Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671015575
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A collection of eleven wonderfully imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm the heart. Each tale features a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak.
The Plot Thickens
Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671015575
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A collection of eleven wonderfully imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm the heart. Each tale features a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671015575
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A collection of eleven wonderfully imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm the heart. Each tale features a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak.
Mary Higgins Clark Presents The Plot Thickens
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Publisher: Center Point
ISBN: 9781585470488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Plot Thickens came about because Mary Higgins Clark decided to do something about illiteracy in America. She asked ten of her fellow mystery writers to donate a story for this collection. They could write anything they wished, with only one requirement: each story had to contain: A thick fog ... a thick book ... and a thick steak. In this superior anthology, contibutors Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, Edna Buchanan, Walter Mosley, Nancy Pickard, Nelson and Lauren DeMille, Donald E. Westlake, Janet Evanovich, Carol Higgins Clark and Ann Rule have created imaginative tales that chill the spine and warm the heart.
Publisher: Center Point
ISBN: 9781585470488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Plot Thickens came about because Mary Higgins Clark decided to do something about illiteracy in America. She asked ten of her fellow mystery writers to donate a story for this collection. They could write anything they wished, with only one requirement: each story had to contain: A thick fog ... a thick book ... and a thick steak. In this superior anthology, contibutors Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, Edna Buchanan, Walter Mosley, Nancy Pickard, Nelson and Lauren DeMille, Donald E. Westlake, Janet Evanovich, Carol Higgins Clark and Ann Rule have created imaginative tales that chill the spine and warm the heart.
The Plot Thickens
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Publisher: GuildAmerica Books
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Each story in this anthology includes a mystery featuring a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak.
Publisher: GuildAmerica Books
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Each story in this anthology includes a mystery featuring a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak.
Dead Serious
Author: Susannah Stacey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671001183
Category : Bone, Robert (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Biddinghurst, a reputedly haunted village in Kent, seems to be home to a serial killer. Superintendent Robert Bone steps in to investigate, and instinctively tosses out the obvious--suggesting an unlikely, but terribly convincing, scenario for the crimes. Featured in "A Pocket Full of Crime" mystery newsletter.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671001183
Category : Bone, Robert (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Biddinghurst, a reputedly haunted village in Kent, seems to be home to a serial killer. Superintendent Robert Bone steps in to investigate, and instinctively tosses out the obvious--suggesting an unlikely, but terribly convincing, scenario for the crimes. Featured in "A Pocket Full of Crime" mystery newsletter.
Of Sex and Faerie: Further Essays on Genre Fiction
Author: John Lennard
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN: 1847601715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Taking up where the author's book Of Modern Dragons (2007) left off, these essays continue Lennard's investigation of the praxis of serial reading and the best genre fiction of recent decades, including work by Bill James, Walter Mosley, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, and Ursula K. Le Guin. There are groundbreaking studies of contemporary paranormal romance, and of Hornblower's transition to space, while the final essay deals with the phenomenon and explosive growth of fanfiction, and with the increasingly empowered status of the reader in a digital world. There is an extensive bibliography of genre and critical work, with eight illustrations and many hyperlinks.
Publisher: Humanities-Ebooks
ISBN: 1847601715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Taking up where the author's book Of Modern Dragons (2007) left off, these essays continue Lennard's investigation of the praxis of serial reading and the best genre fiction of recent decades, including work by Bill James, Walter Mosley, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, and Ursula K. Le Guin. There are groundbreaking studies of contemporary paranormal romance, and of Hornblower's transition to space, while the final essay deals with the phenomenon and explosive growth of fanfiction, and with the increasingly empowered status of the reader in a digital world. There is an extensive bibliography of genre and critical work, with eight illustrations and many hyperlinks.
The Empty Chair
Author: Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668034654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Reowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is pitted against Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protegee, as they disagree on the analysis of a crime they began working together.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668034654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Reowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme is pitted against Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protegee, as they disagree on the analysis of a crime they began working together.
The Mystery Readers' Advisory
Author: John Charles
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 9780838908112
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Three librarians from Scottsdale, Arizona provide library staff with an introduction to the mystery genre and offer tips and techniques for providing advice to mystery readers in the library. They include some of their own bibliographies, but refer readers elsewhere for fuller ones. They also include a brief history of the genre to pass on to readers new to it.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 9780838908112
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Three librarians from Scottsdale, Arizona provide library staff with an introduction to the mystery genre and offer tips and techniques for providing advice to mystery readers in the library. They include some of their own bibliographies, but refer readers elsewhere for fuller ones. They also include a brief history of the genre to pass on to readers new to it.
The Last Mona Lisa
Author: Jonathan Santlofer
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728240778
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER! "Unstoppable what-happens-next momentum."—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A deliciously tense read."—Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author From award-winning crime writer and celebrated artist Jonathan Santlofer comes an enthralling tale about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the forgeries that appeared in its wake, and the present-day underbelly of the art world. August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now returned to the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: Art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger. The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful and seductive tale, perfect for fans of the Netflix documentaries This Is A Robbery and Made You Look and readers obsessed with the world of art heists and forgeries.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728240778
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER! "Unstoppable what-happens-next momentum."—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A deliciously tense read."—Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author From award-winning crime writer and celebrated artist Jonathan Santlofer comes an enthralling tale about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the forgeries that appeared in its wake, and the present-day underbelly of the art world. August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now returned to the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: Art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger. The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful and seductive tale, perfect for fans of the Netflix documentaries This Is A Robbery and Made You Look and readers obsessed with the world of art heists and forgeries.
100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598844466
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authorswithout any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598844466
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authorswithout any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.
Secrets from the Deep
Author: Linda Fairstein
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN: 0399186492
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
It's the end of summer, and Devlin Quick is invited to join her best friend Booker's family on vacation at their summer home in Martha's Vineyard. Booker has a science project for school- to take a daily bucket of water from the Vineyard Sound and submit a sample to an oceanographic DNA lab. From that, they can actually tell you what species of fish have been in those waters- striped bass, blues...and sharks! But Devlin comes up with something else in her bucket from the days when pirates hid treasures along New England coastline. With access to the crime DNA lab back in NYC (courtesy of her mother), Dev is going to solve the mystery of this treasure...and figure out all of the secrets Martha's Vineyard is hiding.
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN: 0399186492
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
It's the end of summer, and Devlin Quick is invited to join her best friend Booker's family on vacation at their summer home in Martha's Vineyard. Booker has a science project for school- to take a daily bucket of water from the Vineyard Sound and submit a sample to an oceanographic DNA lab. From that, they can actually tell you what species of fish have been in those waters- striped bass, blues...and sharks! But Devlin comes up with something else in her bucket from the days when pirates hid treasures along New England coastline. With access to the crime DNA lab back in NYC (courtesy of her mother), Dev is going to solve the mystery of this treasure...and figure out all of the secrets Martha's Vineyard is hiding.