fb2From the tenements to the town houses of nineteenth-century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy never waiver in their mission to aid the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar®-nominated series finds Sarah and Malloy investigating the murder of a Knickerbocker club member who was made to pay his dues…
A Gaslight Mystery
Sarah Brandt's family is one of the oldest in New York City, and her father, Felix Decker, takes his position in society very seriously. He still refuses to resign himself to his daughter being involved with an Irish Catholic police detective. But when a member of his private club-the very exclusive Knickerbocker-is murdered, Decker forms an uneasy alliance with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to solve the crime as discreetly as possible.
Malloy soon discovers that despite his social standing, the deceased-Chilton Devries-was no gentleman. In fact, he's left behind his own unofficial club of sorts, populated by everyone who despised him. As he and Sarah sort through the suspects, it becomes clear to her that her father is evaluating more than the detective's investigative abilities, and that, on a personal level, there is much more at stake for Malloy than discovering who revoked Devries' membership-permanently.
After a successful delivery, a baby falls mysteriously ill. But midwife Sarah Brandt soon discovers the source of the baby's sickness-and a scandal that's paved with greed and deception.
In this all-new Gaslight Mystery, turn-of-the-century New York City midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy discover how the squalor of the streets can breed madness and murder.
In turn-of-the century New York City, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy see birth and death-and even murder…
Loosely modeled on Sense and Sensibility, Kiely's pleasing second cozy to feature Jane Austen fan Elizabeth Parker (after 2009's Murder at Longbourn) may be short on plot, but is well populated with lively characters, in particular genteel Southerners. The morning after Elizabeth's best friend's wedding in Richmond, Va., the bride's aunt turns up with a knife in her ribs. Many members of the wedding party are suspect, but when a diamond necklace is found in Elizabeth's room, the police focus their investigation on her. For reassurance, Elizabeth looks to "Elinor Dashwood's almost transcendental calm in the face of chaos." Armchair sleuths will enjoy following the clues up to the surprising dénouement. The most shocking thing in this fun, featherlight read is that these Southerners persist in calling the bride's grandmother by her first name without the courtesy of a "Miss" in front of it.
While in her mother's garden, A.J. stumbles-literally-on the body of her mother's current beau. Now A.J. is going to have to find her balance and solve the murder without getting tied up in knots.
Stoneham, New Hampshire, is a haven to bookstores, including Tricia's own mystery shop, Haven't Got a Clue, but is sadly lacking in bed and breakfasts. Pippa and Jon Comfort's Sheer Comfort Inn opens its doors to the public in a week and the couple has offered some locals a free night as a trial run.
But what should have been a pleasant overnight stay for Tricia becomes a nightmare when she makes two startling discoveries: Pippa's murdered body in the backyard, and the fact that her husband Jon is actually Harry Tyler, a man Tricia loved-and believed dead-for nearly twenty years.
Now Harry is the prime suspect, but Tricia doesn't believe him capable of murder, regardless of her own feelings toward him. And even though Harry's led a life of lies, Tricia's learning that Pippa had her share of secrets that some people may have not wanted revealed…
Murder. Intrigue. Alcohol. Detectives. Clues. Golf. Laxatives. What else do you need? When a body is discovered on the golf course the identity of the killer seems obvious. The question is can Clint get to the bottom of the mystery before the stag party catches him?
В занесенном снегом Восточном экспрессе обнаруживается труп. Спальный вагон полон, что нетипично для этого времени года. Эркюль Пуаро, с трудом доставший билет на Восточный экспресс (дела государственной важности – непременно надо ехать!), пытается найти злодея, что не так-то просто: на трупе столько ран и они такие разные! Несомненно одно: преступник все еще находится в поезде.
Разумеется, Эркюль Пуаро как всегда блестяще раскрывает таинственное убийство.
Неадаптированный текст на языке оригинала снабжен подробными комментариями и небольшим словарем. Книга предназначена для студентов языковых вузов и всех интересующихся английским языком.
As the principal of St.
Elizabeth's, an exclusive private
school that caters to Crozet,
Virginia's, best families, Roscoe
Fletcher has proven himself to
be a highly effective and vastly popular administrator. So when
his obituary appears in the local
paper, everyone in town is
upset. Yet nothing compares to
the shock they feel when they
discover that Roscoe Fletcher isn't dead at all. Someone has
stooped to putting a phony
obituary in the newspaper. But
is it a sick joke or a sinister
warning? Only Mrs. Murphy, the
canny tiger cat, senses the pure malice behind the act. And
when a second false obit
appears, this time of a
Hollywood has-been who is
Roscoe Fletcher's best friend,
Mrs. Murphy invites her friends, the corgi Tee Tucker, and fat cat
Pewter, to do a bit of sleuthing.
It's obvious to this shrewd puss
that two phony death notices
add up to deadly trouble. And
her theory is borne out when one of the men is fiendishly
murdered. "Harry" Haristeen, in
her position as Crozet's
postmistress, is the first to hear
all the theories on whodunit -
starting with the man's jealous wife. Then a second bloody
homicide follows, and a third.
People are dropping like flies in
Crozet and no one seems to
know why.
Yes, the scarecrow, painted on the cover, is on the Short List. The line-up is Peter Lovesey’s strongest ever, for not only does it feature “Needle Match,” chosen by the Crime Writers’ Association as the best short story published in 2007, but also some of his most popular detectives — Bertie, Prince of Wales, Sergeant Cribb and Rosemary and Thyme. You will be mystified by elephants in a London side street; a hearing aid heist by a gang of geriatrics; an underworld boss in search of a harp; a short, fat man who jumped for England; a brush with Adolf Hitler; and a walk on Beachey Head, the favourite suicide spot. You’ve had the call. Step up now. Surprises are guaranteed.
Turn-of-the-century New York City midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy are thrust into a twisted case of murder-when a seductress falls victim to her own charades.
Victoria Thompson once again 'vividly recreates the gaslit world of New York.' (Publishers Weekly)
Sarah Brandt is not completely surprised when her very proper mother asks her to attend a séance. She knows that Mrs. Decker still carries great guilt over the death of her older daughter, Maggie. So Sarah accompanies her and the spiritualist does seem to contact Maggie – convincing Mrs. Decker to attend another séance.
Only this time, one of the attendees doesn't succeed in speaking to the dead – she joins them. Now, it's up to Sarah and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect Mrs. Decker from scandal – by determining how a woman was murdered in the pitch dark when every suspect was holding the hand of the person next to them.
In their heyday, the true-crime pulp magazines spawned many of the masters of American detective fiction. These early gems have been unearthed and collected here for the first time.
The annual steeplechase races at
Montpelier, once the home of
James and Dolley Madison, are
the high point in the social
calendar of the horse-mad
Virginians of cozy Crozet. The race meet offers a cracking good
time with old friends and a
chance to get even—on the
racecourse—with old enemies.
Postmistress Mary Minor "Harry"
Haristeen will be in the thick of the action on this day of high
spirits and fierce competition.
But the glorious thoroughbreds
and the pinks and greens and
purples worn by the riders do
not blind Harry to the dangerous undercurrents that
start to surface. There's sure to
be some emotional fireworks at
Montpelier. Still, no one expects
the day to end in tragedy.
Found dead in the main barn is one of the day's riders, a knife
plunged through the jockey's
heart. The only clue is a playing
card, the Queen of Clubs,
impaled over the fatal wound.
Within the wealthy, tight-knit world of horse owners, trainers,
and jockeys, the victim had both
admirers and enemies.
Was the murderer's motive
greed, drugs--a pervasive evil in
the race world—or sexual rivalry? Luckily for Crozet's
humans, the tiger cat Mrs.
Murphy is right at home in the
stable yard...and on the trail of
the shocking truth. But will
Harry catch on in time to stop a killer grown bloodthirsty with
success?
In Murder, She Meowed Sneaky Pie Brown and her co-author,
Rita Mae Brown, have penned
another clever and sassy
mystery that probes the depths
of human depravity and the
heights of feline genius.
It's spring in Michigan's Upper Peninsula – an exciting season of rising temperatures, budding romances, and the turkey-hunting opener. But for sheer adrenaline value, neither love nor turkeys can compete with the Credit Union being held up at gunpoint. It's not the best planning to commit a robbery in a town where everyone is armed for combat, and the gunman is shot dead in a room full of witnesses – but the stolen money has disappeared right in front of their eyes.
Faster than you can say "Tom Turkey," Gertie, Cora Mae, and Kitty are on the case, in this hoot of a whodunit.
Libby Sarjeant and her friend Fran are invited by Fran's creative writing tutor to investigate a house that is reputedly haunted. For once, Libby can be as nosy as she likes without ploughing straight into a murder investigation, for the only deaths here appear to have occured over a hundred years ago. But perhaps someone alive today doesn't want Libby to continue? And if so, will she be safe?
"Brooklyn is my kind of detective! She loves books, wine, chocolate – and solving mysteries!" – Maureen Child
When she receives an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra from her best friend, Robin, to appraise and restore, Brooklyn Wainwright anticipates both recreating a beautiful book and spicing up her love life. But then Robin's apartment is ransacked, and the great guy she recently met is murdered in her bed. Now Robin is the #1 suspect. Obviously, exploring the Kama Sutra's bliss will have to wait until after Brooklyn finds the killer…
XMAS MARKS THE PLOT
Twelve Christmas mysteries — gift wrapped in entertainment and suspense — ready to take home for the holidays in this delightful collection selected from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Margery Allingham’s Albert Campion, British detective extraordinaire, solves a country killing in which delivering a Christmas card was simply murder. Rex Stout sends a crotchety patrolman out to investigate a yuletide jewel theft on Manhattan’s mean streets. John D. MacDonald leaves us a secretary’s corpse on Christmas Street along with a cop’s clever ruse to catch her killer. And Santa Claus himself hitches up a sleighload of chills in stories by George Baxt, Malcolm McClintick, James Powell, and many more... for it’s ho, ho, homicide in the season to guess whodunit.
MYSTERY FOR CHRISTMAS
Con la resolución del último caso en el que estuvo implicado, el comisario Anders Knutas se siente deprimido y agobiado. Espera ansioso la llegada de las vacaciones de verano para pasar unos días con su familia. Pero antes debe ocuparse de un nuevo caso.
Un grupo de arqueólogos está excavando en un viejo poblado vikingo de Gotland, pero ignoran que un grave peligro se cierne sobre ellos. Todo empieza con el descubrimiento, por parte de dos niñas, del cadáver decapitado de un caballo en un prado cerca de su casa. Parece que el criminal, obedeciendo a un antiguo rito vikingo, ha torturado al animal antes de llevarse su cabeza y su sangre. El caso se complica peligrosamente cuando la holandesa Martina Flochten, una de las estudiantes del grupo de arqueología, desaparece sin dejar rastro y es hallada asesinada unos días más tarde. Posteriormente un importante político de la isla, Gunnar Ambjörnsson, encuentra en la caseta de su jardín una cabeza de caballo y Anders Knutas y su equipo se preguntan si será la próxima víctima.
Una vez más, Anders Knutas y el periodista Johan Berg, que ahora vive en la isla y espera el nacimiento de su hija, necesitarán todo su valor e inteligencia para resolver este cruel caso con ecos de cultos ancestrales.