A Well Constructed Murder

A Well Constructed Murder

Author: Reagan Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2022-06-09

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9781990228438

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Sometimes the smallest towns have the biggest secrets... Karla Bell is good at three things: running her successful concierge business, being fiercely independent, and detecting lies. When her late grandmother is falsely implicated in two mysterious deaths, Karla is determined to uncover the truth and clear her family's name. Even if she has to use every corporate skill she has, accept help from friends and family, and turn herself into a human lie detector. Can Karla solve both mysteries and reveal the true culprit(s) before the small-town rumour mill grinds her family's reputation into dust? If you like humourous cozy mysteries with a bit of small-town Canadian life, a close group of fun, loveable characters, dogs, and cats, then there's something in this series for you. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Each book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series contains a standalone mystery that is solved by the end of the book. The books can be read in any order, however the characters' lives and relationships evolve and change as the series progresses. Also by Reagan Davis: Knitorious Murder Mysteries Knitorious Murder Mystery Collections (Knitorious Murder Mysteries boxed sets)


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Download or read book A Well Constructed Murder written by Reagan Davis and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the smallest towns have the biggest secrets... Karla Bell is good at three things: running her successful concierge business, being fiercely independent, and detecting lies. When her late grandmother is falsely implicated in two mysterious deaths, Karla is determined to uncover the truth and clear her family's name. Even if she has to use every corporate skill she has, accept help from friends and family, and turn herself into a human lie detector. Can Karla solve both mysteries and reveal the true culprit(s) before the small-town rumour mill grinds her family's reputation into dust? If you like humourous cozy mysteries with a bit of small-town Canadian life, a close group of fun, loveable characters, dogs, and cats, then there's something in this series for you. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Each book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series contains a standalone mystery that is solved by the end of the book. The books can be read in any order, however the characters' lives and relationships evolve and change as the series progresses. Also by Reagan Davis: Knitorious Murder Mysteries Knitorious Murder Mystery Collections (Knitorious Murder Mysteries boxed sets)

A Murder for the Books

A Murder for the Books

Author: Victoria Gilbert

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1683314409

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Fleeing a disastrous love affair, university librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet, historic mountain town in Virginia. She quickly busies herself with managing a charming public library that requires all her attention with its severe lack of funds and overabundance of eccentric patrons. The last thing she needs is a new, available neighbor whose charm lures her into trouble. Dancer-turned-teacher and choreographer Richard Muir inherited the farmhouse next door from his great-uncle, Paul Dassin. But town folklore claims the house’s original owner was poisoned by his wife, who was an outsider. It quickly became water under the bridge, until she vanished after her sensational 1925 murder trial. Determined to clear the name of the woman his great-uncle loved, Richard implores Amy to help him investigate the case. Amy is skeptical until their research raises questions about the culpability of the town’s leading families... including her own. When inexplicable murders plunge the quiet town into chaos, Amy and Richard must crack open the books to reveal a cruel conspiracy and lay a turbulent past to rest in A Murder for the Books, the first installment of Victoria Gilbert’s Blue Ridge Library mysteries.


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Download or read book A Murder for the Books written by Victoria Gilbert and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing a disastrous love affair, university librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet, historic mountain town in Virginia. She quickly busies herself with managing a charming public library that requires all her attention with its severe lack of funds and overabundance of eccentric patrons. The last thing she needs is a new, available neighbor whose charm lures her into trouble. Dancer-turned-teacher and choreographer Richard Muir inherited the farmhouse next door from his great-uncle, Paul Dassin. But town folklore claims the house’s original owner was poisoned by his wife, who was an outsider. It quickly became water under the bridge, until she vanished after her sensational 1925 murder trial. Determined to clear the name of the woman his great-uncle loved, Richard implores Amy to help him investigate the case. Amy is skeptical until their research raises questions about the culpability of the town’s leading families... including her own. When inexplicable murders plunge the quiet town into chaos, Amy and Richard must crack open the books to reveal a cruel conspiracy and lay a turbulent past to rest in A Murder for the Books, the first installment of Victoria Gilbert’s Blue Ridge Library mysteries.

Theory of Prose

Theory of Prose

Author: Виктор Шкловский

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780916583644

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"Viktor Shklovsky's 1925 book Theory of Prose might have become the most important work of literary criticism in the twentieth century had not two obstacles barred its way: the crackdown by the Soviet dictatorship on Shklovsky and other Russian Formalists in the 1930s, and the unavailability of an English translation. Now translated in its entirety for the first time, Theory of Prose not only anticipates structuralism and post-structuralism, but poses questions about the nature of fiction that are as provocative today as they were in the 1920s. Arguing that writers structure their material according to artistic principles rather than from attempts to imitate "reality," Shklovsky uses Cervantes, Tolstoi, Sterne, Dickens, Bely, and Rozanov to give us a new way of thinking about fiction and, in his most impassioned moments, about the world. Benjamin Sher's lucid translation will allow Shklovsky's Theory of Prose to fulfill its destiny as a major theoretical work of the twentieth century." from back cover.


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Download or read book Theory of Prose written by Виктор Шкловский and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Viktor Shklovsky's 1925 book Theory of Prose might have become the most important work of literary criticism in the twentieth century had not two obstacles barred its way: the crackdown by the Soviet dictatorship on Shklovsky and other Russian Formalists in the 1930s, and the unavailability of an English translation. Now translated in its entirety for the first time, Theory of Prose not only anticipates structuralism and post-structuralism, but poses questions about the nature of fiction that are as provocative today as they were in the 1920s. Arguing that writers structure their material according to artistic principles rather than from attempts to imitate "reality," Shklovsky uses Cervantes, Tolstoi, Sterne, Dickens, Bely, and Rozanov to give us a new way of thinking about fiction and, in his most impassioned moments, about the world. Benjamin Sher's lucid translation will allow Shklovsky's Theory of Prose to fulfill its destiny as a major theoretical work of the twentieth century." from back cover.

The Murder Book

The Murder Book

Author: Lissa Marie Redmond

Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd

Published: 2021-07-01

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1448305713

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In this exciting and atmospheric second entry of this Cold Case Investigation mystery series Detective Lauren Riley is determined to bring the attacker that left her for dead to justice . . . even if it is a fellow police officer. Cold Case Detectives Lauren Riley and her partner Shane Reese are helping the Homicide Squad after a murder earlier in the day left the department short-staffed. As their shift ends, Reese leaves Lauren alone only for her to be savagely beaten and stabbed from behind minutes later. Lauren didn’t see her attacker, but knows it was a fellow police officer from the city-issued boots she glimpsed as she passed out. Stolen during the attack is the Murder Book, which contains evidence on all active cold cases. Without the book, old homicides became almost impossible to track down. Who in police headquarters would try to kill a fellow officer? Why’d they suddenly want the Murder Book? Although hurt and on enforced leave, nothing will stop Lauren from seeking answers . . . but who on the force can she trust and how safe is she within her own home?


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Download or read book The Murder Book written by Lissa Marie Redmond and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting and atmospheric second entry of this Cold Case Investigation mystery series Detective Lauren Riley is determined to bring the attacker that left her for dead to justice . . . even if it is a fellow police officer. Cold Case Detectives Lauren Riley and her partner Shane Reese are helping the Homicide Squad after a murder earlier in the day left the department short-staffed. As their shift ends, Reese leaves Lauren alone only for her to be savagely beaten and stabbed from behind minutes later. Lauren didn’t see her attacker, but knows it was a fellow police officer from the city-issued boots she glimpsed as she passed out. Stolen during the attack is the Murder Book, which contains evidence on all active cold cases. Without the book, old homicides became almost impossible to track down. Who in police headquarters would try to kill a fellow officer? Why’d they suddenly want the Murder Book? Although hurt and on enforced leave, nothing will stop Lauren from seeking answers . . . but who on the force can she trust and how safe is she within her own home?

Well-Schooled in Murder

Well-Schooled in Murder

Author: Elizabeth George

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 2007-09-04

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0553904868

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“The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”—Entertainment Weekly When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad’s housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child—and then, tragically, for a child killer. Questioning prefects, teachers, and pupils closest to the dead boy, Lynley and Havers sense that something extraordinarily evil is going on behind Bredgar Chambers’s cloistered walls. But as they begin to unlock the secrets of this closed society, the investigation into Matthew’s death leads them perilously close to their own emotional wounds—and blinds them to the signs of another murder in the making. . . . Praise for Well-Schooled in Murder “George is a master . . . an outstanding practitioner of the modern English mystery.”—Chicago Tribune “A spectacular new voice in mystery writing.”—Los Angeles Times “A compelling whodunit . . . a reader’s delight.”—Daily News, New York “Like P.D. James, George knows the import of the smallest human gesture; Well-Schooled in Murder puts the younger author clearly in the running with the genre master.”—People “Ms. George may wind up creating one of the most popular and entertaining series in mystery fiction today.”—The Sun, Baltimore


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Download or read book Well-Schooled in Murder written by Elizabeth George and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifyingly complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”—Entertainment Weekly When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad’s housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child—and then, tragically, for a child killer. Questioning prefects, teachers, and pupils closest to the dead boy, Lynley and Havers sense that something extraordinarily evil is going on behind Bredgar Chambers’s cloistered walls. But as they begin to unlock the secrets of this closed society, the investigation into Matthew’s death leads them perilously close to their own emotional wounds—and blinds them to the signs of another murder in the making. . . . Praise for Well-Schooled in Murder “George is a master . . . an outstanding practitioner of the modern English mystery.”—Chicago Tribune “A spectacular new voice in mystery writing.”—Los Angeles Times “A compelling whodunit . . . a reader’s delight.”—Daily News, New York “Like P.D. James, George knows the import of the smallest human gesture; Well-Schooled in Murder puts the younger author clearly in the running with the genre master.”—People “Ms. George may wind up creating one of the most popular and entertaining series in mystery fiction today.”—The Sun, Baltimore

Rage Before Beauty

Rage Before Beauty

Author: Reagan Davis

Publisher: Bellbrook Murder Mysteries Collection

Published: 2022-12-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781990228568

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Karla Bell's prestigious concierge company, Just Task Me! caters to the whims of an exclusive and affluent clientele. So when a VIP client asks Karla to plan an exciting weekend that will impress the client's celebrity guests, Karla is determined to create an experience they'll never forget. But when a guest turns up dead, Karla's carefully planned murder mystery event takes a turn for the realistic. Now, with her client's image on the line and the press nipping at her heels, Karla must use her resourcefulness and unique detection abilities to identify the true culprit. Can Karla save her client's reputation before the media make a mockery of her unfortunate murder mystery? Find out in the second book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery series, Rage before Beauty. If you like humourous cozy mysteries with a bit of small-town Canadian life, a close group of fun, loveable characters, dogs, and cats, then there's something in this series for you. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Each book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series contains a standalone mystery that is solved by the end of the book. The books can be read in any order, however the characters' lives and relationships evolve and change as the series progresses. Other books in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series: A Well Constructed Murder Rage Before Beauty Lost & Drowned State of Terrier Also by Reagan Davis: Knitorious Murder Mysteries Knitorious Murder Mystery Collections (Knitorious Murder Mysteries boxed sets)


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Download or read book Rage Before Beauty written by Reagan Davis and published by Bellbrook Murder Mysteries Collection. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karla Bell's prestigious concierge company, Just Task Me! caters to the whims of an exclusive and affluent clientele. So when a VIP client asks Karla to plan an exciting weekend that will impress the client's celebrity guests, Karla is determined to create an experience they'll never forget. But when a guest turns up dead, Karla's carefully planned murder mystery event takes a turn for the realistic. Now, with her client's image on the line and the press nipping at her heels, Karla must use her resourcefulness and unique detection abilities to identify the true culprit. Can Karla save her client's reputation before the media make a mockery of her unfortunate murder mystery? Find out in the second book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery series, Rage before Beauty. If you like humourous cozy mysteries with a bit of small-town Canadian life, a close group of fun, loveable characters, dogs, and cats, then there's something in this series for you. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Each book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series contains a standalone mystery that is solved by the end of the book. The books can be read in any order, however the characters' lives and relationships evolve and change as the series progresses. Other books in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series: A Well Constructed Murder Rage Before Beauty Lost & Drowned State of Terrier Also by Reagan Davis: Knitorious Murder Mysteries Knitorious Murder Mystery Collections (Knitorious Murder Mysteries boxed sets)

Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book

Author: Eric Brown

Publisher: Severn House/ORIM

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1780104138

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Who is killing the crime writers of London? Find out in this “consistently entertaining . . . crime debut from sci-fi veteran Brown” (Kirkus Reviews). London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham’s literary agent asks for his help in sorting out “a delicate matter,” little does Langham realize what he’s getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London’s literary establishment is rocked by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With three members of the London Crime Writers’ Association coming to sudden and violent ends, what at first appeared to be a series of suicides looks suspiciously like murder—and there seems to be something horribly familiar about the various methods of dispatch. With the help of his literary agent’s assistant, the delectable Maria Dupré, Langham finds himself drawing on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a ruthless and fiendishly clever killer—a killer with old scores to settle. “[A] well-paced first mystery. . . . Readers will hope a sequel is in the works.” —Publishers Weekly


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Download or read book Murder by the Book written by Eric Brown and published by Severn House/ORIM. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is killing the crime writers of London? Find out in this “consistently entertaining . . . crime debut from sci-fi veteran Brown” (Kirkus Reviews). London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham’s literary agent asks for his help in sorting out “a delicate matter,” little does Langham realize what he’s getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London’s literary establishment is rocked by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With three members of the London Crime Writers’ Association coming to sudden and violent ends, what at first appeared to be a series of suicides looks suspiciously like murder—and there seems to be something horribly familiar about the various methods of dispatch. With the help of his literary agent’s assistant, the delectable Maria Dupré, Langham finds himself drawing on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a ruthless and fiendishly clever killer—a killer with old scores to settle. “[A] well-paced first mystery. . . . Readers will hope a sequel is in the works.” —Publishers Weekly

Old World Murder

Old World Murder

Author: Kathleen Ernst

Publisher: Three Towers Press

Published: 2021-03-31

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781595988256

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Trying to leave painful memories behind her, Chloe Ellefson is making a fresh start. She's the new collections curator at Old World Wisconsin, an outdoor ethnic museum showcasing 1800s settlement life. On her first day, Chloe meets with an elderly woman who begs her to find a priceless nineteenth-century Norwegian ale bowl that had been donated to the museum years ago. But before Chloe can find the heirloom and return it to her, the woman dies in a suspicious car crash. Digging up the history and whereabouts of the rare artifact quickly turns dangerous. Chloe discovers that someone is desperately trying to cover up all traces of the bowl's existence-by any means necessary. Assisting Chloe is police officer Roelke McKenna, whose own haunting past compels him to protect her. To catch the covetous killer, Chloe must solve a decades-old puzzle . . . before she becomes a part of history herself.


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Download or read book Old World Murder written by Kathleen Ernst and published by Three Towers Press. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to leave painful memories behind her, Chloe Ellefson is making a fresh start. She's the new collections curator at Old World Wisconsin, an outdoor ethnic museum showcasing 1800s settlement life. On her first day, Chloe meets with an elderly woman who begs her to find a priceless nineteenth-century Norwegian ale bowl that had been donated to the museum years ago. But before Chloe can find the heirloom and return it to her, the woman dies in a suspicious car crash. Digging up the history and whereabouts of the rare artifact quickly turns dangerous. Chloe discovers that someone is desperately trying to cover up all traces of the bowl's existence-by any means necessary. Assisting Chloe is police officer Roelke McKenna, whose own haunting past compels him to protect her. To catch the covetous killer, Chloe must solve a decades-old puzzle . . . before she becomes a part of history herself.

Lost & Drowned

Lost & Drowned

Author: Reagan Davis

Publisher: Bellbrook Murder Mysteries

Published: 2023-03-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781990228551

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When a mystery woman turns up dead on Karla's client's yacht, no one knows who she was or how she got there. When it's discovered that the mystery woman used Karla's name to gain access to the luxury yacht, the mystery deepens and motivates Karla to uncover the truth. Why doesn't the mystery woman's clothes have any labels? Who travels with only shirts and shoes? Where are the rest of her clothes? Where is her purse? Who is this woman and what was her top-secret reason for visiting Bellbrook? Was Karla's politically connected client the intended victim? Can she sort fact from fiction and figure out whodunit before the killer strikes again? If you like humourous cozy mysteries with a bit of small-town Canadian life, a close group of fun, loveable characters, dogs, and cats, then there's something in this series for you. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Each book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series contains a standalone mystery that is solved by the end of the book. The books can be read in any order, however the characters' lives and relationships evolve and change as the series progresses. Other books in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series: A Well Constructed Murder Rage Before Beauty Lost & Drowned State of Terrier Also by Reagan Davis: Knitorious Murder Mysteries Knitorious Murder Mystery Collections (Knitorious Murder Mysteries boxed sets)


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Download or read book Lost & Drowned written by Reagan Davis and published by Bellbrook Murder Mysteries. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a mystery woman turns up dead on Karla's client's yacht, no one knows who she was or how she got there. When it's discovered that the mystery woman used Karla's name to gain access to the luxury yacht, the mystery deepens and motivates Karla to uncover the truth. Why doesn't the mystery woman's clothes have any labels? Who travels with only shirts and shoes? Where are the rest of her clothes? Where is her purse? Who is this woman and what was her top-secret reason for visiting Bellbrook? Was Karla's politically connected client the intended victim? Can she sort fact from fiction and figure out whodunit before the killer strikes again? If you like humourous cozy mysteries with a bit of small-town Canadian life, a close group of fun, loveable characters, dogs, and cats, then there's something in this series for you. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Each book in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series contains a standalone mystery that is solved by the end of the book. The books can be read in any order, however the characters' lives and relationships evolve and change as the series progresses. Other books in the Bellbrook Murder Mystery Series: A Well Constructed Murder Rage Before Beauty Lost & Drowned State of Terrier Also by Reagan Davis: Knitorious Murder Mysteries Knitorious Murder Mystery Collections (Knitorious Murder Mysteries boxed sets)

A Willing Murder

A Willing Murder

Author: Jude Deveraux

Publisher: Medlar Mystery

Published: 2018-10-03

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 9781432856311

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#1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorEditor's Choice #7 TitleA Medlar MysteryBestselling romance author Jude Deveraux makes her debut in the world of mystery with a story of old secrets, deadly grudges and an improbable group of friends who are determined to uncover the truth regardless of the consequences . . .


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Download or read book A Willing Murder written by Jude Deveraux and published by Medlar Mystery. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorEditor's Choice #7 TitleA Medlar MysteryBestselling romance author Jude Deveraux makes her debut in the world of mystery with a story of old secrets, deadly grudges and an improbable group of friends who are determined to uncover the truth regardless of the consequences . . .