Teaching Crime Fiction

Author : Charlotte Beyer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319906089
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Crime Fiction written by Charlotte Beyer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than perhaps any other genre, crime fiction invites debate over the role of popular fiction in English studies. This book offers lively original essays on teaching crime fiction written by experienced British and international scholar teachers, providing vital insight into this diverse genre through a series of compelling subjects. Taking its starting-point in pedagogical reflections and classroom experiences, the book explores methods for teaching students to develop their own critical perspectives as crime fiction critics, the impact of feminism, postcolonialism, and ecocriticism on crime fiction, crime fiction and film, the crime short story, postgraduate perspectives, and more.

Author : Robin Stevens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481422200
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Class Murder written by Robin Stevens and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger train, the Orient Express—and it’s clear that each of their fellow first-class travelers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: There’s rumor of a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, a bloodcurdling scream comes from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered—her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished, as if into thin air. The Wells & Wong Detective Society is ready to crack the case—but this time, they’ve got competition.

Author : Rosemary Rowe
Publisher : Teach Yourself
ISBN 13 : 9781473601369
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masterclass: Writing Crime Fiction written by Rosemary Rowe and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEARN HOW TO WRITE GRIPPING CRIME FICTION. Do you have an idea for a gripping crime novel? Would you like to know how to plot your book flawlessly? Do you want to create beautifully crafted characters and nail biting twists? This book is designed for anyone who wants to write an unputdownable crime novel. Whatever your subgenre, whether Scandi-crime or detective 'cosies', this book is full of inspirational advice, acute insights and practical exercises. The first part of the book establishes the rules of writing crime fiction - from convincing characters to the role of research. The book then covers the practical craft of writing and editing, before explaining in detail how to secure a contract and/or self-publish your work. A comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to be the next Val McDermid or Ian Rankin. ABOUT THE SERIES The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

Author : Lori Rader-Day
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062938053
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death at Greenway written by Lori Rader-Day and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforces the message that everyone counts." –New York Times Book Review AGATHA AWARD WINNER! Recommended by New York Times Book Review • Wall Street Journal • Parade • Country Living • Chicago Tribune • South Florida Sun-Sentinel • The Free-Lance Star • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • CrimeReads • Nerd Daily • Red Carpet Crash • and many more! From the award-winning author of The Day I Died and The Lucky One, a captivating suspense novel about nurses during World War II who come to Agatha Christie’s holiday estate to care for evacuated children, but when a body is discovered nearby, the idyllic setting becomes host to a deadly mystery. Bridey Kelly has come to Greenway House—the beloved holiday home of Agatha Christie—in disgrace. A terrible mistake at St. Prisca’s Hospital in London has led to her dismissal as a nurse trainee, and her only chance for redemption is a position in the countryside caring for children evacuated to safety from the Blitz. Greenway is a beautiful home full of riddles: wondrous curios not to be touched, restrictions on rooms not to be entered, and a generous library, filled with books about murder. The biggest mystery might be the other nurse, Gigi, who is like no one Bridey has ever met. Chasing ten young children through the winding paths of the estate grounds might have soothed Bridey’s anxieties and grief—if Greenway were not situated so near the English Channel and the rising aggressions of the war. When a body washes ashore near the estate, Bridey is horrified to realize this is not a victim of war, but of a brutal killing. As the local villagers look among themselves, Bridey and Gigi discover they each harbor dangerous secrets about what has led them to Greenway. With a mystery writer’s home as their unsettling backdrop, the young women must unravel the truth before their safe haven becomes a place of death . . .

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007526504
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miss Marple Tells a Story: A Miss Marple Short Story written by Agatha Christie and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.

Author : Edward J. Rielly
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612242
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder 101 written by Edward J. Rielly and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-08-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines how college professors teach the genre of detective fiction and provides insight into how the reader may apply such strategies to his or her own courses. Multi-disciplinary in scope, the essays cover teaching in the areas of literature, law, history, sociology, anthropology, architecture, gender studies, cultural studies, and literary theory. Also included are sample syllabi, writing assignments, questions for further discussion, reading lists, and further aids for course instruction.

Author : Edgar Cantero
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385538162
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Supernatural Enhancements written by Edgar Cantero and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mesmerizing novel...what begins as a gothic ghost story soon evolves into a wickedly twisted treasure hunt in The Supernatural Enhancements, Edgar Cantero's wholly original, modern-day adventure. When twentysomething A., the European relative of the Wells family, inherits a beautiful, yet eerie, estate set deep in the woods of Point Bless, Virginia, it comes as a surprise to everyone—including A. himself. After all, he never knew he had a "second cousin, twice removed" in America, much less that his eccentric relative had recently committed suicide by jumping out of the third floor bedroom window—at the same age and in the same way as his father had before him . . . Together with A.’s companion, Niamh, a mute teenage punk girl from Ireland, they arrive in Virginia and quickly come to feel as if they have inherited much more than just a rambling home and an opulent lifestyle. Axton House is haunted... they know it...but the presence of a ghost is just the first of a series of disturbing secrets they slowly uncover. What led to the suicides? What became of the Axton House butler who fled shortly after his master died? What lurks in the garden maze – and what does the basement vault keep? Even more troubling, what of the rumors in town about a mysterious yearly gathering at Axton House on the night of the winter solstice? Told vividly through a series of journal entries, cryptic ciphers, recovered security footage, and letters to a distant Aunt Liza, Edgar Cantero has written an absorbing, kinetic and highly original supernatural adventure with classic horror elements that introduces readers to a deviously sly and powerful new voice.

Author : Barbara Stanners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921085413
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring Genre - Crime Fiction written by Barbara Stanners and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each title in this series of teacher resource books, intended for use with students in Years 9-12, starts with a detailed definition of the genre, followed by an examination of a wide range of texts.

Author : Frederick Weisel
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1464214220
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Day He Left written by Frederick Weisel and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After he was gone, the only things left behind were secrets Annie has fallen out of the habit of listening to her husband. She and Paul have been married for a long time; it's easy to nod as he drones on, responding to his voice while completely ignoring every word he says. That becomes a problem, of course, when Paul disappears and the police have questions. Was Paul having issues at work? Is there any reason to think he might harm himself? Annie doesn't know. But someone does. An unsettling photo found amongst Paul's things turns the investigation toward his job as a middle school teacher and a troubled girl who is hiding secrets of her own. But what exactly happened to Paul on the day he left for work and never made it to the classroom? Is his disappearance related to a local heroin trafficking operation? As Eddie Mahler and the members of the Santa Rosa Violent Crime Investigations Team rush to find the teacher, they discover the members of his family have hidden lives of their own, and that Paul may not have been running away but toward something that could ruin his career and marriage—and even cost his life.

Author : Caryl Dierksen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450079717
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Mysteries 101 written by Caryl Dierksen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TEACHING MYSTERIES 101 It is the fall of 1970, and Andrea Jackson is beginning her career as a high school English teacher in a small, northern Illinois town. Her challenges begin during the first class of the first day, when her Mystery Stories students come in expecting to learn to be detectives rather than study English. Andrea shares the ups and downs of first-year teaching with her fellow rookie English teachers, Chrissie and Bud. All of them are unsure how to deal with their stern department chairman, Susan, who advises and evaluates them. A few weeks into the school year, one of Andrea’s students falls victim to a crime committed at the high school. To her dismay, the list of suspects includes another of her students and more than one staff member. Andrea’s efforts to navigate first-year teaching, along with her growing curiosity about the crime, fill her days and keep her awake nights. Her life and work become increasingly complicated when the Mystery Stories students insist on investigating the crime — with or without her cooperation. Their efforts, along with her involvement, eventually put all of them in jeopardy.