A Quizzical Corpse

Author : Kate Irving
Publisher : Authors On Line Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780755201273
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quizzical Corpse written by Kate Irving and published by Authors On Line Ltd. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When quiz queen Babs Beaumont is killed by a hit-and-run driver minutes after scooping the 10,000 prize on a new TV quiz show, the police decide it was an accident. Fellow-contestant Molly Massey is not so sure. She knows Babs had uncovered a dark secret about one of the other players. But which? Molly is faced with a line-up of oddball suspects. There's bird-brained TV wannabe Shellee; foul-mouthed photographer Roger; feisty PR girl Kimmi; mild-mannered schoolmaster Alan; Cozza, drummer with the aptly named rock band Rigor Mortis, hot-tempered taxi driver Rick; and finally Myles, author of the worst spy thrillers ever written. Then there's a second contestant death, and this time it's definitely murder.. Molly enlists the help of fellow-quizzer Peter Bestwick, and the amateur sleuths lurch from crisis to crisis as they pursue their investigation. Always just one step away from disaster, they stagger gamely on. Will they uncover the truth and trap the double killer? And can you beat them to the solution?"

Author : Michael Underwood
Publisher : Murder Room
ISBN 13 : 1471904741
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Uninvited Corpse written by Michael Underwood and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernon Gray is the oldest and richest of the residents of the four flats on the sixth floor of a block in his small seaside town. After seeing her on TV, he has instructed Rosa Epton to draft his last will and testament, when another of her clients demands her attention on an urgent matter: he has been accused of stealing five pounds from the collection plate at the end of the Sunday morning service. And then Vernon Gray disappears, along with his housekeeper, leaving a welter of puzzling clues to confuse the police, and the learned Rosa.

Author : Stacy Claflin
Publisher : Stacy Claflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corpse's Secret written by Stacy Claflin and published by Stacy Claflin. This book was released on 2022-12-02 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another corpse, another day… If Vanessa and Chris had known how common death was in and around their hotel, they never would have moved in with their kids. The latest body is proving the most problematic — because it disappeared. Seemingly on its own. But that’s impossible. Isn’t it? The only way it could have crawled away is if he’s still alive. And that would mean a murderer is on the loose. Again. Not only that, but the kids have secrets of their own. The things they're hiding could jeopardize them all, especially if the killer is still alive and roaming their halls. Vanessa fears her husband is unravelling fast, and she knows she needs to protect her family before they lose everything. But she doesn’t know if she has the strength.

Author : Sandy Frances Duncan
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 1926971108
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Always Kiss the Corpse on Whidbey Island written by Sandy Frances Duncan and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Duncan and Szanto bring their A-game to this daring and complex novel."—Lou Allin, Crime Writers of Canada Sandro Vasiliadis, a nurse at the Whidbey Island General Hospital, has died of an apparent heroin overdose. When his grieving mother bends over to kiss her son’s corpse at the viewing, she shrieks, “That’s not Sandro!” Convinced that her son must still be alive, Maria Vasiliadis hires Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin to solve the mystery. With questions of foul play continuing to swirl around the death, the detectives’ inquiries lead them deeper into Sandro’s life and eventually to a medical clinic that specializes in transgendering. The second in the Islands Investigations International Mystery series, Always Kiss the Corpse takes Kyra and Noel’s investigation from the rush of Seattle to the seeming peace of the San Juan Islands in this thrilling page-turner. It’s only once the detectives come to understand Sandro in life that they unlock the secret to his death.

Author : Mel Starr
Publisher : Lion Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1782640673
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel written by Mel Starr and published by Lion Fiction. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the next gripping installment in the Hugh De Singleton's Chronicles series, following the life and adventures of Hugh de Singleton, surgeon in medieval Bampton, Oxfordshire. When the beadle of the manor of Bampton disappears after going out to enforce curfew, his young wife Matilda turns to Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor, for help. Two days later, Alan's mutilated body is discovered in the hedge near St Andrew's Chapel. His throat has been ripped out, his head nearly severed from his body, and his arms and hands covered in deep scratches. At the scene, Master Hugh teams up with Hubert the coroner, who suggests that a wolf could have caused the fatal wound. But why is there no blood, and why are there so many scratches? As Master Hugh delves deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a web of secrets and lies that threaten to tear the community apart. With vivid descriptions of medieval life, graphic medical procedures, and a cast of compelling characters, this story is a must-read for fans of historical mysteries. "This skillfully woven story is a delight to read. The setting is exceptionally well crafted. Highly recommended." Davis Bunn, best-selling author

Author : Miles Hudson
Publisher : Miles Hudson
ISBN 13 : 1843962659
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cricketer's Corpse written by Miles Hudson and published by Miles Hudson. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Hamish Elliott die? The professional cricketer's gruesome corpse is found in his own bed, with no signs of a struggle. But was it murder, suicide, accident or natural causes? Durham Police's Detective Sergeant Tony Milburn investigates.Who might have wanted Elliott dead? And why did the sleeping cricketer's penis burst?The investigation is fraught, as Milburn is forced to work with Diane Meredith, the sensual policewoman who stalked and harassed him nearly a year earlier. Will he fall for her wiles, again? The passage through a quagmire of suspects and potential motives is signposted by Milburn's enigmatic, surfer friend, Penfold, and a menagerie of bizarre characters.Witty and erudite, this murder mystery is a classic whodunit for the 21st Century. Sex, drugs and professional sport form the backdrop for a tale of human shortcomings when facing everyday temptations.

Author : Christine Quigley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147661377X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Corpse written by Christine Quigley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the centuries, different cultures have established a variety of procedures for handling and disposing of corpses. Often the methods are directly associated with the deceased’s position in life, such as a pharaoh’s mummification in Egypt or the cremation of a Buddhist. Treatment by the living of the dead over time and across cultures is the focus of study. Burial arrangements and preparations are detailed, including embalming, the funeral service, storage and transport of the body, and forms of burial. Autopsies and the investigative process of causes of deliberate death are fully covered. Preservation techniques such as cryonic suspension and mummification are discussed, as well as a look at the “recycling” of the corpse through organ donation, donation to medicine, animal scavengers, cannibalism, and, of course, natural decay and decomposition. Mistreatments of a corpse are also covered.

Author : Lori Pollard-Johnson
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1509254382
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpse in the Craftsman Cottage written by Lori Pollard-Johnson and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2024-05-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-four, newly divorced and parenting two little girls, Jan Weatherly is determined to make it on her own doing what she knows best: do-it-yourself home flipping. With her BFF Pam Bacchus by her side, she purchases their first fixer-upper—a cute Craftsman cottage with quick profit potential in rainy Rainier, Washington. With the first swing of her claw hammer, however, Jan pries back faux cedar paneling and reveals a nude, snow-haired corpse floating in a makeshift aquarium. If that didn’t fully sour their dreams in a plume of formaldehyde-tinged air, Sergeant Daniels arrives and bans the women from the crime scene. Will they continue sleuthing, despite Daniels’s warnings, or simply wait for their dreams of financial independence to fall apart?

Author : Jack Trevor Story
Publisher : Allison & Busby
ISBN 13 : 0749014679
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trouble with Harry written by Jack Trevor Story and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark comedy of errors made famous by Alfred Hitchcock. With a new introduction by Michael Moorcock On the outskirts of a small town, young Abie discovers the body of a middle-aged man in the woods. Three people are convinced they are responsible for Harry's death: Captain Wiles thinks he accidentally shot him while hunting rabbits; Miss Graveley thinks she may have done more damage than she intended when she hit him with her shoe - and Abie's mother reveals that it might have been her too. The police are called in to investigate, but meanwhile artist Sam Marlow becomes a good-natured sleuth, helping the townspeople to bury, dig up, and rebury the corpse in an effort to evade the authorities and finally discover the truth about Harry.

Author : Simon Brett
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448300118
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Nice Class of Corpse written by Simon Brett and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Devereux is a nice residential hotel which caters for a nice class of guest. But the arrival of Mrs Pargeter, an attractive widow, seems to act as a catalyst of disaster for everyone connected with the hotel. On the morning after her arrival, the corpse of one of the frailer residents is found at the foot of the main staircase, and shortly after that another death shakes the gentility of the hotel. Deciding to investigate herself, Mrs Pargeter discovers that more than one person in the Devereux has a motive for murder.