Author: Helen Reilly
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479429422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
A rampaging wife of a Manhattan socialite plunges with her car into the East River -- and it is only weeks afterward that a sleugh decides to do something about a recurring corpse... A Detective McKee mystery, from the author of Dead Man Control and McKee of Centre Street.
The Dead Can Tell: A Detective McKee Mystery
Author: Helen Reilly
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479429422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
A rampaging wife of a Manhattan socialite plunges with her car into the East River -- and it is only weeks afterward that a sleugh decides to do something about a recurring corpse... A Detective McKee mystery, from the author of Dead Man Control and McKee of Centre Street.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479429422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
A rampaging wife of a Manhattan socialite plunges with her car into the East River -- and it is only weeks afterward that a sleugh decides to do something about a recurring corpse... A Detective McKee mystery, from the author of Dead Man Control and McKee of Centre Street.
The Dead Can Tell
Author: Helen Reilly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781479429172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A rampaging wife of a Manhattan socialite plunges with her car into the East River -- and it is only weeks afterward that a sleugh decides to do something about a recurring corpse... A Detective McKee mystery, from the author of Dead Man Control and McKee of Centre Street.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781479429172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A rampaging wife of a Manhattan socialite plunges with her car into the East River -- and it is only weeks afterward that a sleugh decides to do something about a recurring corpse... A Detective McKee mystery, from the author of Dead Man Control and McKee of Centre Street.
The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery
Author: B. Murphy
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230107354
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230107354
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.
Dead Man's Wine
Author: Parker French
Publisher: Lucky Publishing
ISBN: 1735082856
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Two dead men. Two mysterious lists. And a Scottish wine expert with a nose for trouble. A week before the fabulous Flight of Fancy Charity Auction in Sonoma, California, someone kills a counterfeiter concocting fakes of very expensive wine. Wine expert Sarah McKee is called in to help identify the victim—if she can. Whoever killed him took his wallet, car, and computer—as well as his face. What they didn’t take was a list in the dead man’s pocket—a mystifying series of numbers, circles and checkmarks. Then a second man is killed, and the same list is found. Prints on the murder weapon point to Sarah’s friend, Zach Sullivan, who is struggling to put his world back together after his father gambled away the family winery. Zach is the only one with a motive for killing both men. Determined to clear Zach’s name, Sarah teams up with a sexy, by-the-book sheriff to investigate the murders. But as they get closer to the truth, Sarah discovers the counterfeit ring will stop at nothing to protect their lucrative operation. Can Sarah figure out what the lists mean, catch the real killer at the auction, and save her friend?
Publisher: Lucky Publishing
ISBN: 1735082856
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Two dead men. Two mysterious lists. And a Scottish wine expert with a nose for trouble. A week before the fabulous Flight of Fancy Charity Auction in Sonoma, California, someone kills a counterfeiter concocting fakes of very expensive wine. Wine expert Sarah McKee is called in to help identify the victim—if she can. Whoever killed him took his wallet, car, and computer—as well as his face. What they didn’t take was a list in the dead man’s pocket—a mystifying series of numbers, circles and checkmarks. Then a second man is killed, and the same list is found. Prints on the murder weapon point to Sarah’s friend, Zach Sullivan, who is struggling to put his world back together after his father gambled away the family winery. Zach is the only one with a motive for killing both men. Determined to clear Zach’s name, Sarah teams up with a sexy, by-the-book sheriff to investigate the murders. But as they get closer to the truth, Sarah discovers the counterfeit ring will stop at nothing to protect their lucrative operation. Can Sarah figure out what the lists mean, catch the real killer at the auction, and save her friend?
St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers
Author: Jay P. Pederson
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
Book Description
Provides information on the most influential English-language writers of the crime and mystery genre. Each entry includes author biographies; complete bibliographies; lists of critical studies; locations of manuscripts; the writer's own comments on his or her work, when available; and an essay written by an expert of the genre.
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
Book Description
Provides information on the most influential English-language writers of the crime and mystery genre. Each entry includes author biographies; complete bibliographies; lists of critical studies; locations of manuscripts; the writer's own comments on his or her work, when available; and an essay written by an expert of the genre.
Twentieth-century Crime and Mystery Writers
Author: Lesley Henderson
Publisher: Chicago : St. James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
Book Description
**** Cited in Sheehy and BCL3. The foremost reference in the field, completely revised and updated, and now covering about 600 authors, mainly English-language writers whose work appeared during or since the time of Conan Doyle. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a bibliography, and a signed critical essay. Living authors were invited to add a comment on their work; many of them accepted, and their remarks are both entertaining and enlightening. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Chicago : St. James Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
Book Description
**** Cited in Sheehy and BCL3. The foremost reference in the field, completely revised and updated, and now covering about 600 authors, mainly English-language writers whose work appeared during or since the time of Conan Doyle. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a bibliography, and a signed critical essay. Living authors were invited to add a comment on their work; many of them accepted, and their remarks are both entertaining and enlightening. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Dead Can Tell
Author: Helen Reilly
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789129842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Dead Can Tell, first published in 1940, is a murder-mystery featuring New York City police inspector Christopher McKee, one of a series of books featuring the inspector. For added realism, author Helen Reilly (1891-1962) based many of her novels on her research of the NYPD Homicide Squad. “Sara Hazard died when her car slid across the drive into the murky depths of East River. The police crossed it off as an accident until Ins.McKee of the Homicide Squad received an anonymous letter calling it murder. There was ample motive for any one of several people to put her out of the way. McKee uncovered the fact that Steven, her husband, was in love with Cristie Lansing and had asked his wife for a divorce; also, that Mrs. Hazard had some strange power over the rising young politician Clifford Somers. When Cristie came upon evidence which seemed to point to Steven’s guilt, she proposed that they be married immediately. He did not suspect that she did this to acquire immunity from having to testify against her husband. All arrangements were made when a voice from the dead changed everything. “There were others in this well-to-do group of New York sophisticates whose behavior puzzled McKee. Strangest of all to McKee was the scream on Halloween night at Hazard’s farm where they were all gathered. Murder was done there too. It wasn’t, however, until McKee had the answer to that strange sound of little horses galloping that all the pieces fitted into place and a dash in the squad car prevented still another killing. “Here is Helen Reilly at her best, with all the fascinating detail of the work of the New York Police Department, as seen through the operations of McKee and Medical Examiner Fernandez. It is a story of action and movement, but aside from its value as a novel and its bafflement as a puzzle, there shines through it a vast and cyclopedic knowledge of New York and the complex ramifications of the Police Department.”
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789129842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Dead Can Tell, first published in 1940, is a murder-mystery featuring New York City police inspector Christopher McKee, one of a series of books featuring the inspector. For added realism, author Helen Reilly (1891-1962) based many of her novels on her research of the NYPD Homicide Squad. “Sara Hazard died when her car slid across the drive into the murky depths of East River. The police crossed it off as an accident until Ins.McKee of the Homicide Squad received an anonymous letter calling it murder. There was ample motive for any one of several people to put her out of the way. McKee uncovered the fact that Steven, her husband, was in love with Cristie Lansing and had asked his wife for a divorce; also, that Mrs. Hazard had some strange power over the rising young politician Clifford Somers. When Cristie came upon evidence which seemed to point to Steven’s guilt, she proposed that they be married immediately. He did not suspect that she did this to acquire immunity from having to testify against her husband. All arrangements were made when a voice from the dead changed everything. “There were others in this well-to-do group of New York sophisticates whose behavior puzzled McKee. Strangest of all to McKee was the scream on Halloween night at Hazard’s farm where they were all gathered. Murder was done there too. It wasn’t, however, until McKee had the answer to that strange sound of little horses galloping that all the pieces fitted into place and a dash in the squad car prevented still another killing. “Here is Helen Reilly at her best, with all the fascinating detail of the work of the New York Police Department, as seen through the operations of McKee and Medical Examiner Fernandez. It is a story of action and movement, but aside from its value as a novel and its bafflement as a puzzle, there shines through it a vast and cyclopedic knowledge of New York and the complex ramifications of the Police Department.”
McKee of Centre Street
Author: Helen Reilly
Publisher: Penzler Publishers
ISBN: 1613165005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A speakeasy performer is murdered in this pioneering mystery from the mother of the police procedural. When one of New York’s favorite dancers is killed in a crowded high-tone speakeasy, everyone present becomes a suspect—and those that may have eluded questioning as well. It’s up to Inspector McKee of the NYPD to sift through the witness statements, separate fact from fiction, and put together a picture of the crime as it happened in order to discover what’s missing from the official narrative. And in the process, he’ll uncover a story that leads back into the past, with blackmail and stolen emeralds lurking in the shadows.… As McKee’s case comes into focus, a rich and confounding mystery plot is revealed, which will take all of the inspector’s resources to solve. Along the way, the inner workings of the New York City police department in the 1930s is on full display, including the line-ups, the radio room, the morgue, and the fingerprinting office—technologies that were at the cutting edge of the era’s fight against crime. Reissued for the first time eighty years, McKee of Centre Street is one of the first police procedurals ever written by a woman. The novel’s realistic New York setting and insightful view of police work was an instant hit with fans and its lead character went on to star in over thirty books.
Publisher: Penzler Publishers
ISBN: 1613165005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A speakeasy performer is murdered in this pioneering mystery from the mother of the police procedural. When one of New York’s favorite dancers is killed in a crowded high-tone speakeasy, everyone present becomes a suspect—and those that may have eluded questioning as well. It’s up to Inspector McKee of the NYPD to sift through the witness statements, separate fact from fiction, and put together a picture of the crime as it happened in order to discover what’s missing from the official narrative. And in the process, he’ll uncover a story that leads back into the past, with blackmail and stolen emeralds lurking in the shadows.… As McKee’s case comes into focus, a rich and confounding mystery plot is revealed, which will take all of the inspector’s resources to solve. Along the way, the inner workings of the New York City police department in the 1930s is on full display, including the line-ups, the radio room, the morgue, and the fingerprinting office—technologies that were at the cutting edge of the era’s fight against crime. Reissued for the first time eighty years, McKee of Centre Street is one of the first police procedurals ever written by a woman. The novel’s realistic New York setting and insightful view of police work was an instant hit with fans and its lead character went on to star in over thirty books.
The Dark Side of Town
Author: Sasscer Hill
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250097029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Undercover agent Fia McKee returns in The Dark Side of Town, another thrilling mystery by Sasscer Hill and set in the seamy underbelly of horse racing. Fia McKee, now officially employed by the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TPRB), is sent undercover to Saratoga Racetrack to investigate Mars Pizutti, a racehorse trainer whose horses’ wins are suspiciously lucky—and lucrative. Fia’s bosses believe Pizutti’s success is based on illegal drugs and deceitful methods, and they want Fia to work inside his barn to ferret out the truth. But after witnessing the tragic and inexplicable suicide of a jockey, Fia discovers the rider’s death is only the tip on an iceberg involving the mob, a crooked racing hedge fund, and threats to the lives of another jockey and his young sister. Fia must find out who’s connected to who, and what shadowy forces are at play before someone else dies.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250097029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Undercover agent Fia McKee returns in The Dark Side of Town, another thrilling mystery by Sasscer Hill and set in the seamy underbelly of horse racing. Fia McKee, now officially employed by the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TPRB), is sent undercover to Saratoga Racetrack to investigate Mars Pizutti, a racehorse trainer whose horses’ wins are suspiciously lucky—and lucrative. Fia’s bosses believe Pizutti’s success is based on illegal drugs and deceitful methods, and they want Fia to work inside his barn to ferret out the truth. But after witnessing the tragic and inexplicable suicide of a jockey, Fia discovers the rider’s death is only the tip on an iceberg involving the mob, a crooked racing hedge fund, and threats to the lives of another jockey and his young sister. Fia must find out who’s connected to who, and what shadowy forces are at play before someone else dies.
Mystery Index
Author: Steven Olderr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Provides indexes to American and British mystery novels by author, title, subject, setting, and characters.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Provides indexes to American and British mystery novels by author, title, subject, setting, and characters.