Black As Hes Painted

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312972790
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black As He's Painted written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-12-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The charismatic president of Ng'ombwana in Africa has enemies of every stripe--from ex-colonists to new rivals, from dispossessed businessmen to racist crackpots. But when a ceremonial spear deals death at the president's lavish embassy party in London, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn must decipher the victim's last utterance and expose the assassin.

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black as He's Painted (Talking Book). written by Ngaio Marsh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : Felony & Mayhem Press
ISBN 13 : 163194049X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black As He's Painted written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visiting dignitary in London asks for security—and gets extra help from a clever feline—in a novel starring “the nonpareil among criminal investigators” (The New York Times). Superintendent Alleyn’s old school chum, nicknamed the “Boomer,” has become the president of the newly emerged African nation of Ng’ombwana, newly emerged in the wake of colonialism. Old school ties being what they are, his friend—making an official visit to London—insists that Alleyn handle his security, rather than Her Majesty’s Special Branch. The Special Branch is not best pleased about this, as the Boomer is known to have some very deadly enemies, and the threats only increase when the Ng’ombwanan ambassador is killed. Happily for the Boomer, not only is Alleyn up to the task, but he is assisted by a rescued cat who proves extremely adept at finding clues . . . “The brilliant Ngaio Marsh ranks with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.” —Times Literary Supplement

Author : Neil Olson
Publisher : Hanover Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1488079439
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Black Painting written by Neil Olson and published by Hanover Square Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “riveting psychological thriller” tells the story of an infamous painting rumored to be cursed—and the family torn apart by its disappearance (Associated Press). There are four cousins in the Morse family: perfect Kenny, the preppy West Coast lawyer; James, the shy but brilliant medical student; his seductive, hard-drinking sister Audrey; and Teresa, youngest and most fragile, haunted by the fear that she has inherited the madness that possessed her father. Their grandfather summons them to his mansion at Owl’s Point. None of them have visited the family estate since they were children, when a prized painting disappeared: a self-portrait by Goya, rumored to cause madness or death upon viewing. Afterward, the family split apart amid the accusations and suspicions that followed its theft. Any hope for a pleasant reunion is lost when Teresa find their grandfather dead, his horrified gaze pinned upon the spot where the painting once hung. As the family gathers and suspicions mount, Teresa tries to uncover the reasons behind her grandfather’s death and the painting’s loss. But to do so she must face ugly family secrets—and confront those who would keep them hidden.

Author : Carl Deuker
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547771193
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painting The Black written by Carl Deuker and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1997-04-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his senior year of high school, late bloomer Ryan Ward has just begun to feel the magic of baseball - the magic of catching a wicked slider, of throwing a runner out, of training hard and playing hard and pushing his limits. Giving up baseball would be like getting off the most exciting ride of his life. But when one of his teammates clearly pushes the limits too far, Ryan is faced with a heartbreaking dilemma: he must choose between his love for the game and his sense of integrity - two things that, in his mind, baseball should bring together.

Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307576043
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Painted House written by John Grisham and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men — came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke’s world. A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born ... and someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives — and change his family and his town forever.... Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

Author : Greg Kihn
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497680905
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painted Black written by Greg Kihn and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dust Bin Bob is back after saving the day for the Beatles in Manila, except this time he’s hanging in Morocco with Brian Jones, the doomed original guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Brian buys an antique mirror used for the esoteric art of mirror gazing. What Brian sees in the mirror frightens him and sets the scene for his untimely death. Was he murdered? Find out in the sequel to Rubber Soul, Painted Black.

Author : Ngaio Marsh
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007344848
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black As He’s Painted (The Ngaio Marsh Collection) written by Ngaio Marsh and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Ngaio Marsh’s most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations – Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.

Author : Debra R. Borys
Publisher : New Libri Press
ISBN 13 : 1614690006
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Painted Black written by Debra R. Borys and published by New Libri Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Robert Young, Cry for short, told himself he went with Lexie to keep her safe, that it had nothing to do with his struggle to avoid hustling along the harbor like Moon and the others. Selling blow jobs for forty bucks, however, pales in comparison to what he finds in Cole's apartment above the funeral home. And even a hungry kid will only go so far to fill his stomach. In the ensuing struggle, Chris escapes but Lexie does not and that fact still haunts him.

Author : Janis Tomlinson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691234124
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goya written by Janis Tomlinson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country's politics and at the court which Goya served, changes in society, the devastation of the Iberian Peninsula in the war against Napoleon, and an ensuing period of political instability. In this revelatory biography, Janis Tomlinson draws on a wide range of documents—including letters, court papers, and a sketchbook used by Goya in the early years of his career—to provide a nuanced portrait of a complex and multifaceted painter and printmaker, whose art is synonymous with compelling images of the people, events, and social revolution that defined his life and era. Tomlinson challenges the popular image of the artist as an isolated figure obsessed with darkness and death, showing how Goya's likeability and ambition contributed to his success at court, and offering new perspectives on his youth, rich family life, extensive travels, and lifelong friendships. She explores the full breadth of his imagery—from scenes inspired by life in Madrid to visions of worlds without reason, from royal portraits to the atrocities of war. She sheds light on the artist's personal trials, including the deaths of six children and the onset of deafness in middle age, but also reconsiders the conventional interpretation of Goya's late years as a period of disillusion, viewing them instead as years of liberated artistic invention, most famously in the murals on the walls of his country house, popularly known as the "black" paintings. A monumental achievement, Goya: A Portrait of the Artist is the definitive biography of an artist whose faith in his art and his genius inspired paintings, drawings, prints, and frescoes that continue to captivate, challenge, and surprise us two centuries later.