Author: Annalise Bowers
Publisher: Brown Girls Publishing
ISBN: 1944359958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
When it comes to solving mysteries, Annalise The Kid Detective is on the case! Using her uncanny talents, she can dig up things when everyone else has given up. With her unique team by her side, including her mother and other kid detectives, Annalise not only helps find missing items, but helps people discover the missing message behind their item. The Box Annalise’s teacher is excited about the box of books she brought to class. Each student will get a personalized book that could change their lives forever. But before she can distribute them, someone steals the box! While everyone else panics, AKD is on the case! What she finds may open magical doors the students never thought possible. The Book Everyone is enjoying their personalized book, including Annalise, who’s excited about where the book is guiding her. But when she misplaces her beloved book, she’s devastated. Along with a colorful cast of characters, she goes on a journey of discovery to find the book and inspiration at every turn. The Key When a married couple hosts a dinner party, they take a moment to show their unique box, which holds a magical stone. After the party, they discover the key to open the box is missing! They hire Annalise The Kid Detective. As she does her best to keep tempers at bay and accusations from flying, she helps the couple locate the missing key and discover that things aren’t always what they seem. The Stone A magic stone that allows you to talk to people who have gone to Heaven is making news across the country. When it comes up missing after being displayed at a children’s art festival, Annalise The Kid Detective is the only hope to get it back.
Annalise The Kid Detective
Author: Annalise Bowers
Publisher: Brown Girls Publishing
ISBN: 1944359958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
When it comes to solving mysteries, Annalise The Kid Detective is on the case! Using her uncanny talents, she can dig up things when everyone else has given up. With her unique team by her side, including her mother and other kid detectives, Annalise not only helps find missing items, but helps people discover the missing message behind their item. The Box Annalise’s teacher is excited about the box of books she brought to class. Each student will get a personalized book that could change their lives forever. But before she can distribute them, someone steals the box! While everyone else panics, AKD is on the case! What she finds may open magical doors the students never thought possible. The Book Everyone is enjoying their personalized book, including Annalise, who’s excited about where the book is guiding her. But when she misplaces her beloved book, she’s devastated. Along with a colorful cast of characters, she goes on a journey of discovery to find the book and inspiration at every turn. The Key When a married couple hosts a dinner party, they take a moment to show their unique box, which holds a magical stone. After the party, they discover the key to open the box is missing! They hire Annalise The Kid Detective. As she does her best to keep tempers at bay and accusations from flying, she helps the couple locate the missing key and discover that things aren’t always what they seem. The Stone A magic stone that allows you to talk to people who have gone to Heaven is making news across the country. When it comes up missing after being displayed at a children’s art festival, Annalise The Kid Detective is the only hope to get it back.
Publisher: Brown Girls Publishing
ISBN: 1944359958
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
When it comes to solving mysteries, Annalise The Kid Detective is on the case! Using her uncanny talents, she can dig up things when everyone else has given up. With her unique team by her side, including her mother and other kid detectives, Annalise not only helps find missing items, but helps people discover the missing message behind their item. The Box Annalise’s teacher is excited about the box of books she brought to class. Each student will get a personalized book that could change their lives forever. But before she can distribute them, someone steals the box! While everyone else panics, AKD is on the case! What she finds may open magical doors the students never thought possible. The Book Everyone is enjoying their personalized book, including Annalise, who’s excited about where the book is guiding her. But when she misplaces her beloved book, she’s devastated. Along with a colorful cast of characters, she goes on a journey of discovery to find the book and inspiration at every turn. The Key When a married couple hosts a dinner party, they take a moment to show their unique box, which holds a magical stone. After the party, they discover the key to open the box is missing! They hire Annalise The Kid Detective. As she does her best to keep tempers at bay and accusations from flying, she helps the couple locate the missing key and discover that things aren’t always what they seem. The Stone A magic stone that allows you to talk to people who have gone to Heaven is making news across the country. When it comes up missing after being displayed at a children’s art festival, Annalise The Kid Detective is the only hope to get it back.
Death of a Cozy Writer
Author: G.M. Malliet
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738716545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Winner of the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel From deep in the heart of his eighteenth century English manor, millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk writes mystery novels and torments his four spoiled children with threats of disinheritance. Tiring of this device, the portly patriarch decides to weave a malicious twist into his well-worn plot. Gathering them all together for a family dinner, he announces his latest blow—a secret elopement with the beautiful Violet...who was once suspected of murdering her husband. Within hours, eldest son and appointed heir Ruthven is found cleaved to death by a medieval mace. Since Ruthven is generally hated, no one seems too surprised or upset—least of all his cold-blooded wife Lillian. When Detective Chief Inspector St. Just is brought in to investigate, he meets with a deadly calm that goes beyond the usual English reserve. And soon Sir Adrian himself is found slumped over his writing desk—an ornate knife thrust into his heart. Trapped amid leering gargoyles and stone walls, every member of the family is a likely suspect. Using a little Cornish brusqueness and brawn, can St. Just find the killer before the next-in-line to the family fortune ends up dead? Death of a Cozy Writer was chosen by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book of 2008, nominated for a Left Coast Crime award (the Hawaii Five-O for best police procedural), short-listed for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery, nominated for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the David G. Sasher, Sr. Award for Best Mystery Novel. Praise: "Fans of English detective work will welcome Malliet's droll debut, the first in a new series."—Publishers Weekly "Malliet's debut combines devices from Christie and Clue to keep you guessing until the dramatic denouement."—Kirkus Reviews "Malliet's skillful debut demonstrates the sophistication one would expect of a much more established writer. I'm looking forward to her next genre-bender, Death and the Lit Chick."—Mystery Scene "Almost every sentence is a polished, malicious gem, reminiscent of Robert Barnard...the book is perfect for the lover of the classical detective story or the fan of great sentences."—Deadly Pleasures "In her series debut, Malliet, who won a Malice Domestic Grant to write this novel, lays the foundation for an Agatha Christie—like murder mystery."—Library Journal "An affectionate homage to the Golden Age of British crime fiction by a skilled writer rapidly attracting attention."—The Sherbrook Record "This tale cleverly adds modern touches to an Agatha Christie style classic house mystery."—Mystery Women Magazine "Wicked, witty and full of treats!"—Peter Lovesey, recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Crime Writer's Association and Malice Domestic "The traditional British cozy is alive and well. Delicious. I was hooked from the first paragraph."—Rhys Bowen, award-winning author of Her Royal Spyness "Death of a Cozy Writer is a romp, a classic tale of family dysfunction in a moody and often humourous English country house setting."—Louise Penny, author of the award-winning Armand Gamache series of murder mysteries "The connections made by St. Just are nothing short of Sherlock Holmes at his most coherent. A most excellent first mystery!"—Midwest Book Review
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738716545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Winner of the 2008 Agatha Award for Best First Novel From deep in the heart of his eighteenth century English manor, millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk writes mystery novels and torments his four spoiled children with threats of disinheritance. Tiring of this device, the portly patriarch decides to weave a malicious twist into his well-worn plot. Gathering them all together for a family dinner, he announces his latest blow—a secret elopement with the beautiful Violet...who was once suspected of murdering her husband. Within hours, eldest son and appointed heir Ruthven is found cleaved to death by a medieval mace. Since Ruthven is generally hated, no one seems too surprised or upset—least of all his cold-blooded wife Lillian. When Detective Chief Inspector St. Just is brought in to investigate, he meets with a deadly calm that goes beyond the usual English reserve. And soon Sir Adrian himself is found slumped over his writing desk—an ornate knife thrust into his heart. Trapped amid leering gargoyles and stone walls, every member of the family is a likely suspect. Using a little Cornish brusqueness and brawn, can St. Just find the killer before the next-in-line to the family fortune ends up dead? Death of a Cozy Writer was chosen by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book of 2008, nominated for a Left Coast Crime award (the Hawaii Five-O for best police procedural), short-listed for the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery, nominated for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and was a finalist for the David G. Sasher, Sr. Award for Best Mystery Novel. Praise: "Fans of English detective work will welcome Malliet's droll debut, the first in a new series."—Publishers Weekly "Malliet's debut combines devices from Christie and Clue to keep you guessing until the dramatic denouement."—Kirkus Reviews "Malliet's skillful debut demonstrates the sophistication one would expect of a much more established writer. I'm looking forward to her next genre-bender, Death and the Lit Chick."—Mystery Scene "Almost every sentence is a polished, malicious gem, reminiscent of Robert Barnard...the book is perfect for the lover of the classical detective story or the fan of great sentences."—Deadly Pleasures "In her series debut, Malliet, who won a Malice Domestic Grant to write this novel, lays the foundation for an Agatha Christie—like murder mystery."—Library Journal "An affectionate homage to the Golden Age of British crime fiction by a skilled writer rapidly attracting attention."—The Sherbrook Record "This tale cleverly adds modern touches to an Agatha Christie style classic house mystery."—Mystery Women Magazine "Wicked, witty and full of treats!"—Peter Lovesey, recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Crime Writer's Association and Malice Domestic "The traditional British cozy is alive and well. Delicious. I was hooked from the first paragraph."—Rhys Bowen, award-winning author of Her Royal Spyness "Death of a Cozy Writer is a romp, a classic tale of family dysfunction in a moody and often humourous English country house setting."—Louise Penny, author of the award-winning Armand Gamache series of murder mysteries "The connections made by St. Just are nothing short of Sherlock Holmes at his most coherent. A most excellent first mystery!"—Midwest Book Review
Gone for Good
Author: Joanna Schaffhausen
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250264618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Gone For Good is the first in a new mystery series from award-winning author Joanna Schaffhausen, featuring Detective Annalisa Vega, in which a cold case heats up. The Lovelorn Killer murdered seven women, ritually binding them and leaving them for dead before penning them gruesome love letters in the local papers. Then he disappeared, and after twenty years with no trace of him, many believe that he’s gone for good. Not Grace Harper. A grocery store manager by day, at night Grace uses her snooping skills as part of an amateur sleuth group. She believes the Lovelorn Killer is still living in the same neighborhoods that he hunted in, and if she can figure out how he selected his victims, she will have the key to his identity. Detective Annalisa Vega lost someone she loved to the killer. Now she’s at a murder scene with the worst kind of déjà vu: Grace Harper lies bound and dead on the floor, surrounded by clues to the biggest murder case that Chicago homicide never solved. Annalisa has the chance to make it right and to heal her family, but first, she has to figure out what Grace knew—how to see a killer who may be standing right in front of you. This means tracing his steps back to her childhood, peering into dark corners she hadn’t acknowledged before, and learning that despite everything the killer took, she has still so much more to lose.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250264618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Gone For Good is the first in a new mystery series from award-winning author Joanna Schaffhausen, featuring Detective Annalisa Vega, in which a cold case heats up. The Lovelorn Killer murdered seven women, ritually binding them and leaving them for dead before penning them gruesome love letters in the local papers. Then he disappeared, and after twenty years with no trace of him, many believe that he’s gone for good. Not Grace Harper. A grocery store manager by day, at night Grace uses her snooping skills as part of an amateur sleuth group. She believes the Lovelorn Killer is still living in the same neighborhoods that he hunted in, and if she can figure out how he selected his victims, she will have the key to his identity. Detective Annalisa Vega lost someone she loved to the killer. Now she’s at a murder scene with the worst kind of déjà vu: Grace Harper lies bound and dead on the floor, surrounded by clues to the biggest murder case that Chicago homicide never solved. Annalisa has the chance to make it right and to heal her family, but first, she has to figure out what Grace knew—how to see a killer who may be standing right in front of you. This means tracing his steps back to her childhood, peering into dark corners she hadn’t acknowledged before, and learning that despite everything the killer took, she has still so much more to lose.
Focus On: 100 Most Popular Fictional African-American People
Author: Wikipedia contributors
Publisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
Publisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
A Whisper Away From Evil
Author: Gabriel Blake
Publisher: DRF Publishing
ISBN: 1999663640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott - 1808 A car accident in Kent on a miserable December night turns out to be anything but ordinary for Detective Inspector Harry Baxendale. One fatality, a missing teenager, and a girl in the hospital who has escaped the clutches of an international serial killer. Harry and Police Constable Lucy Fenton attempt to uncover the truth surrounding the collision. As the body count rises, the pressure mounts to find the culprit among a broad list of suspects. Grieving the death of his girlfriend, Lenny Grey reluctantly becomes embroiled in DI Baxendale’s investigation. The discovery of a teenage girl in a Kent graveyard leads him to Canada to uncover why a string of recent murders has been brought to light by the deaths of twin sisters in the eighteenth century. A page-turner equal to the previous books in the series with surprises galore. If you enjoy books by the likes of Stephen King, Ruth Ware, Megan Abbott, Dean Koontz, Mark Edwards, Jeffery Deaver, Peter James, and C.J. Tudor, then you are in for a super treat.
Publisher: DRF Publishing
ISBN: 1999663640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott - 1808 A car accident in Kent on a miserable December night turns out to be anything but ordinary for Detective Inspector Harry Baxendale. One fatality, a missing teenager, and a girl in the hospital who has escaped the clutches of an international serial killer. Harry and Police Constable Lucy Fenton attempt to uncover the truth surrounding the collision. As the body count rises, the pressure mounts to find the culprit among a broad list of suspects. Grieving the death of his girlfriend, Lenny Grey reluctantly becomes embroiled in DI Baxendale’s investigation. The discovery of a teenage girl in a Kent graveyard leads him to Canada to uncover why a string of recent murders has been brought to light by the deaths of twin sisters in the eighteenth century. A page-turner equal to the previous books in the series with surprises galore. If you enjoy books by the likes of Stephen King, Ruth Ware, Megan Abbott, Dean Koontz, Mark Edwards, Jeffery Deaver, Peter James, and C.J. Tudor, then you are in for a super treat.
Working Stiff
Author: Annelise Ryan
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758261209
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
In this hard-boiled mystery series opener, a former nurse becomes a coroner who winds up investigating her cheating ex-husband for murder. When Mattie Winston catches her husband Dr. David Winston receiving some very special loving care from R.N. Karen Owenby, she quits her job and moves out. Mattie’s best friend Izzy offers her a place to stay and suggests she’d be a natural as deputy coroner. Now, instead of taking patients’ pulses, Mattie’s weighing their hearts and livers. But Mattie’s first homicide call turns out to be for none other than Nurse Karen, and even though she saw her ex in a heated argument with the newly deceased the night before, she refuses to believe David could be a killer. Keeping mum about what she saw, Mattie is also left speechless by the sight of hunky Detective Steve Hurley . . . From learning the ropes on her new job to sorting out her feelings about her ex and dealing with her growing attraction to Detective Hurley, Mattie's in deep water and in danger of sinking quickly, especially when she places herself dead center in the path of a desperate—yet determined—killer . . . Praise for USA Today–bestselling author Annelise Ryan and her Mattie Winston series “Ryan shows growing skill at mixing humor with CSI-style crime.”—Publishers Weekly “The forensic details will interest Patricia Cornwell readers . . .while the often slapstick humor and the blossoming romance between Mattie and Hurley will draw Evanovich fans.”—Booklist
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758261209
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
In this hard-boiled mystery series opener, a former nurse becomes a coroner who winds up investigating her cheating ex-husband for murder. When Mattie Winston catches her husband Dr. David Winston receiving some very special loving care from R.N. Karen Owenby, she quits her job and moves out. Mattie’s best friend Izzy offers her a place to stay and suggests she’d be a natural as deputy coroner. Now, instead of taking patients’ pulses, Mattie’s weighing their hearts and livers. But Mattie’s first homicide call turns out to be for none other than Nurse Karen, and even though she saw her ex in a heated argument with the newly deceased the night before, she refuses to believe David could be a killer. Keeping mum about what she saw, Mattie is also left speechless by the sight of hunky Detective Steve Hurley . . . From learning the ropes on her new job to sorting out her feelings about her ex and dealing with her growing attraction to Detective Hurley, Mattie's in deep water and in danger of sinking quickly, especially when she places herself dead center in the path of a desperate—yet determined—killer . . . Praise for USA Today–bestselling author Annelise Ryan and her Mattie Winston series “Ryan shows growing skill at mixing humor with CSI-style crime.”—Publishers Weekly “The forensic details will interest Patricia Cornwell readers . . .while the often slapstick humor and the blossoming romance between Mattie and Hurley will draw Evanovich fans.”—Booklist
This Home Where
Author: Desmond B. O'Neill
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1682355403
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
It isn’t always four walls and a roof that make a home. This suspense novel follows the rescue and rehabilitation of a victim in such a home. Living with the trees, birds, and sunny nature at a botanical garden in Melbourne, Australia, Patto didn’t need to remember anything of his past. Saved from death, he was accepted into the gardens. Others in the city see more in this well-dressed old man. Fascination and love tug at the heart of Milanda, an elite psychiatrist. She takes on the cause to discover a release from Patto’s onset dementia. Orisis, a newspaper reporter better known as Grille for her ability to get answers, knows of a hit gone wrong in the botanical garden two years previously by uniformed police officers. Paths cross in the botanical garden with questions asked, and famous Melbourne buildings provide meeting places for unlocking the past of Patto, Milanda, and Orisis. As Patto’s true identity is revealed, Milanda helps find ways of rejuvenation for his traumatised brain and memory function. It takes the skill of a returned Afghanistan war hero with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who saved Patto from death, to infiltrate and use his espionage training to locate secrets buried within a police command building. The answers from the past may not suit the future.
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1682355403
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
It isn’t always four walls and a roof that make a home. This suspense novel follows the rescue and rehabilitation of a victim in such a home. Living with the trees, birds, and sunny nature at a botanical garden in Melbourne, Australia, Patto didn’t need to remember anything of his past. Saved from death, he was accepted into the gardens. Others in the city see more in this well-dressed old man. Fascination and love tug at the heart of Milanda, an elite psychiatrist. She takes on the cause to discover a release from Patto’s onset dementia. Orisis, a newspaper reporter better known as Grille for her ability to get answers, knows of a hit gone wrong in the botanical garden two years previously by uniformed police officers. Paths cross in the botanical garden with questions asked, and famous Melbourne buildings provide meeting places for unlocking the past of Patto, Milanda, and Orisis. As Patto’s true identity is revealed, Milanda helps find ways of rejuvenation for his traumatised brain and memory function. It takes the skill of a returned Afghanistan war hero with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder who saved Patto from death, to infiltrate and use his espionage training to locate secrets buried within a police command building. The answers from the past may not suit the future.
Radio Wave Romance
Author: Katie Clark
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
ISBN: 1611169569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Hit radio show host Annalise Waters is challenged on-air when social studies teacher, Christopher Sanders, accuses her of being cold-hearted toward the needs of the local children's hospital. Afraid of public backlash, the station arranges a fundraiser for the hospital, with Annalise at the head. But it's a fundraiser that drags up painful memories from Annalise's past. Christopher hadn't intended to be hustled into a fundraiser—he'd only wanted to make a point. But as he spends more time with Annalise, and realizes his mistaken judgment, he can't deny the growing feelings for the woman who is anything but cold-hearted. Will she ever forgive his on-air accusations and see the depth of his true feelings?
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
ISBN: 1611169569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Hit radio show host Annalise Waters is challenged on-air when social studies teacher, Christopher Sanders, accuses her of being cold-hearted toward the needs of the local children's hospital. Afraid of public backlash, the station arranges a fundraiser for the hospital, with Annalise at the head. But it's a fundraiser that drags up painful memories from Annalise's past. Christopher hadn't intended to be hustled into a fundraiser—he'd only wanted to make a point. But as he spends more time with Annalise, and realizes his mistaken judgment, he can't deny the growing feelings for the woman who is anything but cold-hearted. Will she ever forgive his on-air accusations and see the depth of his true feelings?
Antiheroines of Contemporary Media
Author: Melanie Haas
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793624577
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This volume of essays provides a critical foray into the methods used to construct narratives which foreground antiheroines, a trope which has become increasingly popular within literary media, film, and television. Antiheroine characters engage constructions of motherhood, womanhood, femininity, and selfhood as mediated by the structures that socially prescribe boundaries of gender, sex, and sexuality. Within this collection, scholars of literary, cultural, media, and gender studies address the complications of representing agency, autonomy, and self-determination within narrative texts complicated by age, class, race, sexuality, and a spectrum of privilege that reflects the complexities of scripting women on and off screen, within and beyond the page. This collection offers perspectives on the alternate narratives engendered through the motivations, actions, and agendas of the antiheroine, while engaging with the discourses of how such narratives are employed both as potentially feminist interventions and critiques of access, hierarchy, and power.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793624577
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This volume of essays provides a critical foray into the methods used to construct narratives which foreground antiheroines, a trope which has become increasingly popular within literary media, film, and television. Antiheroine characters engage constructions of motherhood, womanhood, femininity, and selfhood as mediated by the structures that socially prescribe boundaries of gender, sex, and sexuality. Within this collection, scholars of literary, cultural, media, and gender studies address the complications of representing agency, autonomy, and self-determination within narrative texts complicated by age, class, race, sexuality, and a spectrum of privilege that reflects the complexities of scripting women on and off screen, within and beyond the page. This collection offers perspectives on the alternate narratives engendered through the motivations, actions, and agendas of the antiheroine, while engaging with the discourses of how such narratives are employed both as potentially feminist interventions and critiques of access, hierarchy, and power.
The Bully Stop
Author: Dj Annie Red
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944359638
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
One in five students admit to being a bully, or doing some "bullying." Each day 160,000 students miss school for fear of being bullied. Bullying is real. That's why it's important to spread the word about how bad bullying is. In The Bully Stop, eight-year-old DJ Annie Red shares why it's something all of us need to work to stop - now!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944359638
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
One in five students admit to being a bully, or doing some "bullying." Each day 160,000 students miss school for fear of being bullied. Bullying is real. That's why it's important to spread the word about how bad bullying is. In The Bully Stop, eight-year-old DJ Annie Red shares why it's something all of us need to work to stop - now!