Theres No Such Thing As A Perfect Crime

Author : Andrew Hawthorne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book There's No Such Thing As a Perfect Crime written by Andrew Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claire Redding, a rising star within Police Scotland, is being fast tracked for greater things. Having played a key role in bringing down a major drugs gang in Glasgow, Claire is promoted to the position of Detective Inspector and transferred to 'L' Division in Dumbarton. She is tasked with solving a series of local burglaries which all have one thing in common; they appear to be perfect crimes. DI Redding firmly believes that there's no such thing as a perfect crime and is determined to catch the elusive thief and further enhance her career.The pressure builds on the ambitious young DI when the burglaries are linked to a murder and she is given the opportunity of a lifetime to make her mark! However, it soon becomes clear that the thief will not hesitate to kill anyone who gets in his way as the story races to a dramatic and violent ending.

Author : Patricia Highsmith
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393344711
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ripley's Game written by Patricia Highsmith and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its sinister humor and genius plotting, Ripley's Game is an enduring portrait of a compulsive, sociopathic American antihero. Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving comer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime—forgery, extortion, serial murder—Ripley still finds his appetite unquenched and longs to get back in the game. In Ripley's Game, first published in 1974, Patricia Highsmith's classic chameleon relishes the opportunity to simultaneously repay an insult and help a friend commit a crime—and escape the doldrums of his idyllic retirement. This third novel in Highsmith's series is one of her most psychologically nuanced—particularly memorable for its dark, absurd humor—and was hailed by critics for its ability to manipulate the tropes of the genre. With the creation of Ripley, one of literature's most seductive sociopaths, Highsmith anticipated the likes of Norman Bates and Hannibal Lecter years before their appearance.

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 1780333595
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries written by Mike Ashley and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery conundrums from crime's finest storytellers Presenting 30 impossible mysteries and bizarre crimes guaranteed to fascinate and intrigue. The delight in these stories is unravelling the puzzle and trying to work out what on earth happened. Stories include: • A man alone in an all-glass phone booth, visible on CCTV and with no one near him, is killed by an ice pick. • a man sitting alone in a room is shot by a bullet fired only once and that was over 200 years ago. • A man enters a cable-car carriage alone and is visible the entire journey but is found dead when he reaches the bottom. • A man vanishes at the top of the Indian rope trick and is found dead miles away. • a dead man continues to receive mail in response to letters apparently written by him after he'd died. The anthology includes several brand new stories never previously published, plus a range of extremely rare stories, many never reprinted since their first appearance in increasingly rare magazines.

Author : Stephen Mitchell
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785357891
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Past Perfect written by Stephen Mitchell and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We seem to be obsessed with perfection. It's everywhere, permeating our conversations, our language, our advertising, our films and our religion. It's not only widespread across our culture; it has roots deep in the beginning of our civilization. For the sake of our well-being and our faith we need to be liberated from this pre-occupation. Past Perfect unravels some of the confusion surrounding our use of the word in many different contexts, and shapes an understanding of God that is free of this notion. 'Stephen Mitchell's lively, original and sometimes brilliant book is a sustained attack on that idea of absolute perfection. It is also part of the process by which modern Christianity is struggling to renew itself.' Don Cupitt, author of The Sea of Faith

Author : Mao Juan
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1649351623
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spoiled Farm Girl written by Mao Juan and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third was: "Madame goes out to 'obey'; Madame orders' obey '; Madame says' obey 'in error." The third was: "Madame goes out to' obey '; Madame orders' obey '; Madame says' blind '." Fourth De: "The madame has to wait for her makeup; the madame has to give up her money; the madame has to endure her anger; the madame has to remember her birthdays." Everyone envied him how mighty he was, a prince of the Crown Prince's house, holding a golden spoon in his mouth. However, who would have known that he would be so scared that he would start to fight with the kitten every day. Then, he would take a wrong step and wash his clothes on a wooden board. She was clearly a 'naive and innocent' peasant girl, but in the blink of an eye, she turned into a tigress who was secretly stealing her lungs. Three from four minds remember, only for the Madame's appearance. Husband and wife returned to the fields, and the imperial power and wealth could be thrown away.

Author : Vincent Ralph
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728231876
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 14 Ways To Die written by Vincent Ralph and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE KILLER. THIRTEEN VICTIMS. A MILLION VIEWS. A page-turning thriller for the social media age, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One of Us Is Lying. A decade ago, Jess lost her mother to the Magpie Man, an infamous serial killer who is still at large and planning to kill again. Now, She's going to use her new platform as the star of a YouTube reality series to catch him. That is, if he doesn't catch her first. Jess's online show means that everyone is talking about her mother's murder case. But fame comes with its downsides. The whole world is watching her every move. And it's hard to know who she can trust. Could the Magpie Man be lurking closer to her than she thought? Is he watching her right now?

Author : Kim Goldman
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1940363675
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book His Name Is Ron written by Kim Goldman and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not about OJ. Simpson or his "Dream Team." This book is not another rehash of the "Trial of the Century." It is about Ron Golman and his blended family. Overnight and through tragedy, this quiet, closely knit family became enmeshed in one of the ugliest and most controversial crimes in recent history. The Goldmans provide a wrenching account, in their own words, of the ripple effect that occurs when a beloved family member is murdered, and the extra burdens that develop when grief becomes a public spectacle. But, more important, the family puts a name, a face, a soul, to the young man referred to in the press only as "a friend of..." or "a part-time waiter and sometime model." The Goldmans are a family with whom all of us can identify. They share memories of happier times and recount, moment by moment, learning of Ron's untimely death and the nightmare that followed. They share their reactions throughout the criminal trial up to and including the heart-stopping verdict. And they reveal the details of the civil trial that were never before allowed to be made public, due to the gag order imposed on all participants. And finally, they reveal their determination to bring much-needed reforms to the criminal justice system and to give voices to other victims of violent crimes. Much of what Ron's family has to say will surprise you... will enrage you... And most of all will break your heart.

Author : Todd Oakley
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027254146
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mental Spaces in Discourse and Interaction written by Todd Oakley and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cognitive theory of mental spaces and conceptual integration (MSCI) is a twenty-year-old, cross-disciplinary enterprise that presently unfolds in academic circles on many levels of reflection and research. One important area of inquiry where MSCI can be of immediate use is in the pragmatics of written and spoken discourse and interaction. At the same time, empirical insights from the fields of interaction and discourse provide a necessary fundament for the development of the cognitive theories of discourse. This collection of seven chapters and three commentaries aims at evaluating and developing MSCI as a theory of meaning construction in discourse and interaction. MSCI will benefit greatly not only from empirical support but also from clearer refinement of its methodology and philosophical foundations. This volume presents the latest work on discourse and interaction from a mental spaces perspective, surely to be of interest to a broad range of researchers in discourse analysis.

Author : Esther Pascual
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027269793
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fictive Interaction written by Esther Pascual and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language is intimately related to interaction. The question arises: Is the structure of interaction somehow mirrored in language structure and use? This book suggests a positive answer to this question by examining the ubiquitous phenomenon of fictive interaction, in which non-genuine conversational turns appear in discourse, even within clauses, phrases, and lexical items (e.g. “Not happy? Money back! guarantee”). The book is based on a collection of hundreds of examples of fictive interaction at all grammatical levels from a wide variety of spoken, written, and signed languages, and from many different discourse genres. Special attention is devoted to the strategic use of fictive interaction in legal argumentation, with a focus on high-profile criminal trials. Both trial lawyers and lay jurors often present material evidence or murder victims as speaking, and express emotions and intentions in conversational terms. The book thus establishes the role of the conversational turn—rather than the sentence—as the basic unit of language, and the role of conversation as a frame that structures cognition, discourse, and grammar.

Author : Owen Mullen
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1801620814
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So It Began written by Owen Mullen and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A taut, edgy thriller. Grabs you by the guts in the first chapter and slow squeezes the breath out of you until the very last line.' Helen Fields PI Vincent Delaney thought he was done with the New Orleans Police Department. But now a string of child murders brings an unexpected invitation from the FBI, and his old boss. A serial killer is roaming the South, preying on children appearing in pageants. The police want Delaney to go undercover and use his own family as bait. Accepting would mean lying to people he loves and maybe even putting them in harm’s way. It’s not like Delaney doesn’t have enough problems already. In Baton Rouge, a violent criminal has escaped and is seeking revenge for the brother Delaney shot dead. And north of the French Quarter, shopkeepers are being extorted—which would normally be a matter for the police, except the police are the ones responsible for the crime. Delaney has his work cut out for him. And he’ll be lucky if he makes it out of this alive... Owen Mullen is a best-selling author of psychological and gangland thrillers. His fast-paced, twist-aplenty stories are perfect for all fans of Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Harlan Coben. What readers say about Owen Mullen: 'Owen Mullen knows how to ramp up the action just when it’s needed... he never fails to give you hard-hitting thrillers that have moments that will stay with you forever...' 'One of the very best thriller writers I have ever read.' 'Owen Mullen writes a good story, he really brings his characters to life and the endings are hard to guess and never what you expected.'