Author: Diane Petit
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493186
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
When Kathryn Bogert lookin in Gertrude Trent's freezer, she expects to find the body of Gertrude's beloved dog, Winston. Instead she finds the body of Gertrude's favorite tenant.
Goodbye, Charli--third Time Lucky
Author: Diane Petit
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493186
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
When Kathryn Bogert lookin in Gertrude Trent's freezer, she expects to find the body of Gertrude's beloved dog, Winston. Instead she finds the body of Gertrude's favorite tenant.
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493186
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
When Kathryn Bogert lookin in Gertrude Trent's freezer, she expects to find the body of Gertrude's beloved dog, Winston. Instead she finds the body of Gertrude's favorite tenant.
Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised)
Author: Colleen Barnett
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1615950109
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1615950109
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.
Goodbye, Charli--fourth Edition
Author: Diane Petit
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Sleuths in Skirts
Author: Frances A. DellaCava
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780815338840
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780815338840
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.
Arctic Legacy
Author: Loretta Jackson
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
When Ara Londell contacts her father, who she has never seen, he directs her to meet him aboard an old freighter, the Sea Rogue, that sails the arctic waters of Alaska. Ara, angry over her father's failure to show up, soon believes a sinister reason exists for his strange disappearance. As the old freighter continues along the isolated coastline towards Nome and the Arctic Circle, Ara believes it is on some dreadful mission. When someone tries to kill her, she confides in handsome Marc Stewart, who attempts to convince her that she must give up her search for her missing father. Marc fails to tell her that he and her father are business associates, and when Ara finds out, she suspects that Marc is playing some major role in the danger that she faces. She is more determined than ever to solve the mystery, but finds herself all alone on a terrifying voyage.
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493599
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
When Ara Londell contacts her father, who she has never seen, he directs her to meet him aboard an old freighter, the Sea Rogue, that sails the arctic waters of Alaska. Ara, angry over her father's failure to show up, soon believes a sinister reason exists for his strange disappearance. As the old freighter continues along the isolated coastline towards Nome and the Arctic Circle, Ara believes it is on some dreadful mission. When someone tries to kill her, she confides in handsome Marc Stewart, who attempts to convince her that she must give up her search for her missing father. Marc fails to tell her that he and her father are business associates, and when Ara finds out, she suspects that Marc is playing some major role in the danger that she faces. She is more determined than ever to solve the mystery, but finds herself all alone on a terrifying voyage.
Face Down
Author: Jack Lewis
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Newspaperman Sam Light drifts into a quiet desert town and finds himself knee-deep in a murder of an old prospector. Sam smells a big sory for the San Francisco Citizen. Will Sam solve the mystery and get the story or will the murderer get him?
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Newspaperman Sam Light drifts into a quiet desert town and finds himself knee-deep in a murder of an old prospector. Sam smells a big sory for the San Francisco Citizen. Will Sam solve the mystery and get the story or will the murderer get him?
The House on Holly Street
Author: Mary Catherine Hanson
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493698
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493698
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Too Many Suspects
Author: Ina Coggeshall
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
When Markum Westfall, a leading member of Boston's social elite, is murdered, everyone is suspect. Jennifer aMcCallum, one of the best know attorneys, has her hands full when hired to defend one of the suspects.
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
When Markum Westfall, a leading member of Boston's social elite, is murdered, everyone is suspect. Jennifer aMcCallum, one of the best know attorneys, has her hands full when hired to defend one of the suspects.
The Key
Author: Eric Charles Evans
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493988
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
"I need to get that key." Six simple words that former Atlanta detective Lafayette "Hank" Henrie wished Suzanna Tanner had never uttered. From the moment this beauty walked back into his life, Henrie knew that trouble would soon follow. A simple task of retrieving a key lands the PI in the middle of an industrial espionage case involving the FBI, the CIA, and the French government. Unfortunately for Henrie, he can't tell who the good guys are and who wants him dead. On the run for murder, Henrie is left to his own devices to clear his name while staying one step ahead of those who will stop at nothing to get that key.
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493988
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
"I need to get that key." Six simple words that former Atlanta detective Lafayette "Hank" Henrie wished Suzanna Tanner had never uttered. From the moment this beauty walked back into his life, Henrie knew that trouble would soon follow. A simple task of retrieving a key lands the PI in the middle of an industrial espionage case involving the FBI, the CIA, and the French government. Unfortunately for Henrie, he can't tell who the good guys are and who wants him dead. On the run for murder, Henrie is left to his own devices to clear his name while staying one step ahead of those who will stop at nothing to get that key.
Endangered
Author: Eric C. Evans
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Sam McCall never anticipated murder when he worked for Utah state senator Maggie Hansen. Now, in her bid for one last term of office, a sensational murder rocks the campaign. Environmentalist Steve Tate is shot, and the senator's caustic brother is the prime suspect. Sam's primary objective is to get to the truth before his candidate loses the election in the fallout of suspicion and scandal.
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9780803493582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Sam McCall never anticipated murder when he worked for Utah state senator Maggie Hansen. Now, in her bid for one last term of office, a sensational murder rocks the campaign. Environmentalist Steve Tate is shot, and the senator's caustic brother is the prime suspect. Sam's primary objective is to get to the truth before his candidate loses the election in the fallout of suspicion and scandal.