The Rainy Day Killer

The Rainy Day Killer
Author: Michael J. McCann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780987708786

Assisted by FBI profiler Ed Griffin, Donaghue and detective Karen Stainer pursue an elusive predator who leaves no physical evidence behind.

A Game of Minds

A Game of Minds
Author: Priscilla Masters
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 144830444X

A missing girl. A dark secret. Dr Claire Roget is drawn into a deadly game to find the truth behind a young girl's disappearance in this chilling mystery. It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's seriously ill father, Tom Trustom, who's desperate to know what happened to his daughter. DS Zed Willard has always believed that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer serving life for the murders of four other girls in the area, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, and Kobi denying any involvement, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can she persuade Kobi to reveal the truth and finally confess to Marvel's murder? Claire is soon drawn into a battle of wits with a dangerous psychopath, as well as a world of dark secrets. Can she find out what really happened to Marvel and fulfil a father's dying wish before it's too late?

Teaching Sound Film

Teaching Sound Film
Author: R. J. Cardullo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2016-10-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9463007261

Teaching Sound Film: A Reader is a film analysis-and-criticism textbook that contains 35 essays on 35 geographically diverse, historically significant sound films. The countries represented here are France, Italy, England, Belgium, Russia, India, China, Cuba, Germany, Japan, Russia, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Taiwan, Austria, Afghanistan, South Korea, Finland, Burkina Faso, Mexico, Iran, Israel, Colombia, and the United States. The directors represented include Jean Renoir, Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Woody Allen, Aki Kaurismäki, Ken Loach, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Abbas Kiarostami, Michael Haneke, and Hong Sang-soo. Written with university students (and possibly also advanced high school students) in mind, the essays in Teaching Sound Film: A Reader cover some of the central films treated—and central issues raised—in today’s cinema courses and provide students with practical models to help them improve their own writing and analytical skills. These essays are clear and readable—that is, sophisticated and meaty yet not overly technical or jargon-heavy. This makes them perfect introductions to their respective films as well as important contributions to the field of film studies in general. Moreover, this book’s scholarly apparatus features credits, images, bibliographies for all films discussed, filmographies for all the directors, a list of topics for writing and discussion, a glossary of film terms, and an appendix containing three essays, respectively, on film acting, avant-garde cinema, and theater vs. film.

Indelible Images

Indelible Images
Author: Bert Cardullo
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1987
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780819161505

Screen Writings

Screen Writings
Author: Bert Cardullo
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 184331388X

'Screen Writings: Genres, Classics, and Aesthetics' offers close readings of genre films and acknowledged film classics in an attempt to explore both the aesthetics of genre and the definition of 'classic' - as well as the changing perception of so-called classic movies over time. Implicitly theoretical as much as it is unashamedly practical, this book is a model not only of film analysis, but also of the enlightened deployment of cultural studies in the service of cinema study.

The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook

The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook
Author: Jeff Kinley
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-10-11
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1595554386

The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook delivers a fresh, relevant look at the doctrines of sin, grace, and salvation. Ben Forman was just an ordinary guy, a young professional starting his first job and falling in love with his girlfriend. Living in the outskirts of a southern city, he didn’t think the zombie activity so common in the major cities would hit so close to home. But it was becoming clear that the mysterious infection reanimating the deceased was a growing epidemic across the country. The question was, would he stay alive or become the undead? In this one-of-kind approach to teaching about sin, grace, and salvation, The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook tracks the fictional life of Ben Forman and offers solid Bible teaching to help readers understand the gravity and consequences of life without God, of life as a zombie. Ephesians 2:4-5 says, "But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved." Without the salvation Jesus offers, we are all as good as dead. But as this book teaches in a winsome, cutting-edge, culturally relevant style, anyone can kill the zombie inside, escape the clutches of the undead, and come alive by the supernatural power of God's salvation.

Killer's Dozen

Killer's Dozen
Author: Richard A. Lupoff
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434403963

From the Introduction by Ed Gorman: If there's one thing Dick Lupoff understands (with perverse glee) it's the sorry state of the human condition. In this collection you'll find a wide variety of humans whose conditions leave much to be desired. A pit bull owner who's just as nasty as his dog A thief who believes his father-in-law was a real Nazi A dead-end boxer who has come back in a boxing movie A detective named Caligula Foxx who might be Nero Wolfe in drag A crooked corporal whose payoff is death Not only are the storylines original, the writing is indelibly stamped with Dick's vision and voice. Dick's writing talents really can't be defined by the usual means. Yes, he writes science fiction. Yes, he writes fantasy. Yes, he writes mystery. But what he really writes are Lupoffs. Long, short, hilarious, whimsical, dark, mysterious-they're all Lupoffs. Richard A. Lupoff is the author of many books including the popular Lindsey-and-Plum mysteries. The next of these, The Emerald Cat Killer, will be published by St. Martin's Press in October, 2010. His most recent collection of mysteries is Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix, published by Crippen & Landru.

Catch Me: the Life Ruiner Serial Killer

Catch Me: the Life Ruiner Serial Killer
Author: Laj Posey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2022-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1669818616

Catch Me: The Life Ruiner Serial Killer. (“Ruiner” is a colloquial expression employed by my character.) The protagonist is a serial killer named Jamal Stone, aka “Roc”, who was set up on a drug deal by one of his closest friends, Tanya Spencer. He served 10 years in prison due to this betrayal. Roc comes home after serving his time, and through a series of adventures locates Tanya, and avenges himself by killing her. Through this experience of chase and revenge, Roc becomes a vigilante exacting justice by killing people who have ruined other people’s lives. What drives Roc is the intriguing combination of a sense of justice and the thrill of violence. The FBI gets on the trail of “The Life Ruiner Serial Killer”, trying to put a stop to the murder spree. Even though a pattern emerges that this murderous spree is partly motivated by the wish to do good, Jamal plays a dangerous game. He has everything to lose but loves the thrill of trying to see if they can..... CATCH ME!

The Lying Game #6: Seven Minutes in Heaven

The Lying Game #6: Seven Minutes in Heaven
Author: Sara Shepard
Publisher: HarperTeen
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-07-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9780062272386

From Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, comes the nail-biting conclusion to The Lying Game. Sutton Mercer had the perfect life, great friends, and a gorgeous boyfriend—until she was murdered. Then the killer forced Sutton's long-lost twin sister, Emma, to pretend to be her. Emma has been living Sutton's life for weeks now, frantically trying to figure out who killed her sister and why. But when Sutton's body is discovered, Emma suddenly becomes the number-one suspect in her twin's murder. Now she needs to find the killer before she ends up behind bars—or worse. In this stunning finale to the beloved series The Lying Game, Emma finally solves her sister's murder—but the killer will do anything to make sure that the truth dies with her.

The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film

The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film
Author: Drewey Wayne Gunn
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0810885883

In The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film (2005), scholar Drewey Wayne Gunn examined the history of gay detectives beginning with the first recognized gay novel, The Heart in Exile, which appeared in 1953. In the years since the original edition's publication, hundreds of novels and short stories in this sub-genre have been produced, and Gunn has unearthed many additional representations previously unrecorded. In this new edition, Gunn provides an overview of milestones in the development of gay detectives over the last several decades. Also included in this volume is an annotated list of novels, short stories, plays, graphic novels, comic strips, films, and television series with gay detectives, gay sleuths of secondary importance, and non-sleuthing gay policemen. The most complete listing available--including the only listing of early gay pulp novels, present-day male-to-male romances, and erotic films--this new edition brings the work up to date with publications missed in the first edition, particularly cross-genre mysteries, early pulps, and some hard-to-find volumes. The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography lists all printed works in English (including translations) presently known to include gay detectives (such as amateur sleuths, police detectives, private investigators, and investigative reporters), from the 1929 play Rope until the present day. It includes all films in English, subtitled or dubbed, from the screen version of Rope in 1948 and the launch of the independent film Spy on the Fly in 1966 through the end of 2011. Complete with two appendices--a bibliography of sources and a list of Lambda Literary Awards--and indexes of titles, detectives, and actors, this extensively revised and updated reference will prove invaluable to mystery collectors, researchers, aficionados of the subgenre, and those devoted to GLBTQ studies.