The Dark Ring of Murder

The Dark Ring of Murder
Author: Misa Yamamura
Publisher: American Literary Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 1996
Genre: Japan
ISBN: 9781561672479

A Japanese woman's investigation into three murders which she thinks might involve her fiance. Chisako Tanaka of Tokyo decides to do some sleuthing after a songwriter is poisoned, a professor is knifed and a politician is run over by a car.

The Ring and the Book

The Ring and the Book
Author: Robert Browning
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1869
Genre: Rome (Italy)
ISBN:

This is the final of the four volumes published from 1868-1869that make up Robert Browning'sThe Ring and the Book, a long blank-verse poem composed of 12 books and over 20,000 lines. This volume includes the booksThe Pope, GuidoandThe Book and the Ring.

Battling Siki

Battling Siki
Author: Peter Benson
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781557288882

Battling Siki (1887–1925) was once one of the four or five most recognizable black men in the world and was written about by a host of great writers, including George Bernard Shaw, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Janet Flanner, and Ernest Hemingway. Peter Benson’s lively biography of the first African to win a world championship in boxing delves into the complex world of sports, race, colonialism, and the cult of personality in the early twentieth century.

For the Killing of Kings

For the Killing of Kings
Author: Howard Andrew Jones
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2019-02-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250006813

Howard Andrew Jones' powerful world-building brings this epic fantasy to life in For The Killing of Kings, the first book of his new adventure-filled trilogy. Their peace was a fragile thing, but it had endured for seven years, mostly because the people of Darassus and the king of the Naor hordes believed his doom was foretold upon the edge of the great sword hung in the hall of champions. Unruly Naor clans might raid across the border, but the king himself would never lead his people to war so long as the blade remained in the hands of his enemies. But when squire Elenai’s aging mentor uncovers evidence that the sword in their hall is a forgery she’s forced to flee Darassus for her life, her only ally the reckless, disillusioned Kyrkenall the archer. Framed for murder and treason, pursued by the greatest heroes of the realm, they race to recover the real sword, only to stumble into a conspiracy that leads all the way back to the Darassan queen and her secretive advisors. They must find a way to clear their names and set things right, all while dodging friends determined to kill them – and the Naor hordes, invading at last with a new and deadly weapon.

First Class Murder

First Class Murder
Author: Robin Stevens
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481422200

A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger train, the Orient Express—and it’s clear that each of their fellow first-class travelers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: There’s rumor of a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, a bloodcurdling scream comes from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered—her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished, as if into thin air. The Wells & Wong Detective Society is ready to crack the case—but this time, they’ve got competition.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice
Author: James M. Cain
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2010-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307772942

The bestselling sensation—and one of the most outstanding crime novels of the 20th century—that was banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, and acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger. The basis for the acclaimed 1946 film. An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution—a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve. First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America's bleak underside and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.

A Mind to Murder

A Mind to Murder
Author: P.D. James
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2001-06-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743219589

Adam Dalgluish is called to the elegant Steen Psychiatric Clinic to investigate why the head of the clinic, Enid Bolan was found with a chisel through her heart.

The Invisible Ring

The Invisible Ring
Author: Anne Bishop
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2008-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440637296

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop returns to the world of her Black Jewels Trilogy with a prequel that follows a man who is determined to rebel against the course set before him... Jared is a Red-Jeweled Warlord bound as a pleasure slave by the Ring of Obedience. After suffering nine years of torment as a slave, he murdered his owner and escaped—only to be caught and sold into slavery once again. Purchased by a notorious queen, Jared fears he will share the mysterious fate of her other slaves—never to be seen again—and so prepares himself for death. But the Gray Lady may not be what she seems and Jared soon faces a difficult decision: his freedom, or his honor...

Murder In A Cold Climate

Murder In A Cold Climate
Author: Scott H. Young
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2014-03-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1443434183

When the mysterious connections between the disappearance of a small plane and the murder of a Native-rights activist are revealed, Inuit police inspector Matteesie Kitologitak of the RCMP must use his keen abilities to unravel the truth. Twists and turns throughout the case pose increasing danger as Matteesie uncovers a link between the murders and drug trafficking. Murder in a Cold Climate is the first of two Scott Young novels to feature the indomitable Inspector Matteesie, who returns for another investigation in The Shaman’s Knife.