, and Joanne Fluke.



Murder at the Mansions

Author : Sara Rosett

Publisher : Sara Rosett

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 18,23 MB

Release : 2022-01-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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South Regent Mansions has all the modern conveniences . . . including murder London, February, 1924. Discreet sleuth for the high society set, Olive Belgrave is delighted with her new flat at South Regent Mansions where she’s made several friends, including the modern career woman, Minerva, who draws a popular cartoon about a flapper for a London newspaper. But then Minerva comes to Olive for help after catching a glimpse of a disturbing sight—a dead body. At least, that’s what Minerva thought she saw, but there’s not a dead body anywhere in the posh building, and the residents are continuing with their lives as they normally do. Is Minerva seeing things? Is she barmy? Or is there a more sinister explanation? To help restore Minerva’s peace of mind, Olive investigates her neighbors. They include: society’s “it” girl of the moment, an accountant with a fondness for gadgets, a snooty society matron, and a school teacher turned bridge instructor. Olive uncovers rivalries, clandestine affairs, and hidden jealousies. With dashing Jasper at her side, Olive must discover whose secret is worth killing for. If you like sophisticated whodunits, charming characters, and novels with a lighthearted tone, you’ll enjoy the seventh installment of the High Society Lady Detective series, Murder at the Mansions, from USA Today bestselling author, Sara Rosett.



Mistletoe and Murder

Author : Laura Stewart

Publisher : Open Road Media

Page : 404 pages

File Size : 37,80 MB

Release : 2022-10-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 150407999X

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Murder interrupts Christmas at a Scottish hotel, but which of the guests are guilty? Amelia Adams has turned the Scottish mansion she inherited into a luxurious hotel. The holiday season is looking busy with the upcoming wedding of a self-made millionaire to his young fiancée—and a wide assortment of guests. When Amelia gets a mysterious call from a stranger who says he has something to tell her, she is intrigued. But as a string of shocking events unfold, Amelia must turn her attention from merriment to murder . . .



VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERIES - Ultimate Anthology

Author : Agatha Christie

Publisher : e-artnow

Page : 7555 pages

File Size : 50,10 MB

Release : 2019-12-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Musaicum Books 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



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