Tag Search: crime fiction

Busman's Honeymoon

Polyxena — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:27:13 +1100

Murder is hardly the best way for Lord Peter and his bride, the famous mystery writer Harriet Vane, to start their honeymoon. It all begins when the former owner of their newly acquired estate is found quite nastily dead in the cellar. And what Lord Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country soon turns into a most baffling case, what with the misspelled "notise" to the milkman and the intriguing condition of the dead man -- not a spot of blood on his smashed skull and not a pence less than six hundred pounds in his pocket.

Lord Peter - a Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

Polyxena — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:25:30 +1100

One of the founding mothers of mystery, Dorothy Sayers first introduced the popular character Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923 with the publication of Whose Body?

Jam And Jeopardy

awaywithfairies — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:32:14 +1100

89-year-old spinster Janet Souter has hatched a scandalous plan to test her two nephews and decide who is worthy of inheriting her wealth. Informing them of her recently acquired arsenic, she plants the seeds of murderous intent without putting her own life at risk, and the nephew who plots to kill her will receive the money. Her game is foiled when news travels quickly and suddenly inspires a village full of potential murderers!

Strange Affair

helenell — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:24:55 +1100

Without a doubt, the family and friends of fictional sleuths are two of the most endangered species on the planet. Crime novelists seem to have no qualms about sacrificing the people nearest and dearest to their protagonists, if doing so will advance plot development or bestow emotional depth upon their series stars. Peter Robinson continues this ruthless tradition in Strange Affair, his tension-packed 15th novel featuring headstrong British Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks.

Night Bus

helenell — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:19:14 +1100

\"An ironic and relentless thriller. A chase that won\'t let you catch your breath until the last page.\"-Carlo Lucarelli, author of Day after Day \"A perfect blend of a fast-paced chase film with biting satire; pot-shots taken at politicians, the secret service, the police, the idle and less idle rich, and other urban low-lifers. Let war begin.\"-La Republica \"Inspired by the hard-core writing of Elmore Leonard and Donald E. Westlake. Rigosi takes things a step further with a gift for drawing relevant and unforgettable characters.\"-Il Manifesto

Betrayal

helenell — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:59:44 +1100

Deadly Beloved (Hard Case Crime)

zooty — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:17:39 +1100

In this first novel to star the heroine of the popular and longest-running private-eye comic book series of all time, Ms. Tree investigates a desperate housewife manipulated into murdering her husband. Soon, however, Ms. Tree discovers the truth about her own husbands brutal murder years earlier. Original.

Bad Debts (Jack Irish)

helenell — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:05:49 +1100

Murder Most Fab: You'd Kill to be that Famous

helenell — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:32:01 +1100

The Killing Floor

helenell — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:31:31 +1100