When a visiting author is suspected of murder, the case is hardly open and shut in this English village mystery novel by the author of Death in Disguise. The Midsomer Worthy’s Writers’ Circle has never had much luck in attracting guest speakers. Consequently, there is much surprise when best-selling novelist Max Jennings accepts their invitation. But the members are even more surprised by their secretary, Gerald Hadleigh, who furiously objects to hosting Jennings—and offers no explanation. Surprise turns into a variety of responses when Hadleigh is found dead the morning after Jennings’ visitation. Chief Inspector Barnaby soon determines that the key to solving the murder will lie with the illustrious Jennings. There’s only one problem: the famous author has disappeared.
With intimate access to the families, award-winning journalist Diane Fanning's Written in Blood spins a heart-wrenching true crime tale that's been the subject of an acclaimed documentary, "The Staircase", and an HBO TV miniseries starring ...
passed to her daughter—and in turn to Palmer. In the following year, a bookmaker named Bladon died with equal suddenness when staying with Palmer. A large sum of money disappeared, and so did Bladon's betting book, in which Palmer ...
Set in the harsh desert world of the Arizona Territory and northern Mexico during the 1870s, Written in Blood, the first installment of the Desert Legends Trilogy, follows young Jim Doolen as he attempts to find some trace of the father who ...
Written in Blood features the work of Appalachia’s leading scholars and activists making available an accurate, ungilded, and uncensored understanding of our history.
The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen 1910-1928 Richard F. Selcer, Kevin S. Foster. officers Leon Harmon, Charlie Williams, and W. H. Garrison. Their informant had given them a general location. Now they had to find the action by ...
This text provides a history of Haiti from 1492 to the end of 1995.
But this made travelling in Russia all the more piquant.45 Less adventurous souls might prefer the role of armchair tourist and simply read avowals such as the one by William Eleroy Curtis of the Chicago Daily News, who travelled to ...
Written in the Blood is the epic thriller of the year, a blazing and dexterous saga spanning generations, and threading the lives of five individuals driven by love, by sacrifice, by hunger and by fear.
"A serial killer who will stop at nothing.
Full of provocative facts and true stories of courage, rebellion and survival, this book will encourage young people to examine their own beliefs and values.