Headed for a Hearse

Headed for a Hearse
Author: Jonathan Latimer
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2014-08-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453206000

Just days from meeting the reaper, a convicted murderer hires Chicago’s most hard-boiled PI to save his neck—before the executioner can claim it Robert Westland’s death is just around the corner when he finally decides to fight the murder rap that’s sending him to the electric chair. Fingered for his wife’s grisly demise, Westland is in a bind, and his last hope is Bill Crane, a booze-soaked detective who’s as ruthless with a quip as he is when trawling the streets for Chicago’s most brutal criminal element. Crane’s got just a few days to suss out the real killer—someone clever enough to off Westland’s wife and lock her in a room whose only key belongs to Westland himself. Fueled by an abundance of liquor and a habit of bad manners, Crane sets his sights on a cast of oddball characters among whom hides a murderer. But in 1930s Chicago, everyone’s got a secret, and the pressure is on for Crane to separate the dangerous from the truly homicidal before it’s too late.

Chapter & Hearse

Chapter & Hearse
Author: Lorna Barrett
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101189061

Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles has been spending more time solving whodunits than reading them. Now a nearby gas explosion has injured Tricia's sister's boyfriend, Bob Kelly, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and killed the owner of the town's history bookstore. Tricia's never been a fan of Bob, but when she reads that he's being tight-lipped about the "accident", it's time to take action.

The Convertible Hearse

The Convertible Hearse
Author: William Campbell Gault
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2012-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440540691

Now who would kill a used-car salesman? In a city like L.A., Brock Callahan figures there’s about a million suspects—each with a motive. Nevertheless, the former gridiron star turned private eye is hired by the widow to find out just who killed the one and only Loony Leo Dunbar. It seems someone offed the king of the dubious deal as he was sitting in the front seat of his Lincoln. And now Brock “the Rock” is looking for Loony Leo’s killer. It’s not easy work; Brock’s got to go through a bevy of Leo’s girlfriends and seedy associates on a trail that leads into the sleaziest side of the used-car business he’s ever seen …

Professional Cars

Professional Cars
Author: Greg Merksamer
Publisher: Krause Publications
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2004-06-22
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780873496421

Beginning as station wagons from the likes of Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, and the car of choice, Cadillac, and converted into emergency and professional service vehicles, professional cars have become recognized as visual icons. Having only commercial chassis and the front and rear clips in common, each is unique with ornately carved pillars, body length windows, and custom mobile casket tables. &break;&break;Author Greg Merksamer, prolific automotive journalist, compiles this photographic history of hearses, flower cars, service cars, ambulances, and hearse-ambulances. More than 500 clear, large format photographs, combined with technical specifications, pay tribute to the cars used in professional service and the coachbuilders who made them.

Only Fools and Hearses

Only Fools and Hearses
Author: Dav Ardlie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2005
Genre: Australians
ISBN: 9780143002932

A heart-warmingly familiar tale to multitudes of travellers who have backpacked overseas. Its a warts and all humorous account of three loveable lads - and a hearse - travelling the world.

Driving with Dead People

Driving with Dead People
Author: Monica Holloway
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2008-12-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1847396909

At nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. Small wonder, with a father who drives his Ford pick up with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more footage of disasters than of his children. In between her father's bouts of violence and abuse, Monica becomes fast friends with Julie Kilner, whose father is the town mortician. She and Julie preferred the casket showroom to the parks and grassy backyards in her hometown of Elk Grove, Ohio, where they would take turns lying in their favourite coffins. In time, Monica and Julie get a job driving the company hearse to pick up bodies from the airport, yet even Monica's growing independence can't protect her from her parents' irresponsibility, and from the feeling that she simply does not deserve to be safe. Little does she know, as she finally strikes out on her own, that her parents' biggest betrayal has yet to be revealed...

The Burial Brothers

The Burial Brothers
Author: Simon Mayle
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Central America
ISBN: 9780345413574

Strap down for a roller coaster of a journey as Simon Mayle recounts his trip--with his accomplice, Lenny--from New York to Rio's Carnival in a 1973 Cadillac hearse--15,000 miles of war zones, beautiful women, corrupt cops, narco-gansters, Marxist guerrillas, cheap cocaine, and bad food. It's the anti-travelogue of the year!

Better Off Wed

Better Off Wed
Author: Laura Durham
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061978868

The murder of a particularly difficult mother-of-the-bride has cast a pall on wedding planner Annabelle Archer's latest triumph -- and suspicion falls heavily on her sometime-business partner and friend Richard Gerard. Annabelle knows that even her trusted wedding emergency kit won't be able to salvage their careers if she and Richard can't find the real culprit. It's no easy task since the slain matron was perhaps the most hated socialite in D.C., but Annabelle navigates through the city's colorful wedding industry and powerful social scene on the deadly trail of a killer. Always the bridal consultant and never the bride, she's seen her fair share of bouquet tosses. But there's no telling what surprises a ruthless killer will throw her way if she gets too close.

The View from a Hearse

The View from a Hearse
Author: Joseph Bayly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2014-10-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781940017044

The View from a Hearse is Joe's simple, helpful meditation on death and grieving. Joe knew that peace with death doesn't come from understanding everything that happens to us, but in knowing the God who is in control of everything.

Jewel of the Aisle

Jewel of the Aisle
Author: Laura Durham
Publisher: Broadmoor
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2021-06-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949496673

A wedding in a historic hotel that was once a haven for pirates and smugglers seemed like a romantic notion. Until the bride's bling vanishes. Wedding planner Annabelle Archer is off to the Bahamas to coordinate a wedding renewal ceremony and celebration for one of her best clients. Although it's the height of summer-and feels like nearly a hundred degrees on the tropical island--she's glad for the break from her bustling business in Washington DC. But her break is short-lived when the bride's diamond ring disappears. While her sassy assistant Kate and the always entertaining (and usually intoxicated) hairdresser Fern try to calm the bridal party, Annabelle and her best friend Richard Gerard search the old island hotel for clues. Can they find the ring in time for the ceremony, or will the missing bauble vanish like pirate treasure in the stormy Caribbean seas?