The Third Pig Detective Agency (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 1)

The Third Pig Detective Agency (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 1) PDF Author: Bob Burke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007333145
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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Book Description
A rather silly detective story in the spirit of Jasper Fforde.

The Third Pig Detective Agency (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 1)

The Third Pig Detective Agency (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 1) PDF Author: Bob Burke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007333145
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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Book Description
A rather silly detective story in the spirit of Jasper Fforde.

The Curds and Whey Mystery (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 3)

The Curds and Whey Mystery (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 3) PDF Author: Bob Burke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007364040
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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The latest mystery for the Third Pig Detective Agency.

The Third Pig Detective Agency: The Complete Casebook

The Third Pig Detective Agency: The Complete Casebook PDF Author: Bob Burke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007532253
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Book Description
The collected hard-boiled cases of nursery rhyme-noir with Detective Harry Pigg. Contains The Third Pig Detective, The Ho Ho Ho Mystery and The Curds and Whey Mystery.

The Ho Ho Ho Mystery (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 2)

The Ho Ho Ho Mystery (Third Pig Detective Agency, Book 2) PDF Author: Bob Burke
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007364024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Book Description
The festive follow-up to The Third Pig Detective Agency.

Big Bad Detective Agency

Big Bad Detective Agency PDF Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545747287
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Book Description
From the comic genius behind CHET GECKO comes a new kind of fairy tale hero -- and a big, bad, crime-solving adventure! The houses of all Three (not-so-) Little Pigs were broken into and ransacked, and the Pigs are squealing for justice. So Prince Tyrone, ruler of Fairylandia, drags in the obvious suspect: Wolfgang. The lone wolf has big teeth, sharp claws, no alibi -- and a single day to find the real culprit and clear his big bad name. When Wolf (reluctantly) teams up with the fourth Little Pig to crack the case, the Big Bad Detective Agency -- and an adventure way funnier than your average fairy tale -- is off to a howling start!

As the Pig Turns

As the Pig Turns PDF Author: M. C. Beaton
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 142997799X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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As the Pig Turns is the next irresistible adventure featuring the bossy, vain, and endearing Agatha Raisin—now the star of a hit show on Acorn TV and public television—from New York Times bestselling M.C. Beaton, "the reigning queen of the cozies"(Booklist). Winter Parva is a "picturesque" (touristy) Cotswold village with gift shops, a medieval market hall, and thatched cottages. After a disappointing Christmas season, the parish council has decided to hold a special event in January, complete with old-fashioned costumes, morris dancing, and a pig roast on the village green. Always one for a good roasting, Agatha Raisin organizes an outing to enjoy the merriment. The rotary spit turning over a bed of blazing charcoals is sure to please on this foggy and blistery evening. But as the fog lifts slightly, the sharp-eyed Agatha notices something peculiar about the pig: a tattoo of a heart with an arrow through it and the name Amy. "Stop!" she screams suddenly. "Pigs don't have tattoos." The "pig," in fact, is Gary Beech, a policeman not exactly beloved by the locals, including Agatha herself. Although Agatha has every intention of leaving matters to the police, everything changes when the Gary's ex-wife, Amy, hires Agatha's detective agency to investigate—and another murder ensues. With that provocation, how could any sleuth as vain and competitive (and secretly insecure) as Agatha do anything other than solve the case herself?

Hamster and Cheese: Book 1

Hamster and Cheese: Book 1 PDF Author: Colleen AF Venable
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 1467735000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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There's a sandwich thief in Mr. Venezi's pet shop. Everyone is a suspect, from the chinchillas to the goldfish. Never fear! The world's fluffiest detective on the case: Sasspants, PI(G). By day, Sasspants is your average book-loving, gizmo-inventing guinea pig. By night she solves pet shop mysteries with the help of her sidekick, Hamisher the hamster. Our furry little heroes will stop at nothing to find the sandwich thief! This is the first book in the Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye series. "Absolutely adorable drawings, blended with witty dialogue in a way that makes this comic a perfect read for all ages . . . and Owly would like to add that 'little Hamisher and his drawings are equal to awesome.'"—Andy Runton, author of Owly "Move over Miss Marple, never mind the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, here's the real mistress of the whodunit. She's sharp. And she's furry. This one's a keeper."—Mark Siegel, illustrator of To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel

Freddy the Detective

Freddy the Detective PDF Author: Walter R. Brooks
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456636405
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131

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Freddy the pig does some detective work in order to solve the mystery of the missing toy train. The delightful detective story about the beloved animal characters on Mr. Bean's farm, whose adventures have entertained so many children. Freddy the Pig has been reading Sherlock Holmes and knows that he, too, can apply his brain to solving mysteries. beginning with Farmer Bean's son's loss of a toy train Freddy becomes very efficient in the apprehension of criminals. In the end he not only solves the case of the murdered crow, but successfully acts as defense attorney for the falsely accused Jinx the cat. How often did Sherlock do that?

Jolly Good Detecting

Jolly Good Detecting PDF Author: Bruce Shaw
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613966
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325

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Book Description
This book is an appreciation of selected authors who make extensive use of humor in English detective/crime fiction. Works using humor as an amelioration of the serious have their heyday in the Golden Age of crime writing but they belong also to a long tradition. There is an identifiable lineage of humorous writing in crime fiction that ranges from mild wit to outright farce, burlesque, even slapstick. A mix of entertainment with instruction is a tradition in English letters. English crime fiction writers of the era circa 1913 to 1940 were raised in the mainstream literary tradition but turned their skills to detective fiction. And they are the humorists of the genre. This book is not an exhaustive study but an introduction into the best produced by the most capable and enjoyable authors. What the humorists seek is to surprise the reader by overturning their expectations using a repertoire of stylistic conceits and motifs (recurring incidents, devices, references). Humor has a liberating effect but is concerned too with "comic contrast" through ugliness and caricature. In crime fiction one effect is intellectual pleasure at solving (or attempting to solve) a puzzle. Another is entertainment but with serious undertones.

The Good Detective

The Good Detective PDF Author: John McMahon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525535551
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Crime Novel for the Year "John McMahon is one of those rare writers who seem to have sprung out of nowhere. His first novel, The Good Detective, which is pretty much perfect, features a decent if flawed hero battling personal troubles while occupied with a murder case of great consequence to his community."--New York Times Book Review Introducing Detective P.T. Marsh in a swift and bruising debut where Elmore Leonard's staccato prose meets Greg Iles' Southern settings. How can you solve a crime if you've killed the prime suspect? Detective P.T. Marsh was a rising star on the police force of Mason Falls, Georgia--until his wife and young son died in an accident. Since that night, he's lost the ability to see the line between smart moves and disastrous decisions. Such as when he agrees to help out a woman by confronting her abusive boyfriend. When the next morning he gets called to the scene of his newest murder case, he is stunned to arrive at the house of the very man he beat up the night before. He could swear the guy was alive when he left, but can he be sure? What's certain is that his fingerprints are all over the crime scene. The trouble is only beginning. When the dead body of a black teenager is found in a burned-out field with a portion of a blackened rope around his neck, P.T. realizes he might have killed the number-one suspect of this horrific crime. Amid rising racial tension and media scrutiny, P.T. uncovers something sinister at the heart of the boy's murder--a conspiracy leading all the way back to the time of the Civil War. Risking everything to unravel the puzzle even as he fights his own personal demons, P.T. races headlong toward an incendiary and life-altering showdown.