Crimes On Latimer

Author : Rupert Latimer
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728261236
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder After Christmas written by Rupert Latimer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Murder After Christmas] supplies cheerfully calculating relatives, decorously brutal dialogue, and a fiendishly intricate set of Chinese boxes before the surprising reveal...no, they don't make them like this anymore."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "A war's on and a murder has been committed—and we sit here talking nonsense about almond whirls and mince pies!" Good old Uncle Willie—known for an insatiable sweet tooth and being an epic pain in the rear—has come to stay with the Redpaths for the holidays. As luck would have it, he's found dead in the snow, in a Santa suit on Boxing Day. It seems as though someone may have poisoned his chocolate...or was it the mince pie? As the police flock to the house, Willie's descendants, past lovers and distant relatives are drawn into a perplexing investigation to find out how the old man met his fate, and who stands to gain by such an unseasonable crime. First published in 1944, Murder After Christmas is a lively riot of murder, holiday desserts, and misdirection, cleverly twisting the tropes of Golden Age detective fiction to create a pacey, light-hearted package admirably suited for the holiday season. Featuring an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning author and series editor Martin Edwards.

Author : Joseph R. G. DeMarco
Publisher : Lethe Press
ISBN 13 : 1590213742
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crimes on Latimer written by Joseph R. G. DeMarco and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six of Marco Fontana's early cases show some of the forces that helped shape the young P.I. In high school, Fontana discovers that he has a knack for crime solving. Not only that, he likes it. When his English teacher is accused of murdering the school disciplinarian, Marco takes it upon himself to investigate. Some years later, after Marco has explored his options, we find him in his first office on Latimer and Twelfth. Trouble easily manages to find him there. From dealing with a stolen DaVinci sketch, to uncovering a blackmailing murderer, to having a pleasant trip to celebrate Pride in NY turned into a nightmare, to presiding over a murderous leather competition, Marco develops his investigative skills and his techniques for solving difficult cases. Crimes on Latimer presents only six of Fontana's early cases. There are other mysteries in his past which will be explored in cases to come. This half-dozen crime tales open a window onto Marco Fontana's world before he found himself dealing with the events of Murder on Camac.

Author : Jonathan Latimer
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453206000
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Headed for a Hearse written by Jonathan Latimer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just days from meeting the reaper, a convicted murderer hires Chicago’s most hard-boiled PI to save his neck—before the executioner can claim it Robert Westland’s death is just around the corner when he finally decides to fight the murder rap that’s sending him to the electric chair. Fingered for his wife’s grisly demise, Westland is in a bind, and his last hope is Bill Crane, a booze-soaked detective who’s as ruthless with a quip as he is when trawling the streets for Chicago’s most brutal criminal element. Crane’s got just a few days to suss out the real killer—someone clever enough to off Westland’s wife and lock her in a room whose only key belongs to Westland himself. Fueled by an abundance of liquor and a habit of bad manners, Crane sets his sights on a cast of oddball characters among whom hides a murderer. But in 1930s Chicago, everyone’s got a secret, and the pressure is on for Crane to separate the dangerous from the truly homicidal before it’s too late.

Author : Jonathan Latimer
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480486078
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder in the Madhouse written by Jonathan Latimer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To catch a thief, a detective has himself committed to a high-class asylum The orderlies do not need a straitjacket for Bill Crane. He is not violent, although he does have a bad habit of making embarrassing deductions about the doctors. This sarcastic, hard-drinking man has deluded himself into thinking he is Edgar Allan Poe’s great detective, C. Auguste Dupin. For this, he has been put away in a stately mental hospital on the Hudson. But Crane is not as delusional as he appears. Though he may not be Dupin, he certainly is a detective—one of the greatest, and occasionally drunkest, of them all. Sent undercover to investigate the theft of an inmate’s fortune, Crane finds the institution not as comfortable as he had hoped. When his fellow patients start dying, he must solve the murders, or risk losing his sanity after all.

Author : Jonathan Latimer
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480486132
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lady in the Morgue written by Jonathan Latimer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vanished corpse leads a hard-drinking PI on a madcap chase More than forty corpses fill the cold Chicago basement, but no crime has been committed here. After all, there are supposed to be bodies in the city morgue. Tonight, one is attracting particular attention: a beautiful young woman whose apparent suicide captured the imagination of every newspaper editor in town. Learning how and why she died is too great a task for any cub reporter. Only Detective Bill Crane is up to the job. A few minutes after Crane wakes from a nap in the morgue, the mysterious woman’s body has disappeared. With the howls of the mental patients as a soundtrack, Crane leads the police on a wild search through the hospital and across Chicago, stopping for a nap or a cocktail whenever the situation demands. It may be a matter of life and death, but that is no reason to rush.

Author : Jonathan Latimer
Publisher : Murder Room
ISBN 13 : 1471910717
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lady in the Morgue written by Jonathan Latimer and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2013-04-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One reviewer referred to the well-loved third novel in Latimer's Bill Crane series as 'rough, rowdy and rum-soaked'. And true to form, just as in his previous investigations, Crane drinks his way through his current case, that of a young suicide whose body disappears just as Crane arrives on the scene. But is there any connection between this body, and the disappearance of a young woman from a wealthy New York family? In order to retrieve the missing body, and find the murderer, Crane must run the gauntlet of both local cops and gangsters, who believe he is implicated. As well as a fascinating mystery, The Lady in the Morgue is packed full of atmosphere and period detail, from its opening scene in a morgue to its frank treatment of drug addiction and references to contemporary music.

Author : Noel Harrison
Publisher : Huia Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781877283680
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Graham Latimer written by Noel Harrison and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing biography of an outstanding Maori leader.

Author : Tobin T. Buhk
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476635935
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pardonable Matricide written by Tobin T. Buhk and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1889, as London constables hunted for Jack the Ripper and theaters around the world presented theatrical renditions of the Jekyll and Hyde story, Jackson, Michigan, Police Captain Jack Boyle searched for the murderer of Mary Latimer. This book follows Captain Boyle to the bordellos of gaslight-era Detroit--populated by madams, pimps, prostitutes and gamblers. It describes the investigation that led him to a pharmacist that prowled the streets, akin to a real-life Jekyll and Hyde. Ultimately, the book delves into the mind of Robert Irving Latimer, known as the most dangerous prisoner in Michigan and the man who inspired talk about resurrecting the state's long-dead death penalty.

Author : Gary Bauslaugh
Publisher : Lorimer
ISBN 13 : 9781552775196
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Latimer written by Gary Bauslaugh and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1993, Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan farmer, decided to end the life of his chronically ill daughter rather than subject her to another painful surgery. Tracy, who had the mental capacity of a five-month-old infant, was twelve at the time of her death. She had already endured multiple operations to correct conditions caused by her severe cerebral palsy. Tracy's death and the charge of murder laid against Robert Latimer set in motion Canada's most famous and controversial case of "mercy killing." The case sparked a national debate about euthanasia and the rights of the severely disabled that continues today. Author Gary Bauslaugh takes us back to the beginning of this case, describes its explosion on the national scene during two highly publicized trials, and looks at later conflicts surrounding Latimer's parole hearing. In clear, insightful prose, Bauslaugh discusses the conflicting views of Latimer's sympathizers and detractors in chapters that explore the ethical dilemmas as well as the legal issues that this case has raised. As a reporter who has followed the case from its beginnings and interviewed Latimer multiple times during his imprisonment and subsequent parole, Bauslaugh's intimate knowledge of the personalities and facts of this difficult case allow him to write a revealing and informed book.

Author : Jonathan Latimer
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480486116
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dead Don't Care written by Jonathan Latimer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In sun-soaked Florida, Crane pursues a kidnapper in between drinks It does not take much to lure Bill Crane to Florida in the wintertime. The weather would be temptation enough, but the fact that there is money to be made and gin to be drunk makes a trip to Key Largo irresistible. His ever-soused companion, Doc Williams, at his side, Crane sets out south to find out who has been threatening millionaire playboy Penn Essex with blackmail notes, first on his pillow, then in his wallet, demanding $50,000—“or else.” But as Crane soon learns, the threat is not to Penn, but to his sister. When beautiful young Camelia is kidnapped, Crane and Doc look for traitors inside the family circle. Lurching from cocktail hour to cocktail hour, they will do everything they can to find the missing girl, knowing that murderers—and hangovers—could strike at any moment.