The Death Of The Detective

Author : Mark Smith
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810123878
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of the Detective written by Mark Smith and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A madman is on the loose in the city. On the verge of psychic collapse, detective Arnold Magnuson follows clues in the murder's wake - through the Chicago of society clubs and nightclubs and the city of hoods and Mafia - through interrogations, lies and improvised stories, moving closer to a culprit who begins to feel alarmingly like himself.

Author : Mark Smith
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of the Detective written by Mark Smith and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A madman is on the loose in Chicago. Alone and on the verge of psychic collapse, Detective Arnold Magnuson follows clues in murder's wake through the city of society clubs and nightclubs, small-time hoods and big-time Mafia. Through subtle interrogations, split-second lies, and improvised stories, the detective moves ever closer to a culprit who begins to seem alarmingly familiar.

Author : Michael Stanley
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062000373
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of the Mantis written by Michael Stanley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana—an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods—a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe head wound in a dry ravine. Three Bushmen surround the doomed man, but are they his killers or there to help? Detective David “Kubu” Bengu is on the case, an investigation that his old school friend Khumanego claims is motivated by racist antagonism on the part of the local police. But when a second bizarre murder, and then a third, seem to point also to the nomadic tribe, the intrepid Kubu must journey into the depths of the Kalahari to uncover the truth. What he discovers there will test all his powers of detection . . . and his ability to remain alive.

Author : William Heffernan
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1936070618
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dead Detective written by William Heffernan and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being murdered as a child and brought back to life by two cops, Harry Doyle grew up to become a homicide detective who has the uncanny ability to hear the whispers of murder victims, and he must put his power to use to solve the murder of a beautiful woman who was also a notorious child molester.

Author : Mark Smith
Publisher : Cutting Edge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781941298480
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of the Detective written by Mark Smith and published by Cutting Edge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Smith's Literary Masterpiece of Crime Fiction. A National Book Award Finalist The blockbuster New York Times bestseller. "Remarkable for both its ambition and its accomplishment, it reads as though it were written by a resurrected Charles Dickens, one chilled by a hundred years of graveyard brooding...every page is a pleasure to read," New York Times A killer calling himself The Deathmaker is on the loose, pursued by Arnold Magnuson, a grief-stricken detective on the verge of a mental breakdown. Magnuson's dogged investigation to find the killer, and himself, takes him deep into urban Chicago, laying bare the corrupt city and its seething soul in all its macabre, heartbreaking, and violent complexity. It's a sprawling, utterly compelling story, widely regarded as a stunning literary achievement and perhaps the best detective novel ever written. "A masterpiece . . . raises Dickens' benign ghost to remind us again that we're all connected, all both innocent and guilty," Kirkus Reviews "A brilliant and arresting novel which so far transcends the detective genre that inspired it as to stand in a category of its own," Arkansas Gazette "In its sustained vitality, power and scale, it is unlike any other fiction I have read....A complex and unforgettable novel," The Times (London)

Author : Walter Marks
Publisher : Top Tier Lit
ISBN 13 : 9780990316107
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Hampton written by Walter Marks and published by Top Tier Lit. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burnt out after years of working violent cases in East Harlem, Detective Neil Jericho transfers to peaceful East Hampton. But after the mysterious disappearance of a wealthy real estate developer, Jericho is caught in a web of intrigue and lies centering around Susannah Cascadden, the missing man's beautiful wife. Is Susannah a calculating black widow or an innocent victim? Jericho better find out fast or the Hamptons just might be the death of him.

Author : Michael Stanley
Publisher : White Sun Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facets of Death written by Michael Stanley and published by White Sun Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Botswana mine is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds and the thieves are murdered execution-style, Botswana's Detective Kubu's first case becomes a terrifying international investigation … The stunning, chilling PREQUEL to the award-winning Detective Kubu series. 'A wonderful, original voice – McCall Smith with a dark edge and even darker underbelly' Peter James 'My favourite writing duo since Ellery Queen' Ragnar Jonasson 'A thrilling and intriguing ride-along with Botswana's Number 1 good-guy detective' Tony Park _______________ Detective Kubu's first case may also be his last… Recruited straight from university to Botswana's CID, David 'Kubu' Bengu has raised his colleagues' suspicions with his meteoric rise within the department, and he has a lot to prove… When the richest diamond mine in the world is robbed of 100,000 carats worth of gems, and then the thieves are killed, execution-style, Kubu leaps at the chance to prove himself. But where are the diamonds? And what role does a witch doctor and his son play? Does this young detective have the skill – and integrity – to engineer an international trap? Or could it cost him everything, including his life…? A riveting, chilling prequel to the award-winning Detective Kubu series, Facets of Death introduces the beloved Kubu and his richly described native Botswana, in a dark, sophisticated thriller that will leave you breathless. _______________ 'Great African crime fiction' Deon Meyer 'Easily one of the best heist novels I've read since Gerald Browne's classic 11 Harrowhouse' Bookpage 'A natural for fans of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Booklist 'The series you didn't know you needed in your life … an absolute joy' Grab this Book 'Original, mind-bending and twisty … it's impossible to tell the innocent from the guilty until the grand finale' Loarn Paterson 'Twists a classic heist story with local legends and beliefs in a believable and entertaining way … thoroughly intriguing' Jen Med's Book Reviews 'You will be captivated by the chilling, snappy chapters and the exquisite, atmospheric writing' The Reading Closet 'Under the African sun, Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu investigates crimes as dark as the darkest of Nordic Noir. Call it Sunshine Noir, if you will – a must read' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 'Detective David "Kubu" Bengu is a wonderful creation, complex and beguiling. The exotic smells and sounds of Botswana fill the pages as well as the changes and struggles of a country brimming with modern technology yet fiercely clinging to old traditions. Compelling and deceptively written...' New York Journal of Books 'Impossible to put down' Library Journal 'Richly atmospheric … a gritty depiction of corruption and deception' Publishers Weekly

Author : Jonathan L. Howard
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385533233
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Johannes Cabal the Detective written by Jonathan L. Howard and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johannes Cabal returns in this fearfully funny and terrifically twisted tale of murder and international intrigue . . . five thousand feet off the ground. When an attempt to steal a rare book turns sour, Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, finds himself in a foreign prison awaiting execution. A crafty plan -- as horrific as it is cunning -- allows him to steal the identity of a government official and make his escape aboard a luxurious aeroship heading out of the country. But what should be a perfect getaway rapidly becomes complicated by the bizarre disappearance of a passenger, an attempt on Cabal's life, and an unwelcome face from the past. Trapped aboard with a killer, can even Cabal's open-razor of a mind save him? Full of twists, turns, sword fights, archenemies, newfangled flying machines, narrow escapes, and, of course, resurrected dead, Johannes Cabal’s latest eldritch escapade is a Ruritanian romp from first to last.

Author : Charles Finch
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429955333
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Beautiful Blue Death written by Charles Finch and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal parts Sherlock Holmes and P.G. Wodehouse, Charles Finch's debut mystery A Beautiful Blue Death introduces a wonderfully appealing gentleman detective in Victorian London who investigates crime as a diversion from his life of leisure. Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist the chance to unravel a mystery. Prudence Smith, one of Jane's former servants, is dead of an apparent suicide. But Lenox suspects something far more sinister: murder, by a rare and deadly poison. The grand house where the girl worked is full of suspects, and though Prue had dabbled with the hearts of more than a few men, Lenox is baffled by the motive for the girl's death. When another body turns up during the London season's most fashionable ball, Lenox must untangle a web of loyalties and animosities. Was it jealousy that killed Prudence Smith? Or was it something else entirely? And can Lenox find the answer before the killer strikes again—this time, disturbingly close to home?

Author : Henry Chang
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616953527
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Money written by Henry Chang and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a floater that surfaces in the Harlem River turns out to be Chinese, Yu leaves his downtown precinct to investigate. Yu knocks on the usual doors, and the trail leads to the Gee family, noodle manufacturers who on the surface look like the ideal immigrant success story. When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of Chinatown street gangs and major Triad players. With the help of an elderly fortune teller and an old friend, the unpredictable Billy Bow, Jack races to solve his most difficult case yet.