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Author: Martin Harry Greenberg Publisher: Fawcett ISBN: 9780804114431 Category : Cats Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
PURRR-FECTLY SINISTER TALES THAT TRAVEL THE GLOBE In these fifteen original stories by today's best mystery writers, you will witness a bevy of baffling crimes set in the most exotic vacation spots on earth--and all featuring a four-footed friend. From the French Riviera and the Greek Islands to Monte Carlo and the Cornish Coast, these thrilling mysteries include Midnight Sun, where a tell-tale clue in a cat's luscious fur exposes a killer on a doomed Norwegian tour. . . . The Envelopes, Please, where a screenwriter at Cannes is saved by a fondness for felines . . . and The Cat Who Knew Too Much, who foils a scheming husband out to dispose of his wife in merry old London. Amusing, intelligent, and eccentric, these clever cat tales are for mystery buffs and armchair travelers! "A veritable smorgasbord of delightful stories . . . The tales are humorous . . . and all provide interesting twists and climaxes." --Madison Courier "Baffling crimes with stunning solutions." --Mystery News
Author: Martin Harry Greenberg Publisher: Fawcett ISBN: 9780804114431 Category : Cats Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
PURRR-FECTLY SINISTER TALES THAT TRAVEL THE GLOBE In these fifteen original stories by today's best mystery writers, you will witness a bevy of baffling crimes set in the most exotic vacation spots on earth--and all featuring a four-footed friend. From the French Riviera and the Greek Islands to Monte Carlo and the Cornish Coast, these thrilling mysteries include Midnight Sun, where a tell-tale clue in a cat's luscious fur exposes a killer on a doomed Norwegian tour. . . . The Envelopes, Please, where a screenwriter at Cannes is saved by a fondness for felines . . . and The Cat Who Knew Too Much, who foils a scheming husband out to dispose of his wife in merry old London. Amusing, intelligent, and eccentric, these clever cat tales are for mystery buffs and armchair travelers! "A veritable smorgasbord of delightful stories . . . The tales are humorous . . . and all provide interesting twists and climaxes." --Madison Courier "Baffling crimes with stunning solutions." --Mystery News
Author: Bernard A. Drew Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1598844466 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 450
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Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authorswithout any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.
Author: Roger M Sobin Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Inc ISBN: 1615952039 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 591
Book Description
For the first time in one place, Roger M. Sobin has compiled a list of nominees and award winners of virtually every mystery award ever presented. He has also included many of the “best of” lists by more than fifty of the most important contributors to the genre.; Mr. Sobin spent more than two decades gathering the data and lists in this volume, much of that time he used to recheck the accuracy of the material he had collected. Several of the “best of” lists appear here for the first time in book form. Several others have been unavailable for a number of years.; Of special note, are Anthony Boucher’s “Best Picks for the Year.” Boucher, one of the major mystery reviewers of all time, reviewed for The San Francisco Chronicle, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The New York Times. From these resources Mr. Sobin created “Boucher’s Best” and “Important Lists to Consider,” lists that provide insight into important writing in the field from 1942 through Boucher’s death in 1968.? This is a great resource for all mystery readers and collectors.; ; Winner of the 2008 Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Nonfiction.
Author: Bill Pronzini Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1605430943 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 194
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Bill Pronzini invades the Ramble House Sanctuary of Loons with a collection of 22 excursions into the darkest heart of noir. From the perils of familial love in "Dago Red" to the deadly TV sports of "Olaf and the Merchandisers" Pronzini runs you through a wringer of chills and thrills, with a couple of Nameless Detective stories to keep you grounded. But don't expect the suspense to let up, because there are dangers lurking in the twenty stories that lie in between, each more menacing than the last. A Ramble House book
Author: Gillian Roberts Publisher: Untreed Reads ISBN: 1611876761 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 150
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Gillian Roberts has been recognized and presented with multiple awards for her Amanda Pepper mystery series. Now, collected here for the first time, are 14 short stories by this bestselling mystery author. From cats to marriages and dogs to dentists, these stories cover a wide range of themes and all are infused with Roberts’ well-known sense of humor. Pulled from out-of-print anthologies and recovered from magazines, these stories represent 25 amazing years in the writing career of one of the mystery genre’s most-beloved authors.
Author: Various Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101191163 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 336
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Pick a famous historical figure and experience your own life as that person. What would you do? Excel in science under the extraordinary influence of Leonardo da Vinci? Spice up your daily grind with a dash of Mata Hari? Unnerve your neighbors as Edgar Allan Poe? Or, for those who like to live dangerously, there are whispers of a black market where no one is forbidden. A word of caution: Previous performance does not guarantee future predictability. And in the hands of these masters of science fiction and fantasy, your experience of past lives reborn may not be at all what you expect. Edited by Nebula Award-Winning Author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Featuring fifteen new stories by Elizabeth Moon, Carole Nelson Douglas, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jerry Oltion, Rod Garcia y Robertson, and others.
Author: Martin Harry Greenberg Publisher: Fawcett ISBN: 9780804118309 Category : Cats Languages : en Pages : 0
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Some of the best mystery writers at work today have penned 19 stories exclusively for this edition of the beloved "Cat Crimes" series. The cats are always up to something, especially around the holidays--whether it's Christmas, Valentine's Day or St. Patrick's Day. Fine.
Author: Michael Ashley Publisher: Constable ISBN: Category : Characters and characteristics in literature Languages : en Pages : 804
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A reference and overview of the genre of crime fiction, primarily covering the 1950s onwards, although major earlier writers, such as Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, also have entries.