Author: Helen Burnham
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Languages : en
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Author: Helen Burnham
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Category : Bigamy
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: Burnham Helen
Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
ISBN: 9781616465360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Oberon W. Wimble, private detective, goes by 'O. W.' (His mother had an unfortunate enthusiasm for a certain Shakespeare play.) His police colleagues and the press refer to him as 'One-Week' Wimble, because he wraps up his cases within a single week. Rotund, but well-groomed, and genial in nature (after all, you get more information out of someone if you show you really like them), Wimble has taken on a young assistant detective, the son of a former sweetheart. Corey Webb has the handsome looks that initiate suggestions from strangers that he move to Tinseltown and work in the 'talkies', but he wants a 'he-man' job that keeps him away from starry-eyed women. Wimble finds him an eager assistant as they tackle a pair of challenging mysteries. The Murder of Lalla Lee (1931): An ex-chorus girl who has recently married a wealthy old man, but that hasn't stopped her from carousing and carrying on affairs. Lalla sends word to the District Attorney that she has some information for him, and he asks Wimble to step in. After O. W. and Corey arrive for tea, Lalla's body is found in the house. Numerous suspects make their appearance, but it isn't until O. W. digs into a tragedy decades in the past that he is able to unravel the mystery. The Telltale Telegram (1932): Gary Gilbert, a 'parlor snake, ' is about to marry Marcia Allen for her money, but before the announcement at Marcia's house party, Gary is found with a knife in his chest. O. W. and Corey are visiting Corey's mother in California (just a scheme, Corey fumes, to get him into the 'talkies'), when a young journalist, Janet, arrives to convince them to investigate the murder. Together, they find a puzzling mystery, suspects trying to protect each other, a blackmail plot, and a frame job. O.W. has his work cut out for him to find the culprit within a week. Corey has a greater challenge-will he change his mind about attractive young women? Visit Coachwhip Books for additional classic mysteries.

Author: Janet Lee
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702261610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261

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Finally, convicted murderess Louisa Collins can tell her own story. But will she confess?To lose one husband may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like murder.Louisa Collins was hung in New South Wales in 1889. She was tried four times for the alleged murders of her two husbands. In three of those trials the juries could not agree that she was guilty. At her fourth trial the testimony of Louisa’s young daughter, May, contributed to Louisa’s conviction. Intimately reimagined from Louisa’s perspective, with a story that just might fit the historical facts, this clever and compelling novel visits Louisa in her prison cell as she reflects on her life and the death and loss that have dictated her fate. Will she confess? Or was an innocent woman brutally hanged?

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Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 822

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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2934

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Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 972

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Author: Victoria Nichols
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ISBN: 9780810833937
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 660

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This volume provides a comprehensive survey of series characters created by women authors in crime and mystery fiction from 1867 to 1997.

Author: Harvard University. Library
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 592

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Author: Ordean A. Hagen
Publisher: New York : Bowker
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 862

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