category: detective and mystery stories

Die Softly

Christopher Pike. collapsed. Everyone fell silent and stared stonily at one another. There were six of them: Herb's ... thirst. He took another gulp, and still another, without experiencing any satisfaction. It was as if his 2 CHRISTOPHER ...

Lejos de casa

Tras la desaparición de un joven colombiano acusado de dar una paliza a un líder de un grupo de 'cabezas rapadas', Lola se sumerge en el peligroso mundo de los skinheads.

Witches' Night Out

Bethany and the other members of her coven try to use the power of Wicca to solve the mystery of her boyfriend's death in a car accident.

Even More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-based Science Teaching

... density remains the same. In other words, if one sample of an object is ... popcorn kernels come to the top of the water column. When the bubbles of ... kernel-bubble system, but when you compare the mass of the bubble to the space they ...

Camera

... broadsheet . The paper had its editorial offices and printing shop in the North Quarter , housed in an old brick ... clarinet from somewhere down the road , probably the music shop called The Golden Brass . The tune was “ Take the ...

Of Modern Dragons; and other essays on Genre Fiction:

... Pern (New York: Ballantine, 1983) Nerilka's Story: A Pern Adventure (New York: Ballantine, 1986) Dragonsdawn (New York: Ballantine, 1988) The Renegades of Pern (New York: Ballantine, 1989) All the Weyrs of Pern (New York: Ballantine ...

Detective Work

John Escott. LEVEL 4 Detective Work A diamond necklace ... A1 A1 A2 A2 B1 B1 B2 Level 6 Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 ... reading for pleasure . For teacher's support material visit pearsonenglishreaders.com ALWAYS LEARNING PEARSON.

Agatha Christie: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

... Christie dramatized The Hollow as a stage play of the same name, omitting Poirot as had become her custom, in 1951 ... Agatha Christie's Poirot, aired in 2004 and a French television version, part of Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie ...

The Armchair Detective

... the truth in his stories ( when he can sneak it by his editor ) . He lives in a small Manhattan apartment and in books by " Keith Peterson " ( Andrew Klavan ) , the first of which was The Trapdoor ( Bantam , $ 3.50 ) . John lost his ...

The Armchair Detective

... Clayton Rawson Erisman Sayer's Short Fiction Reynolds Vol . 14 , No. 3 ... Tumey Janwillem van de Wetering Schultze On the Set with Edgar Wallace ... Ross Macdonald's Literary Offenses Delaney Alice in Murderland Pt . 2 McSherry " The ...

The L. A. Quartet

The Big Nowhere blends the crime novel with the political novel.

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, the consulting detective's notoriety as the arch-despoiler of the schemes concocted by the criminal underworld at last gets the better of him.

The Best of Sherlock Holmes

These 15 short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former editor of 'Sherlock' magazine, show the master detective at his most ingenious.

The Ghost Boy of El Toro

Jason's summer running a tropical island clinic brings him into touch with a witch doctor, superstitious villagers, a ghost boy, and a monster.

The Black Pearl Mystery

While visiting their cousin's pineapple plantation in Hawaii, the Aldens hear a local legend about a black pearl with a curse on it and investigate mysterious incidents on and around the plantation.

Birthright

Overseeing the evacation of an ancient skeleton at a small-town construction site, archaeologist Callie Dunbrook copes with accidents and rumors that the project is cursed, a situation that is complicated by a stranger's claims about her ...

Night Whispers Trade Paper

Judith McNaught. is his invitation to spend time with him in Palm Beach so that he can soothe his conscience . " She turned back to the counter and reached into a cabinet for two coffee mugs . " What would it take to make you change your ...

Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths

... Cthaat Aquadingen ! Huh ! " Then his expres- sion quickly turned to one of pure disgust and loathing . “ Ughhh ! " He flung the book away from him across the room , hastily wiping his hands down his jacket . Titus Crow received a ...

London Mystery Magazine

... Robin as a name is not without a sinister significance . Dame Alice Kyteler confessed in 1316 that she worshipped a spirit called Robin Artisson , by whose power she cast spells and practised sorcery . The Wincanton witches of 1664 cried " ...

The Armchair Detective

... Silver Daggers by ten years , the Science Fiction Writers of America's ... Cornell Woolrich : First You Dream , Then You Die by Francis M. Nevins , Jr ... Chris Scott ( Macmillan of Canada ) The Private Eye Writers of America Shamus ...

Antiheroes: Mexico and Its Detective Novel

... Carlos Fuentes 1. Jaime Alazraki , " Theme and System in Carlos Fuentes ' Aura , " Carlos Fu- entes : A Critical View , ed . Robert Brody and Charles Rossman ( Austin , Texas : University of Texas Press , 1982 ) , 95-105 . 2. Carlos ...

Cinderella After Midnight

... gopher for some buddies , then they'd send somebody with him to protect their investments . " The uniformed cop sighed . " I've seen a hooker cry , but I've never seen a wino share more than a mouthful . " Banagan waved his hand . No ...

Five Little Pigs

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, now presented as a sumptuous special edition hardback.

The Greenway Collection: Dead Man's Folly, Five Little Pigs, Ordeal by Innocence

DEAD MAN'S FOLLY:Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fête, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise their murder hunt.

Judas, Incorporated: A Mystery Novel

... jhgfdsazxcvbnm , " with another line of capitals below it : " QWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM . " A third line consisted of numerals and punctuation marks : " 234567890 - " / $ — & ' ( ) : ; · % ,? ” " It's a code , " Hyer agreed . " Let's ...

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

... me every chance of getting out of it if I wished to do so . ' I have had ... take me , Hilton , you will take a woman who has nothing that she need be ... little dancing figures , like these upon the paper . They were scrawled with chalk ...

The Shadow of the Shaman

When his father is hospitalized after a serious accident, fifteen-year-old Jay finds himself on his own in a remote Oregon lodge whose owner is threatened by mysterious enemies.

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