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Kid Detectives - Dark Water Island

Author : Ross Thompson

Publisher : Ross Thompson

Page : 37 pages

File Size : 41,58 MB

Release : 2024-09-14

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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When Jason Betelli told his best friend Luke Mills he would be spending the first six days of the school holidays with his Father on Dark-Water Island, and that Luke and their friend Julie Kostas were invited. Luke was doubtful it would be a fun time. For a start MacDonalds and KFC were certein to be missing. Luke saw a huge potential for six days of boredom. What could you do on an Island? When Julie agreed to come, Luke reluctantly gave his Ok. With Jason missing he would not have much to do at home anyway. Little did they know, the trio, otherwise known as the kid detectives, were on their way to their biggest adventure yet. Secret doors and passages, deep underground tunnels, Crooks out to blackmail entire Countries for millions of dollars, were part of what was to come. Luke could not have been more wrong about boredom on the Island. Once again the kids curiosity, observance skills, and ability to uncover clues, would set them on a dangerous and hair-raising path of conflict with villians.



The Devil and the Dark Water

Author : Stuart Turton

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 652 pages

File Size : 31,84 MB

Release : 2020-10-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1728206030

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"Compulsively readable."—New York Times Book Review From Stuart Turton, author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, comes an extraordinary new locked-room murder mystery. A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634, and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent. Among the other guests is Sara Wessel, a noblewoman with a secret. But no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A strange symbol appears on the sail. A dead leper stalks the decks. Livestock dies in the night. And then the passengers hear a terrible voice, whispering to them in the darkness, promising three unholy miracles, followed by a slaughter. First an impossible pursuit. Second an impossible theft. And third an impossible murder. Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent and Sara can solve a mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board. Shirley Jackson meets Sherlock Holmes in this chilling thriller of supernatural horror, occult suspicion, and paranormal mystery on the high seas.



Okefenokee Swamp - Kid Detectives

Author : Ross Thompson

Publisher : Ross Thompson

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 27,36 MB

Release : 2024-10-09

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN :

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The vast Okefenokee Swamp, spanning 600 square miles across the Georgia-Florida border. It was about to become the temporary home for Julie Kostas, Luke Mills, and Jason Betelli—better known as the Kid Detectives. For the next seven days, they will explore its wild, untamed depths as part of their school's Ecology Week. Julie would be taking notes for articles in the school paper, Jason and Luke for projects that would count for their end of year results. It had turned into an unexpected adventure. At the outset, the kids had no idea that one of the greatest threats to nature's ecosystems was humanity itself—those who prioritised greed over the preservation of wildlife and its habitats - wildlife smugglers. Julie, Jason, and Luke get the opportunity to throw a spanner into the smugglers activity in pertnership with the Seminole indians who are attempting to expose the smugglers. These crooks must be stopped before the swamp becomes an uninhabited wasteland.



Dark Waters

Author : Katherine Arden

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 42,56 MB

Release : 2021-08-10

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0593109163

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An Indie Bestseller! Filled with chills, New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden’s latest installment in the creep-tastic Small Spaces Quartet is sure to haunt. Until next time. That was chilling promise made to Ollie, Coco and Brian after they outsmarted the smiling man at Mount Hemlock Resort. And as the trio knows, the smiling man always keeps his promises. So when the lights flicker on and off at Brian's family's inn and a boom sounds at the door, there's just one visitor it could be. Only, there's no one there, just a cryptic note left outside signed simply as —S. The smiling man loves his games and it seems a new one is afoot. But first, the three friends will have to survive a group trip to Lake Champlain where it's said Vermont's very own Loch Ness monster lives. When they’re left shipwrecked on an island haunted by a monster on both land and sea, Brian's survival instincts kick in and it's up to him to help everyone work together and find a way to escape. One thing is for sure, the smiling man is back and he wants a rematch. And this time Brian is ready to play.



Dead Water

Author : Ngaio Marsh

Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 32,1 MB

Release : 2015-02-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1631940252

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A spring may have healing properties—but the controversy over it may have harmful results—in a witty mystery by a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. The elderly Emily Pride is perfectly pleased to have inherited an island, even if her starchy pragmatism is ever-so-faintly appalled by the island’s “Pixie Falls” spring and its reported miraculous healing properties. Really, the locals’ attempts to capitalize on the “miracles” are entirely too tacky—Ye Olde Gift Shoppe, the neon signs . . .not on Miss Emily’s watch, thank you. Of course, the locals are not exactly thrilled to give up their trade. Pixie Falls may be merely be known for healing warts, it’s true, but you take your shillings where you can find them. Could their frustration have bubbled up into murderous rage? Inspector Alleyn will have to sort it out. And this time, it’s personal. “It’s time to start comparing Christie to Marsh instead of the other way around.” —New York Magazine “A peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery.” —Kirkus Reviews “The nonpareil among criminal investigators.” —The New York Times



In Dark Water

Author : Lynne McEwan

Publisher : Canelo

Page : 389 pages

File Size : 36,89 MB

Release : 2021-06-24

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1800324316

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Beneath the surface lie deadly secrets... DI Shona Oliver agreed to move to Dumfries with her ex-banker husband when their teenage daughter got in with a bad crowd in London. As a Glasgow native, she’s back on home turf. Living on the shores of the Solway Firth allows Shona to continue as an RNLI volunteer, and a call out to recover a woman’s body indicates foul play. Police in Cumbria take the case but links back to Scotland keep Shona’s team involved. As they investigate, reports of people trafficking and a spate of thefts from local shops compete for attention with a large scale drug bust. But Shona’s work may all be in vain when those close to her threaten to tear the case apart – and ruin Shona in the process. An unforgettable debut novel by a Scottish crime writer to watch, for fans of Val McDermid, Marion Todd and Lin Anderson. Praise for In Dark Water ‘A stunning and beautifully observed novel. Shona Oliver is a well drawn figure, engaging a lot of empathy from the reader in this absolutely fantastic debut.’ Caro Ramsay, author of Absolution ‘A thrilling new voice in Scottish crime fiction.’ Marion Todd, author of See Them Run 'A fast-paced debut detective novel set on the shores of the Solway Firth' The Herald ‘Being an avid reader, particularly in Scottish Crime fiction, this book, not to mention the author, is up there with the best and in Shona Oliver, we have a character in whom I hope there is considerable mileage.’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a ride! Lynne McEwan pulled me in and wouldn’t let me go!’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘In Dark Water is a very well written suspense novel. There are enough twists and turns to keep you interested until the very end... The descriptions were so vivid it made me feel as if I was right there in Scotland. The characters were well-crafted and the ending was a surprise.’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories

Author : Otto Penzler

Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Page : 1138 pages

File Size : 43,85 MB

Release : 2012-05-09

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307808254

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An unstoppable anthology of crime stories culled from Black Mask magazine the legendary publication that turned a pulp phenomenon into literary mainstream. Black Mask was the apotheosis of noir. It was the magazine where the first hardboiled detective story, which was written by Carroll John Daly appeared. It was the slum in which such American literary titans like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler got their start, and it was the home of stories with titles like “Murder Is Bad Luck,” “Ten Carets of Lead,” and “Drop Dead Twice.” Collected here is best of the best, the hardest of the hardboiled, and the darkest of the dark of America’s finest crime fiction. This masterpiece collection represents a high watermark of America’s underbelly. Crime writing gets no better than this. Featuring • Deadly Diamonds • Dancing Rats • A Prize Fighter Fighting for His Life • A Parrot that Wouldn’t Talk Including • Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon as it was originally published • Lester Dent's Luck in print for the first time



101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die

Author : Jules Verne

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 23935 pages

File Size : 35,98 MB

Release : 2023-11-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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This collection includes the great masterpieces of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Secret Adversary The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Purloined Letter Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Valley of Fear The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Stories G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown Mysteries The Man Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Was Thursday Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Moonstone Charles Dickens: Bleak House Great Expectations The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Tenant of Wildfel Hall (Anne Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) The Mysterious Portrait (Nikolai Gogol) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) The Plumed Serpent (D. H. Lawrence) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Invisible Man (H. G. Wells) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Edgar Wallace) The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman) The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green) That Affair Next Door (Anna Katharine Green) The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)



The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic

Author : Clive Bloom

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 1216 pages

File Size : 34,56 MB

Release : 2020-07-10

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 3030331369

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“Simply put, there is absolutely nothing on the market with the range of ambition of this strikingly eclectic collection of essays. Not only is it impossible to imagine a more comprehensive view of the subject, most readers – even specialists in the subject – will find that there are elements of the Gothic genre here of which they were previously unaware.” - Barry Forshaw, Author of British Gothic Cinema and Sex and Film The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic is the most comprehensive compendium of analytic essays on the modern Gothic now available, covering the vast and highly significant period from 1918 to 2019. The Gothic sensibility, over 200 years old, embraces its dark past whilst anticipating the future. From demons and monsters to post- apocalyptic fears and ecological fantasies, Gothic is thriving as never before in the arts and in popular culture. This volume is made up of 62 comprehensive chapters with notes and extended bibliographies contributed by scholars from around the world. The chapters are written not only for those engaged in academic research but also to be accessible to students and dedicated followers of the genre. Each chapter is packed with analysis of the Gothic in both theory and practice, as the genre has mutated and spread over the last hundred years. Starting in 1918 with the impact of film on the genre's development, and moving through its many and varied international incarnations, each chapter chronicles the history of the gothic milieu from the movies to gaming platforms and internet memes, television and theatre. The volume also looks at how Gothic intersects with fashion, music and popular culture: a multi-layered, multi-ethnic, even a trans-gendered experience as we move into the twenty first century.



Missing: A Female Detective Police Procedural

Author : Dianne Scott

Publisher : Danforth Publishing

Page : 322 pages

File Size : 37,82 MB

Release : 2022-10-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1777604230

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A missing student. A dead-end investigation. Can a police officer uncover the truth before the child is lost forever? Policewoman Christine Lane feels guilty about the absent boy–why hadn’t she sensed a problem when she visited his class? After breaking up a fight between students, Christine had sent the children on their way. The next day, one boy vanishes. Searching Toronto Island for the ten-year-old, Christine is shocked when investigators eventually conclude the child ran away. How did he get off the island? Why hasn’t he surfaced anywhere? And why did he leave the field trip in the first place? When Christine probes further, she receives pushback from her boss, the school board and the classmates’ families. Then the threats begin. Can Christine figure out what happened the night the boy disappeared, before she is shut down for good? MISSING is the second standalone book in the award-winning Christine Lane Mystery series. If you like female protagonists with grit, atmospheric settings and page-turning suspense, then you’ll love Dianne Scott’s MISSING. Buy MISSING for an engrossing read featuring an unforgettable female sleuth. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter’s COP TOWN, Edward Conlon’s THE POLICEWOMEN’S BUREAU and Louise Penny’s ARMAND GAMACHE series. Crime Writers of Canada Excellence in Crime Writing Award Finalist.