Murder In The Charleston Manner

Author : Patricia Houck Sprinkle
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570722431
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder in the Charleston Manner written by Patricia Houck Sprinkle and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheila Travis and her inimitable Aunt Mary investigate a series of petty accidents plaguing two elderly sisters in Charleston, South Carolina, and uncover a host of suspects among the Charleston bluebloods--and murder.

Author : Patricia Sprinkle
Publisher : Southern Mystery
ISBN 13 : 9781622681273
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder in the Charleston Manner written by Patricia Sprinkle and published by Southern Mystery. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheila Travis ruefully agrees when dispatched by her colorful Aunt Mary to Charleston to investigate several mysterious accidents at the historic home of Mary's childhood friends. However, Sheila can't help remembering what her dad always said about his sister: "Trouble follows that woman like fleas follow a dog." Sheila's hostesses are such gracious purveyors of Southern hospitality that Sheila has to keep reminding herself this is not a social visit. Even if she is initially inclined to write the accidents off as coincidence, the first murder changes her mind. The second begins to unearth dark secrets amidst the roses and honeysuckle. Wills and family history come under close scrutiny as Sheila closes in on a killer . . . unwittingly putting herself in deadly danger.

Author : William Baldwin
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611175585
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death written by William Baldwin and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Baldwin again proves himself to be a writer uniquely adept at bridging high art with the wild ride of a page-turning southern yarn.” —Bret Lott, national bestselling author of Jewel Once deemed “the most powerful man in the South,” Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson met his violent death on March 12, 1889, at the hands of his neighbor, a disreputable doctor who was attempting to seduce the Dawson family governess. With a southern storyteller’s passion for intricate emotional and physical details, Baldwin, through the fictional guise of Capt. David Lawton, chronicles editor Dawson’s fated end. Having survived three years of bloody Civil War combat and the decade of violent Reconstruction that followed, the liberal-minded Lawton is now an embattled newspaperman whose national importance is on the wane. Still, he remains a celebrated member of Charleston’s elite, while in private life moving amid a pantheon of proud and beautiful women—Sarah, his brilliant wife; Abbie, his sensual sister-in-law; Mary, the all-knowing prostitute; and Hélène, the discontented Swiss governess—each contributing to an unfolding drama of history-haunted turmoil. War, earthquake, political guile, adultery, illegitimacy, lust, and murder—all the devices of gothic romance—play a role in this tale closely based on the lives of Charlestonians who lived these events over a century ago. “William Baldwin is that rare southern writer who writes for all people of all time. As I read his beautiful words in A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death I walked the Holy City’s streets with my ancestors and, believe me, I never wanted the trip to end. This is an important book and a wonderful rich story.” —Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Times–bestselling author

Author : Frances A. DellaCava
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815338840
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sleuths in Skirts written by Frances A. DellaCava and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

Author : Janet G. Husband
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838909671
Total Pages : 793 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sequels written by Janet G. Husband and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

Author : William P. Baldwin
Publisher : History Press (SC)
ISBN 13 : 9781596290877
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death written by William P. Baldwin and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2006 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his latest novel, Southern writer William Baldwin calls upon the true story of famed Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson to tell a tale fraught with romance and intrigue. Dawson--a larger-than-life personality revered throughout the nineteenth-century South--was murdered while defending his children's governess from the advances of an unscrupulous doctor who lived next door. Baldwin artfully intertwines details pulled from the personal accounts of those involved in the dramatic series of events with his own inimitable prose. The result is a captivating meld of fact and fiction, set in a tumultuous period in the history of the Holy City. that is now only a nostalgic memory.

Author : Laura Young
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570722219
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Killer Looks written by Laura Young and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going home is murder for reporter Kate Kelly. On a trip to her parents' home in Williamsburg, Virginia, Kate is involved in a hit-and-run accident which spirals into a web of mistaken identity, murder, and old family secrets. Before she knows it, bodies pile up and accusing fingers are pointed in her direction.

Author : Colleen Barnett
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1615950095
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystery Women, Volume Two (Revised) written by Colleen Barnett and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women as sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs as well as for the mystery hound. Look at the popularity of such reading guides as Willetta Heising's Detecting Women (3rd ed. 0-9644593-7-X) or Amanda Cross' fiction (Honest Doubt 0-345-44011-0 11/00).

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Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1418573256
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Carolina Trivia written by and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Test your Palmetto State knowledge with this trivia book covering its rich history, geography, sports, culture, notable figures, and more! As one of the original thirteen colonies and the site of the first Civil War battle, South Carolina is a fascinating state, and South Carolina Trivia is full of facts to prove it. This book is the ultimate resource on the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the Palmetto State. Filled with curious questions and fascinating answers, South Carolina Trivia will provide hours of entertainment and education. Easily adaptable for use with trivia format games, it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of California.

Author : William P. Baldwin
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570036026
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death written by William P. Baldwin and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once deemed "the most powerful man in the south," Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson met his violent death on March 12, 1889, at the hands of his neighbor, a disreputable doctor who was attempting to seduce the Dawson family governess. More shocking than Dawson's demise was the quick acquittal of his killer on the grounds of self-defense. Drawn from events surrounding this infamous episode, the third novel from the Lillian Smith Award-winning William Baldwin pulls back the veil of a genteel society in a fabled southern city and exposes a dark visage of anger and secret pain that no amount of imposed manners could restrain - and only love might eventually heal. With a southern storyteller's passion for intricate emotional and physical details, Baldwin, through the fictional guise of Capt. David Lawton, chronicles editor Dawson's fated end. Having survived three years of bloody Civil War combat and the decade of violent Reconstruction that followed, the liberal-minded Lawton is now a famed but embattled newspaperman whose national importance is on the wane. Still, he remains a celebrated member of Charleston's refined elite, while in private life moving amid a pantheon of proud and beautiful women - Rebecca, his brilliant wife; Abbie, his sensual sister-in-law; Mary, the all-knowing prostitute; and Helene, the discontented Swiss governess - each contributing to an unfolding drama of history-haunted turmoil. Though Lawton loathes the South's cult of personal violence, by the customs of his era and place, he is duty-bound to protect his household, and though he loves his wife, he, like the doctor he despises, is attracted to the other women around him and entangled in his own sexual intrigues. Unable to act otherwise, Lawton meets his rival in a brutal physical contest, and in the aftermath, Rebecca, Abbie, Mary, and Helene must make peace with their own turbulent pasts. War, earthquake, political guile, adultery, illegitimacy, lust, and murder - all the devices of gothic romance - play a role in this tale closely based on the lives of Charlestonians who lived these events over a century ago. A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death interrogates the social codes that govern behavior and relations among the men and women of different races and many classes and confronts us with the folly of the human condition. Will witnessing the killing of David Lawton instruct us as to how to escape our own fated ends? Slipped quietly beneath the storylines of Baldwin's quick-paced novel is perhaps an answer.