Smoke, Mirrors And Murder

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1847397352
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
An ideal family is targeted for death by the least likely enemy, who plotted their demise from behind bars.... A sexual predator hides behind multiple fake identities, eluding police for years while his past victims live in fear that he will hunt them down.... A modest preacher's wife confesses to shooting her husband after an argument -- but there's more to her shattering story than meets the eye. These and other true cases are analyzed with stunning clarity in a page-turning collection you won't be able to put down. Included in this volume are stories of a victim burned beyond recognition - spontaneous human combustion? - impossible - and yet no one else seemed to enter or exit; a man who was a woman who was a man, whose con games in a small community led to murder; a "counterfeit priest" who wasn't a priest at all; a lifetime rapist; and the strangest case ever to hit Montana.

Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Crime Cases (Large Print)

Author: Ann Rule
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 621

Book Description
What happens when clues in a case are shrouded in smoke and mirrors, and when criminals skillfully evade law enforcement? An ideal family is targeted for death by an unlikely enemy, who plotted their demise from behind bars. A sexual predator hides behind multiple fake identities, eluding police for years while his past victims live in fear that he will hunt them down. A modest preacher's wife confesses to shooting her husband after an argument--but there's more to her story than meets the eye. These and other true cases are analyzed in Ann Rule's latest collection.

Smoke and Mirrors

Author: Casey Daniels
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1780109008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Phineas T. Barnum’s sister must solve a murder in 19th-century New York City in this historical mystery from the author of the Pepper Martin mysteries. Evie Barnum oversees her brother’s American Museum, a place teeming with scientific specimens and “human prodigies” including a bearded woman and the lizard man. In this weird and whacky workplace, Evie hopes she can easily bury her secrets. But when an old friend shows up and begs for her help, she does all she can to stay away. The next time she sees him, he is dead in front of the exhibit of the Feejee Mermaid. Suspicion for the murder falls on Jeffrey, known as the Lizard Man, but Evie knows it isn’t possible. After Jeffrey disappears, Evie becomes determined to solve the mystery of her friend’s murder, even if it brings her face to face with a past she is desperate to hide… “[An] appealing heroine…. Amusing and eye-opening historical details complement a mystery that’s appropriately melodramatic.”—Publishers Weekly

Smoke and Mirrors

Author: Robin Bowles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760069872
Category : Homicide investigation
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Smoke in Mirrors

Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101214597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
A con artist and seductress, Meredith Spooner lived fast—and died young. But her final scam—embezzling more than a million dollars from a college endowment fund—is coming back to haunt Leonora Hutton. The tainted money is stashed away in an offshore account for Leonora. And while she wants nothing to do with the cash, she discovers two other items in the safe-deposit box: a book about Mirror House—the place where Meredith engineered her final deception and a set of newspaper stories about an unsolved murder that occurred there thirty years ago. Now Leonora has an offer for Thomas Walker, another victim of Meredith’s scams and seductions. She’ll hand over the money—if he helps her figure out what’s going on. Meredith had described Thomas as “a man you can trust.” But in a funhouse-mirror world of illusion and distortion, Leonora may be out of her league…

Smoke & Mirrors

Author: Will Osborne
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573693908
Category : Comedy
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
This rivetting mystery comedy will keep audiences guessing as they go on location to an isolated island off the Gulf coast to watch power hungry producer director Hamilton Orr lure his timid screenwriter Clark into a scheme to get rid of the insufferable star of their multi million dollar film. The plot hinges on the rehearsal of a suicide scene and the only witness to the murder is Hamilton's wife Barbara, the film's quirky publicist and Clark's former lover. The wily, eccentric sheriff unearths one surprise after another until the final stunning revelation.

Smoke & Mirrors

Author: John Ramsey Miller
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0440243106
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
One shot One warning and no end in sight The murder was shocking in its brutality: A thousand-yard high-velocity shot that left an innocent nineteen-year-old babysitter dead on a Mississippi plantation. At first, police called it a hunting accident. But the killer left a calling card—for ex–U.S. marshall Winter Massey. And when Massey investigates, he knows exactly who the shooter is. He just doesn’t know why.… Once Massey dueled an elite assassin. Now, in a land of fading plantations and a booming casino industry, this sworn enemy has resurfaced to play a cat-and-mouse game of revenge. While Massey ignites a hunt for the killer, another murder is committed and violent secrets are exposed inside a powerful gambling conglomerate, in the star-crossed family of a beautiful landowner, and even within the FBI itself.… For Massey, the hunt for the sniper is personal. But the more he learns, the more he suspects that he’s being blinded by a whole lot of smoke and mirrors—behind which lies the most explosive secret of all.…

Smoke and Mirrors

Author: Kathleen McDicken
Publisher: Bookpal
ISBN: 9781921681714
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Can a man who is used to the comfort and prestige of a professional life, effectively disappear after the strange death of his wife? How can he start a new life? Where is William Evans and what is he doing now? Why is Edith Markman hiding herself away in small rural community? What does he have to hide? Patsy Young, a friend of both Edith and William is surprised and outrages when ex-CIB Inspector Jim Wright invites her to meet with Edith, Patsy is adamant that Edith is dead. Why are the people who have known William Evans so sure that other people have died? What other people? Or have they died at all? Yes. This is a mystery, but is it a murder mystery?

Smoke and Mirrors

Author: Ronald Lamont
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942661696
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Slaughter County; the name conjures up all sorts of disturbing images. In reality, nothing noteworthy ever happens in this quiet hamlet - not if you're a homicide detective anyway. Not until that fateful autumn evening ... The midnight sky was pitch-black, save for a sliver of a crescent moon overhead. Off in the distance emanated the lights of the city, oblivious to the darkness of this deed. A face suddenly appeared upon the reflection of the glass as the flame was lit - it was the face of vengeance - the face of evil. A phone call was made just as the match ignited its means to an end. A groggy, barely audible "Hello" reverberated through the phone. "Click" and the phone met its fate in the fledgling fire. As the inferno began to spread a single act remained ...

Smoke and Mirrors

Author: Taylor Anne
Publisher: Up In Smoke Series
ISBN: 9781509206926
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Drug deal and Murder: In her fight for justice, Abby Monroe is forced to flee to protect herself and her family, seeking out the only man she's ever fully trusted. Seeing him again threatens not only her safety, but her heart as well. Injuries and Betrayal: After a close call with death, Graeme Tucker made some changes. No women, no danger. Just him and his beach bar. Until Abby shows up asking for his help and twisting his heart. Lies and Deception: As Graeme and Abby struggle to stop a gang of ruthless criminals, old flames are rekindled. But all is not as it seems. Will Graeme stand by his word to protect Abby, or does he have a sinister agenda of his own?