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The Best American Mystery Stories 1997


Robert B. ParkerMelodie Johnson Howe - 1997
    The controversial follow-up to Into the Bear Pit, this title pulls no punches in discussing the substantial fall-out from the publication of James' first book, the verbal spat with Nick Faldo that led Faldo waging a campaign to have his European Tour colleague removed from the Tournament Committee, and Mark's eventual resignation as Ryder Cup assistant.

The Paddington Mystery


John Rhode - 1925
    

Early Works of Dorothy Sayers: Clouds of Witness / Whose Body


Dorothy L. Sayers - 2010
    To find each work in the anthology, you must go to the "Go To" section of your Nook, and then select "Chapter." It might get a blank screen--if it does, then hit the page forward button and the work will appear. br/br/Contains two Early works of Dorothy Sayers. Works include: br/Clouds of Witness br/Whose Body?

More Good Old Stuff


John D. MacDonald - 1984
    MacDonald, were selected from the hundreds that originally appeared in the immensely popular pulp magazines of the late 1940s. Superb entertainment from one of crime's most famous and accomplished writers. 'The stories share MacDonald's love of a buzz ending and the biting setup' Chicago Sun-Times

A Cornish Gift


Fern Britton - 2017
    Meanwhile, best friends Penny and Helen are embarking on a stolen weekend of blissful indulgence but best laid plans often go awry and the ladies are in for a big surprise. In an idyllic cottage on the Cornish cliffs, the Appleby family and their bearded collie, Molly, are having a holiday to remember. It’s time for a little Cornish escape for all.‘Fern Britton has transferred her fun and friendly charm to the page’ Good Housekeeping‘Incredibly atmospheric’ Sun‘Complicated friendships and tales of a chaotic love life make this a must-read’ Woman

The Ragman's Daughter


Alan Sillitoe - 1963
    He stole for kicks. He met Doris, daughter of a prosperous scrap merchant, who became his partner in love and thievery. He was caught after they robbed a shoe shop one night. He spent 3 yrs. in prison. Doris was pregnant, she married a mechanic, & both were killed in an accident. After Tony came out of prison he went straight. He never acknowledged his & Doris' child but knows the boy is well cared for by his grandfather." (from The New Yorker); Inspiration for the film, The Ragman's Daughter, a 1972 British crime-drama / romantic film directed by Harold Becker starring Simon Rouse and Victoria Tennant.

Men Of Greywater Station


George R.R. Martin - 1976
    

Lost Tales


Edgar Allan Poe - 1833
    Then there's a group of tales that Poe acknowledged reading, and that clearly influenced him: tales of premature burial, of a man trapped beneath a great clanging bell, of a doomed girl reborn and doomed again. To describe this book as a "must" for all admirers of Edgar Allen Poe is surely unnecessary: it's so self-evident.

After-Swarm


Benjanun Sriduangkaew - 2017
    She changes bodies and fights, again and again. But now the enemy has surrendered. There will be no further deployment. The war is over . . . but not for her.

Night Screams


Ed GormanJack Ketchum - 1996
    It's even more savage inside the twisted minds of murderers who conceal their malevolence behind smiling masks and strike out without pity. This spine-tingling collection contains 23 new stories of suspense from some of the bestselling authors in the genre. Authors include Clive Barker, Lawrence Block, David Morrell, Ray Bradbury, and many more.CONTENTSThe dripping / David Morrell --The wringer / F. Paul Wilson --A season of change / Richard T. Chizmar --Good vibrations / Richard Laymon --The Tulsa experience / Lawrence Block --Trolls / Christopher Fahy --Small deaths / Charles de Lint --White lightning / Al Sarrantonio --Hitman / Rick Hautala --Vympyre / William F. Nolan --And eight rabid pigs / David Gerrold.Bringing it along / A.R. Morlan --Redemption / Jack Ketchum --The graveyard ghoul / Edward D. Hoch --The rings of Cocytus / Katherine Ramsland --Late last night / John Maclay --Beasts in buildings, turning 'round / J.N. Williamson --Dark side of the moon / Babara Collins --Honor bound / J.M. Morgan --The instrumentalist / William Relling Jr. --Corpse carnival / Ray Bradbury --The book of blood / Clive Barker.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked


Alfred Hitchcock - 1975
    Fish --Tomorrow and tomorrow / Adobe James --Funeral in another town / Jerry Jacobson --A case for quiet / William Jeffrey --A good head for murder / Charles W. Runyon --The invisible cat / Betty Ren Wright --Royal jelly / Roald Dahl --Light verse / Isaac Asimov --The distributor / Richard Matheson --How Henry J. Littlefinger licked the hippies' scheme to take over the country by tossing pot in postage stamp glue / John Keefauver --The leak / Jacques Futrelle --All the sounds of fear / Harlan Ellison --Little foxes sleep warm / Waldo Carlton Wright --The graft is green / Harold Q. Masur. View by the moonlight / Pat McGerr --There hangs death! / John D. MacDonald --Lincoln's doctor's son's dog / Warner Law --Coyote street / Gary Brandner --Zombique / Joseph Payne Brennan --The pattern / Bill Pronzini --Pipe dream / Alan Dean Foster --Shottle bop / Theodore Sturgeon --The magnum / Jack Ritchie --Voices in the dust / Gerald Kersh --The odor of melting / Edward D. Hoch --The sound of murder / William P. McGivern --The income tax mystery / Michael Gilbert --Watch for it / Joseph N. Gores --The affair of the twisted scarf / Rex Stout.

Never Too Late


J.C. Laird - 2014
    Family and neighbors suspected dementia, but Grandpa finally shared his secret with Maddie....

The Freaks of Mayfair


E.F. Benson - 1916
    Each is a distinct representative of an anthropological 'type': Sir Louis and Lady Mary Marigold turn snobbery into an art form; 'Aunt' George is a bachelor with a passion for embroidery; Mrs Weston, a devotee of every new health-cult and spiritual fad; Horace Campbell, the jealous and poisonous society gossip; the socalled 'grizzly kittens' Babs Begum and Charlie Gordon, refuse to grow old gracefully; Mrs Sarah Whitehand is the social-climbing wife of an American toilet-bowl magnate; and Mr Sandow, the socialite vicar who seems interested in everything but real spirituality. These and a number of other intriguing specimens, all greedily jockeying for social standing in this most exclusive of societies, are impaled, Iabelled and preserved for our entertainment on the razor-sharp scalpel of Benson's savage wit.

Only When the Sun Shines Brightly


Magnus Mills - 1999
    The wind tries first, but however hard it blows it fails to make any progress because the traveller simply buttons his coat even tighter than before. Only when the sun shines brightly does he finally remove it, and the wind roars away in a bad temper.

Mrs. Jeffries Takes Tea at Three


Emily Brightwell - 2013
    JEFFRIES A DETECTIVE IN THE HOUSE Everyone’s awed by Inspector Witherspoon’s Scotland Yard successes, but they don’t know about his secret weapon. Her name is Mrs. Jeffries, and she keeps house for the Inspector—and keeps him on his toes. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, her polished detection skills are up to the task. Because as she knows all too well, a crimesolver’s work is never done…Mrs. Jeffries Plays the CookWhen a dead body turns up, Mrs. Jeffries winds up doing double-duty: cooking for the household—and trying to cook a killer’s goose…Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi It’s one of the most brazen murders anyone can remember—and Inspector Witherspoon has become the main suspect. Now it’s up to Mrs. Jeffries to clear her boss’s good name…Mrs. Jeffries Stands CorrectedWhen a local publican is murdered, Inspector Witherspoon finally takes Mrs. Jeffries’s advice to trust his own instincts. But as he narrows down the suspects, Mrs. Jeffries and her staff must solve the case before he ruins his career—and theirs…