Tied Up In Tinsel

Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312971953
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
A Christmas pageant turns unholy. Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. Along with a pack of eccentric guests, Troy enjoys the festivities-- until one of the pageant's players mysteriously disappears into the snowy night. Did the hired help-- each a paroled murderer from the nearby prison-- have a deadly hand in this Christmas conundrum? Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to join his wife in finding the lost man-- and unraveling the glaring truth from the glittering tinsel.

When In Rome

Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312970970
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Vacationing in Rome, Inspector Roderick Alleyn investigates when a member of his tour group is mysteriously murdered.

Clutch of Constables

Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Jove Books
ISBN: 9780515087758
Category : Alleyn, Roderick (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
The Zodiac cruise has its usual lot of passengers . . . except one. Scotland Yard's Inspector Alleyn knows that concealed amongst them is "Jampot"--the ruthless, faceless killer who can take on any personality. Alleyn has only five days to trap him, or the other passengers will pay with their lives--and one of those passengers is Alleyn's wife.

The Great Detectives

Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453266402
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
The origins of literature’s finest crime fighters, told by their creators themselves Their names ring out like gunshots in the dark of a back alley, crime fighters of a lost era whose heroic deeds will never be forgotten. They are men like Lew Archer, Pierre Chambrun, Flash Casey, and the Shadow. They are women like Mrs. North and the immortal Nancy Drew. These are detectives, and they are some of the only true heroes the twentieth century ever knew. In this classic volume, Otto Penzler presents essays written by the authors who created these famous characters. We learn how Ed McBain killed—and resurrected—the hero of the 87th Precinct, how international agent Quiller wrote his will, and how Dick Tracy first announced that “crime does not pay.” Some of these heroes may be more famous than others, but there is not one whom you wouldn’t like on your side in a courtroom, a shootout, or an old-fashioned barroom brawl.

Women of Mystery

Author: Martha Hailey DuBose
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312209428
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 486

Book Description
And though she laments, "So many mysteries, so little time," she makes a good effort at mentioning "some of the best of the rest.""--BOOK JACKET.

Twice in a Blue Moon

Author: Patricia Moyes
Publisher: FelonyandMayhem+ORM
ISBN: 1631942573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
Mr. and Mrs. Tibbetts pop into a pub for lunch but get served a murder case in this novel with “all the proper ingredients for a cozy whodunit” (The New York Times). What could be more delightful than a long-forgotten relative who dies and leaves you a tidbit in his will? How about if that tidbit is in fact a charming country pub, and that pub is now yours—lock, stock, and barrels of beer? Susan Gardiner is delighted, even when it becomes clear that the establishment has a lineup of regulars, not all of them as endearing as one might prefer. No, she doesn’t love all her new customers, but she certainly didn’t intend for one of them to be poisoned by a bad batch of mushrooms. The outlook is dire for both Susan and the Blue Moon . . . until Inspector Henry Tibbett steps in. He and Emmy just want a spot of lunch, but they are, as ever, willing to take on more than they had bargained for, in this compelling British mystery by the Agatha Award-winning “new queen of crime” (Daily Herald) . “Intricate plots, ingenious murders, and skillfully drawn, often hilarious, characters distinguish Patricia Moyes’ writing.” —Mystery Scene

The Winter Murder Case

Author: S.S. Van Dine
Publisher: FelonyandMayhem+ORM
ISBN: 1631942158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
A murder in the mountains is the latest case for the Manhattan detective famed for his “highbrow manner and parade of encyclopedic learning” (The New York Times). Wealthy and worldly-wise detective Philo Vance has been asked to keep watch at a house party in the snowy Berkshires of western Massachusetts, where he encounters an assortment of guests ranging from a treasure hunter to a race car driver. The owner of the house doesn’t quite trust his son’s friends—and is worried about the security of his precious emeralds. Sure enough, a guard is soon killed, the jewels are stolen, and then another guest dies, leaving Vance to make some cold calculations about who turned this gathering from festive to fatal . . . “Mr. Van Dine’s amateur detective is the most gentlemanly, and probably the most scholarly snooper in literature.” —Chicago Daily Tribune “The best of the American mystery men.” —The Globe

10 Women of Mystery

Author: Earl F. Bargainnier
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721732
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
This volume, which examines the special contributions of a number of women mystery writers, sheds light on this significant example of common interests in recreational reading among women and men and the reasons behind the early and continuing uncharacteristic near-equality of both sexes in this field of endeavor.

Dead Water

Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312969905
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Faith healing can be fatal When intrepid octogenarian Emily Pride inherits an island, and the miraculous properties of its "Pixie Falls" healing spring, she is shocked by all the vulgarity. The admission fee, the Gifte Shoppe, the folksy Festival, the neon sign on the pub, all must go! But local opposition runs high, death threats pile up, and Miss Emily's old friend Superintendent Roderick Alleyn arrives just in time to discover a drowned body and a set of murder motives that seem to spring eternal.

Last Ditch

Author: Ngaio Marsh
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312972868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Superintendent Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard visits the Channel Islands after a riding accident leads to charges of premeditated murder.