Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Mysterious Press
ISBN: 9780446591881
Category : Anonymous letters
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The last in Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series, "Death of a Village," received glowing reviews from such publications as the "New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews, Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer," and "Booklist," among others.
Death of a Poison Pen
Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Mysterious Press
ISBN: 9780446591881
Category : Anonymous letters
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The last in Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series, "Death of a Village," received glowing reviews from such publications as the "New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews, Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer," and "Booklist," among others.
Publisher: Mysterious Press
ISBN: 9780446591881
Category : Anonymous letters
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The last in Beaton's Hamish Macbeth series, "Death of a Village," received glowing reviews from such publications as the "New York Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews, Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer," and "Booklist," among others.
Death of a Poison Pen
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Constable Hamish Macbeth loves his quiet life in the Highlands with his dog, cottage, and an unhurried cup of tea. Yetno copper in Scotland is faster when it comes to spotting a clue or a criminal.
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Constable Hamish Macbeth loves his quiet life in the Highlands with his dog, cottage, and an unhurried cup of tea. Yetno copper in Scotland is faster when it comes to spotting a clue or a criminal.
Penning Poison
Author: Emily Cockayne
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019879505X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Accusatory, libellous, or just bizarre, Penning Poison unveils the history of anonymous letter-writing. 'er at number 14 is dirty Receiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning Poison, Emily Cockayne traces the stories of such letters to all corners of English society over the period 1760-1939. She uncovers scandal, deception, class enmity, personal tragedy, and great loneliness. Some messages were accusatory, some libellous, others bizarre. Technology, new postal networks, forensic techniques, and the emergence of professional police all influence the phenomenon of poison letter campaigns. This book puts the letters back into their local and psychology context, extending the work of detectives, to discover who may have written them and why. Emily Cockayne explores the reasons and motivations for the creation and delivery of these missives and the effect on recipients - with some blasé, others driven to madness. Small communities hit by letter campaigns became places of suspicion and paranoia. By examining the ways in which these letters spread anxiety in the past Penning Poison grapples with the question of how nasty messages can turn into an epidemic. The book recovers many lost stories about how we used to write to one another, finding that perhaps the anxieties of our internet age are not as new as we think.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019879505X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Accusatory, libellous, or just bizarre, Penning Poison unveils the history of anonymous letter-writing. 'er at number 14 is dirty Receiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning Poison, Emily Cockayne traces the stories of such letters to all corners of English society over the period 1760-1939. She uncovers scandal, deception, class enmity, personal tragedy, and great loneliness. Some messages were accusatory, some libellous, others bizarre. Technology, new postal networks, forensic techniques, and the emergence of professional police all influence the phenomenon of poison letter campaigns. This book puts the letters back into their local and psychology context, extending the work of detectives, to discover who may have written them and why. Emily Cockayne explores the reasons and motivations for the creation and delivery of these missives and the effect on recipients - with some blasé, others driven to madness. Small communities hit by letter campaigns became places of suspicion and paranoia. By examining the ways in which these letters spread anxiety in the past Penning Poison grapples with the question of how nasty messages can turn into an epidemic. The book recovers many lost stories about how we used to write to one another, finding that perhaps the anxieties of our internet age are not as new as we think.
Knock, Knock, You're Dead!
Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455540587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Hamish Macbeth, Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman returns in a new short story from New York Times bestselling author M.C. Beaton Knock Knock, You're Dead! A Hamish Macbeth Short Story Mrs. Morag McPhie hits upon the idea of selling some of her old furniture to raise money to visit her daughter in Australia. But when a dead body turns up, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wonders if the antique business is even more cutthroat than he thought...
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455540587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Hamish Macbeth, Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman returns in a new short story from New York Times bestselling author M.C. Beaton Knock Knock, You're Dead! A Hamish Macbeth Short Story Mrs. Morag McPhie hits upon the idea of selling some of her old furniture to raise money to visit her daughter in Australia. But when a dead body turns up, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth wonders if the antique business is even more cutthroat than he thought...
Our Lady of Pain
Author: Marion Chesney
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312998370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Lady Rose Summer, a wayward Edwardian debutante, finds herself a key murder suspect after she is found standing over the dead body of her fiancs seductive new client. Martins Press.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312998370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Lady Rose Summer, a wayward Edwardian debutante, finds herself a key murder suspect after she is found standing over the dead body of her fiancs seductive new client. Martins Press.
The Walkers of Dembley
Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250026750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In England, an argument rages over the right of people to cross farmers' fields. When the presiding lady of a walking club is found murdered in a wheat field, suspicion turns on the owner. Sleuth Agatha Raisin goes looking for the real killer. By the author of Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250026750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In England, an argument rages over the right of people to cross farmers' fields. When the presiding lady of a walking club is found murdered in a wheat field, suspicion turns on the owner. Sleuth Agatha Raisin goes looking for the real killer. By the author of Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener.
Sick of Shadows
Author: Marion Chesney
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312329648
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The third book in Chesney's Edwardian mystery series featuring Captain Harry Cathcart, Lady Rose Summer, and Superintendent Kerridge of Scotland Yard as they investigate the crimes of Edwardian aristocrats.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312329648
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The third book in Chesney's Edwardian mystery series featuring Captain Harry Cathcart, Lady Rose Summer, and Superintendent Kerridge of Scotland Yard as they investigate the crimes of Edwardian aristocrats.
As the Pig Turns
Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250001917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The village of Winter Parva has decided to host a pig roast in the town square. Agatha, always one for a good roasting, has arrived with her former protg and current rival in the private detection racket to enjoy the merriment. But as the rotary spit is placed over a bed of fiery charcoals, Agatha realizes that things are not as they seem. Martin's Press.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781250001917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The village of Winter Parva has decided to host a pig roast in the town square. Agatha, always one for a good roasting, has arrived with her former protg and current rival in the private detection racket to enjoy the merriment. But as the rotary spit is placed over a bed of fiery charcoals, Agatha realizes that things are not as they seem. Martin's Press.
The New York Times Index
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Category : New York times
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Category : New York times
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The Poisoned Pen
Author: Arthur Benjamin Reeve
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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