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| Author | : Curtis Evans |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0786490896 |
In 1972, in an attempt to elevate the stature of the "crime novel," influential crime writer and critic Julian Symons cast numerous Golden Age detective fiction writers into literary perdition as "Humdrums," condemning their focus on puzzle plots over stylish writing and explorations of character, setting and theme. This volume explores the works of three prominent British "Humdrums"--Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, and Alfred Walter Stewart--revealing their work to be more complex, as puzzles and as social documents, than Symons allowed. By championing the intrinsic merit of these mystery writers, the study demonstrates that reintegrating the "Humdrums" into mystery genre studies provides a fuller understanding of the Golden Age of detective fiction and its aftermath.
| Author | : Christopher Sandford |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2013-02-05 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0230342035 |
Renowned mystery author Arthur Conan Doyle and famous illusionist Harry Houdini first met in 1920, during the magician's tour of England. At the time, Conan Doyle had given up his lucrative writing career, killing off Sherlock Holmes in the process, in order to concentrate on his increasingly manic interest in Spiritualism. Houdini, who regularly conducted séances in an attempt to reach his late mother, was also infatuated with the idea of what he called a "living afterlife," though his enthusiasm came to be tempered by his ability to expose fraudulent mediums, many of whom employed crude variations of his own well-known illusions. Using previously unpublished material on the murky relationship between Houdini and Conan Doyle, this sometimes macabre, sometimes comic tale tells the fascinating story of the relationship between two of the most loved figures of the twentieth century and their pursuit of magic and lost loved ones.
| Author | : Henry Douglas Thomson |
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| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1973 |
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| Author | : Priscilla Masters |
| Publisher | : Severn House Publishers Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2019-06-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1448302226 |
DI Joanna Piercy is not happy when she’s assigned the apparently minor case of finding a missing elderly man, but it turns out to be far more sinister . . . DI Joanna Piercy is irritated at what she perceives to be an attempt to wrap her up in cotton wool during her pregnancy when she is asked to take on the case of Zachary Foster, a missing ninety-six-year-old man suffering from dementia. Zachary has vanished from his residential care home on the edge of Leek during the night with his beloved old teddy bear. He can’t have gone far, surely, but how did a frail, elderly man manage to abscond from a secure house at night? As Joanna investigates, it soon becomes clear that this apparently minor case is far more sinister than it first appears. Could her own life, and that of her unborn child, be at risk?
| Author | : Sarah Masters Buckey |
| Publisher | : American Girl Publishing Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781593692940 |
In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
| Author | : Max Pemberton |
| Publisher | : e-artnow |
| Total Pages | : 1524 |
| Release | : 2021-01-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
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This meticulously edited crime and mystery collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:_x000D_ Novels:_x000D_ A Gentleman's Gentleman_x000D_ The Diamond Ship_x000D_ The Sea Wolves_x000D_ The Lady Evelyn_x000D_ Aladdin of London_x000D_ White Motley_x000D_ Short Stories:_x000D_ Jewel Mysteries I Have Known; From a Dealer's Note Book:_x000D_ The Opal of Carmalovitch_x000D_ The Necklace of Green Diamonds_x000D_ The Comedy of the Jewelled Links_x000D_ Treasure of White Creek_x000D_ The Accursed Gems_x000D_ The Watch and the Scimitar_x000D_ The Seven Emeralds_x000D_ The Pursuit of the Topaz_x000D_ The Ripening Rubies_x000D_ My Lady of the Sapphires_x000D_ The Signors of the Night; The Story of Fra Giovanni:_x000D_ The Risen Dead_x000D_ A Sermon for Clowns_x000D_ A Miracle of Bells_x000D_ The Wolf of Cismon_x000D_ The Daughter of Venice_x000D_ Golden Ashes_x000D_ White Wings to the Raven_x000D_ The Haunted Gondola_x000D_ The Man Who Drove the Car:_x000D_ The Room in Black_x000D_ The Silver Wedding_x000D_ In Account with Dolly St. John_x000D_ The Lady Who Looked On_x000D_ The Basket in the Boundary Road_x000D_ The Countess_x000D_ Tales of the Thames:_x000D_ Marygold_x000D_ A Ragged Intruder_x000D_ Barbara of the Bell House _x000D_ The Carousal: A Story of Thanet_x000D_ Jack Smith—Boy_x000D_ The Donnington Affair_x000D_ The Devil To Pay_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_
| Author | : Louis Sahagun |
| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 2011-03 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1458731898 |
In 1919, a Canadian teenager with a sixth-grade education arrived by train to the wilds of Los Angeles. Within a decade he had transformed himself into a world-renowned luminary and occult scholar. His name was Manly Palmer Hall, author of the landmark encyclopedia The Secret Teachings of All Ages and the 20th century's most prolific writer and speaker on ancient philosophies, mysticism, and magic. Hall revealed to thousands how universal wisdom could be found in the myths and symbols of the ancient Western mystery teachings. He amassed the largest occult library west of the Mississippi and founded The Philosophical Research Society in 1934 for the purpose of providing seekers rare access to the world's wisdom literature. He became a confidante and friend to celebrities and politicians. In 1990, he died - some say he was killed - in what remains an open-ended Hollywood murder mystery. This dramatic story of Hall's life and death provides a panorama of twentieth century mysticism and an insider's view into a subculture that continues to have a profound influence on movies, television, music, books, art, and thought.
| Author | : Kathleen Ernst |
| Publisher | : Three Towers Press |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2021-03-31 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781595988256 |
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.
| Author | : Henry Douglas Thomson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Detective and mystery stories |
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| Author | : Jill Whieldon |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-11 |
| Genre | : Mathematical recreations |
| ISBN | : 9781907550102 |
We all like to think we can solve a murder given the right clues. Heres a chance to use mathematics skills to identify whodunit for ages 12-14.
