Author: James Hadley Chase
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand
Author: James Hadley Chase
Publisher:
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Just the Way It Is / Blonde's Requiem
Author: James Hadley Chase
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944520267
Category : Blondes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In "Just the way it is," a gangster becomes romantically entangled with a newspaper woman who also happens to be the girlfriend of his associate. Her investigation into the inexplicable purchase of a seemingly worthless piece of land propels them both into an ever-unraveling mystery with plenty of twists.
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ISBN: 9781944520267
Category : Blondes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In "Just the way it is," a gangster becomes romantically entangled with a newspaper woman who also happens to be the girlfriend of his associate. Her investigation into the inexplicable purchase of a seemingly worthless piece of land propels them both into an ever-unraveling mystery with plenty of twists.
The Fast Buck
Author: James Hadley Chase
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842321021
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
International jewel thief, Paul Hater, knows a secret that everyone wants to know - and will go to any lengths to uncover. How long can he remain silent? When Hater is arrested in possession of a stolen necklace, the police use every possible means to persuade him to reveal the location of the rest of the collection. He remains silent and so begins his twenty-year prison sentence. Having exhausted all their leads, the International Detective Agency, acting on behalf of the insurers, must patiently await Hater's release before they can hope to find out more. But just as his day of release approaches, Hater is kidnapped by a ruthless international gang determined to force the secret from him and prepared to go to any lengths to do so....
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842321021
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
International jewel thief, Paul Hater, knows a secret that everyone wants to know - and will go to any lengths to uncover. How long can he remain silent? When Hater is arrested in possession of a stolen necklace, the police use every possible means to persuade him to reveal the location of the rest of the collection. He remains silent and so begins his twenty-year prison sentence. Having exhausted all their leads, the International Detective Agency, acting on behalf of the insurers, must patiently await Hater's release before they can hope to find out more. But just as his day of release approaches, Hater is kidnapped by a ruthless international gang determined to force the secret from him and prepared to go to any lengths to do so....
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1
Author: R. Reginald
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0941028755
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0941028755
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.
Americanah
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307962121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America—and the search for what it means to call a place home. • From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR "An expansive, epic love story."—O, The Oprah Magazine Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be Black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post–9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. At once powerful and tender, Americanah is a remarkable novel that is "dazzling…funny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise." —San Francisco Chronicle
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307962121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America—and the search for what it means to call a place home. • From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow Sun • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR "An expansive, epic love story."—O, The Oprah Magazine Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be Black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post–9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. At once powerful and tender, Americanah is a remarkable novel that is "dazzling…funny and defiant, and simultaneously so wise." —San Francisco Chronicle
John Betjeman
Author: William S. Peterson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198184034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
This bibliography describes all John Betjeman's known writings, including his own books, contributions to periodicals and to books by others, lectures, and radio and television programs. Other categories include editorships and interviews, as well as a section devoted to writings about him. Manuscripts and drafts of his works are described in detail.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198184034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
This bibliography describes all John Betjeman's known writings, including his own books, contributions to periodicals and to books by others, lectures, and radio and television programs. Other categories include editorships and interviews, as well as a section devoted to writings about him. Manuscripts and drafts of his works are described in detail.
The Whiff of Money
Author: James Hadley Chase
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842321188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Secret Agent Mark Kirkland has been given the task of locating and retrieving three pornographic films. His mission must remain top secret as the films, rather embarrassingly, feature the daughter of the future president of the United States. His quest leads him to the depths of Bavaria where he finds Soviet agent, Malik, and sidekick Lu Silk also rather interested in the whereabouts of the films. Who will find them first? And once found, who's to say they won't immediately disappear again?
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842321188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Secret Agent Mark Kirkland has been given the task of locating and retrieving three pornographic films. His mission must remain top secret as the films, rather embarrassingly, feature the daughter of the future president of the United States. His quest leads him to the depths of Bavaria where he finds Soviet agent, Malik, and sidekick Lu Silk also rather interested in the whereabouts of the films. Who will find them first? And once found, who's to say they won't immediately disappear again?
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Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Author: James Hadley Chase
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471903265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
When Dave Fenner is hired to solve the Blandish kidnapping, he knows the odds on finding the girl are against him - the cops are still looking for her three months after the ransom was paid. And the kidnappers, Riley and his gang, have disappeared into thin air. But what none of them knows is that Riley himself has been wiped out by a rival gang - and the heiress is now in the hands of Ma Grisson and her son Slim, a vicious killer who can't stay away from women, especially his beautiful new captive. By the time Fenner begins to close in on them, some terrible things have happened to Miss Blandish ...
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471903265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
When Dave Fenner is hired to solve the Blandish kidnapping, he knows the odds on finding the girl are against him - the cops are still looking for her three months after the ransom was paid. And the kidnappers, Riley and his gang, have disappeared into thin air. But what none of them knows is that Riley himself has been wiped out by a rival gang - and the heiress is now in the hands of Ma Grisson and her son Slim, a vicious killer who can't stay away from women, especially his beautiful new captive. By the time Fenner begins to close in on them, some terrible things have happened to Miss Blandish ...
Goldfish Have No Hiding Place
Author: James Hadley Chase
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471903850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Steve Manson's magazine dealt in corruption: he attacked the rich, the powerful and the famous - and he made enemies. In a job like that, you couldn't afford to have dirty secrets of your own. With the whole town itching for you to make a slip, it was like living in a goldfish bowl. But Steve had lived clean - until his beautiful, extravagant wife was caught shoplifting, and suddenly he was up to his neck in the dirtiest secrets of all - blackmail and murder.
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471903850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Steve Manson's magazine dealt in corruption: he attacked the rich, the powerful and the famous - and he made enemies. In a job like that, you couldn't afford to have dirty secrets of your own. With the whole town itching for you to make a slip, it was like living in a goldfish bowl. But Steve had lived clean - until his beautiful, extravagant wife was caught shoplifting, and suddenly he was up to his neck in the dirtiest secrets of all - blackmail and murder.