[PDF] The Christmas Card Killer An Edward Crisp Novelette eBook

Author : Peter Boon
Publisher : Edward Crisp Mysteries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 2022-12-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781838168957

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Read for FREE on KINDLE UNLIMITED!'You won't put it down!' (Amazon Reviewer, October 2022) _______________________ It's nice to receive a Christmas card... until it threatens your death! It's Christmas time in the British seaside village of Chalk Gap and everyone is ready to celebrate the festive season, until a threatening Christmas card leads to the murder of a village resident! Reluctant amateur detective Edward Crisp has vowed not to investigate any more murders, and to leave it to the police. But his self-appointed teenage sidekick, Noah, has other ideas. And when a loved one is accused of the murder, Edward might not have much choice but to try and clear their name... Can Edward and Noah work out the identity of THE CHRISTMAS CARD KILLER? And can YOU? _______________ This book is a novelette approximately 12,000 words in length. It can be read as a standalone story, or as part of the series (the timeframe is a few months after Death In A Deckchair). The Edward Crisp Mysteries are cozy mysteries aimed at adults, old and young! They are easy reads for adults or ideal for a young adult or teenager's first 'grown up' read. Don't be fooled though... the reading is easy, but the mysteries aren't! ________________________________ Books in this series: 1. Who Killed Miss Finch (novel) 2. The Snow Day Murders (novel) 2.5 The Mystery of Jackson King (novella) 3. Death In The Closet (novel) 3.5 Death In A Deckchair (novella) 3.75 The Christmas Card Killer (novelette) 4 Ten Green Bottles (novel out February 2023) Edward Crisp Boxset (Full novels 1,2,3) PRAISE FOR THE SERIES FROM AMAZON REVIEWERS: 'Thoroughly delightful!' 'This book is a little treasure to be shared.' 'A happy place book.' 'A fantastic traditional whodunnit brought to modern day.' 'Phenomenal.'

Author : Peter Boon
Publisher : Meadowcroft Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 2020-08-14
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ISBN : 9781838168902

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'Edward Crisp is a truly brilliant character and one you fall in love with from the very first page.' Amazon Reviewer Who Killed Miss Finch? is a modern murder mystery written for adults but is also suitable for a YA audience. Do YOU love a classic WHODUNNIT? Shy school librarian Edward Crisp does - until his hated Head Teacher Miss Finch is found murdered. Motives and alibis, secrets and lies, a ton of suspects and a sharp police detective, all in the tiny seaside village of Chalk Gap: every ingredient for the type of quintessential mystery novel Edward loves. Except this time it isn't fiction: the suspects are Edward's friends, colleagues and neighbours, and the detective is someone he'd rather forget. Can Edward overcome his crippling anxiety and face up to reality, in order to solve the mystery himself? Can Edward Crisp work out WHO KILLED MISS FINCH? And can YOU? __________ AMAZON REVIEWERS LOVE MISS FINCH: 'Wonderfully written with great characters, I can't wait to read the next one.' 'Fantastic debut... it took me back to the days of watching Miss Marple.' 'I laughed, I cried, I shouted aloud and made more than a few wrong guesses.' 'A fantastic traditional whodunnit brought to modern day.' 'A real page turner and one I couldn't put down.' 'I was gripped the entire time, so many twists and turns.' 'The first book in a while that has kept me guessing.' 'Every character is a realistic suspect... that's what makes this story so great!' 'Don't try to read it sneakily at work... your colleagues give you funny looks from all the gasps and oh my gods!' 'I was actually annoyed when I had to get off the bus and put it down - I usually can't wait to get off the bus!'

Author : Peter Boon
Publisher : Meadowcroft Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,39 MB
Release : 2020-12-31
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ISBN : 9781838168919

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What if you were snowed in with a murderer? Everyone loves a snow day... don't they? Schools and workplaces closed, replaced by a magical winter wonderland where anything can happen. This is especially exciting in the beautiful seaside village of Chalk Gap, nestled between the majestic snow-covered cliffs of the South Downs. But when an unprecedented snowfall cuts the tiny village off from everywhere else, and the first body is found, the snow day takes a sinister turn. With no one able to get in or out of Chalk Gap, the murderer must still be in the village. But with the police also unable to access the scene, school librarian Edward Crisp must step up once again with limited help. Can mystery expert Edward and his enthusiastic teenage assistant Noah plough through the secrets, lies and red herrings to solve The Snow Day Murders? And can YOU? _____________________ The Edward Crisp Mysteries are cozy mystery novels aimed at adults, but may also be suitable for young adult members of the family. They can be read as stand-alone mysteries but might be enjoyed more in order as part of the series. _____________________ PRAISE FOR THE EDWARD CRISP MYSTERIES: 'This book is a little treasure to be shared.' 'A happy place book.' 'Wonderfully written with great characters, I can't wait to read the next one.' 'it took me back to the days of watching Miss Marple.' 'The perfect novel for a rainy day.' 'I laughed, I cried, I shouted aloud and made more than a few wrong guesses.' 'A fantastic traditional whodunnit brought to modern day.' 'A real page turner and one I couldn't put down.'

Author : Andrew Klavan
Publisher : Dell
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307791211

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In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss's wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: a convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago. But in a few hours—if Steve Everett can't find the evidence to stop it—a needle is going to pierce Frank Beachum's skin. The killing machine is primed. The executioner is waiting. And so is the priest. Now the clock is ticking down and the race is on—between the reporter and his demons, between the system and its lethal flaws, between the last innocent man and society's ultimate crime. . . .

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501141171

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Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption. Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. In “The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie Stand By Me. Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.” “The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.

Author : J. Anthony Lukas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1439128103

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Hailed as "toweringly important" (Baltimore Sun), "a work of scrupulous and significant reportage" (E. L. Doctorow), and "an unforgettable historical drama" (Chicago Sun-Times), Big Trouble brings to life the astonishing case that ultimately engaged President Theodore Roosevelt, Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the politics and passions of an entire nation at century's turn. After Idaho's former governor is blown up by a bomb at his garden gate at Christmastime 1905, America's most celebrated detective, Pinkerton James McParland, takes over the investigation. His daringly executed plan to kidnap the radical union leader "Big Bill" Haywood from Colorado to stand trial in Idaho sets the stage for a memorable courtroom confrontation between the flamboyant prosecutor, progressive senator William Borah, and the young defender of the dispossessed, Clarence Darrow. Big Trouble captures the tumultuous first decade of the twentieth century, when capital and labor, particularly in the raw, acquisitive West, were pitted against each other in something close to class war. Lukas paints a vivid portrait of a time and place in which actress Ethel Barrymore, baseball phenom Walter Johnson, and editor William Allen White jostled with railroad magnate E. H. Harriman, socialist Eugene V. Debs, gunslinger Charlie Siringo, and Operative 21, the intrepid Pinkerton agent who infiltrated Darrow's defense team. This is a grand narrative of the United States as it charged, full of hope and trepidation, into the twentieth century.

Author : Peter Boon
Publisher : Meadowcroft Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 35,6 MB
Release : 2021-06-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781838168933

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Shouldn't it be safe to come out of the closet? Kieron Juniper is one of the most promising young footballers in England. Quickly leading his football club, Beachy Head United, to incredible Premiership success, he has become a local and national hero. But he has a secret. One that will make history. He is about to come out and become the first openly gay Premier League footballer. Until he is murdered by someone who doesn't want that to happen. Murder mystery enthusiast, Edward Crisp, and his loveable teenage sidekick, Noah, face their toughest case yet. Can they navigate a world of WAGs, gossip and misbehaving millionaires to solve the DEATH IN THE CLOSET? And can YOU? _____________________ The Edward Crisp Mysteries are cozy mystery novels aimed at adults, but are also suitable for young adult members of the family. However, please note this particular novel does feature some in-character homophobic language. Death in the Closet works fine as a stand-alone novel, but might be enjoyed more in order as part of the series. _____________________ PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDWARD CRISP MYSTERIES: 'This book is a little treasure to be shared.' 'A happy place book.' 'Wonderfully written with great characters, I can't wait to read the next one.' 'it took me back to the days of watching Miss Marple.' 'The perfect novel for a rainy day.' 'I laughed, I cried, I shouted aloud and made more than a few wrong guesses.' 'A fantastic traditional whodunnit brought to modern day.' 'A real page turner and one I couldn't put down.'

Author : Martin Edwards
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 21,13 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1464205000

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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "Like an assortment of presents under a Christmas tree, there's something for everyone in this Yule-themed reprint anthology in the British Library Crime Classics series from Edwards." —Publishers Weekly Christmas is a mysterious, as well as magical, time of year. Strange things can happen, and this helps to explain the hallowed tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year draws to a close. Christmas tales of crime and detection have a similar appeal. When television becomes tiresome, and party games pall, the prospect of curling up in the warm with a good mystery is enticing—and much better for the digestion than yet another helping of plum pudding. Crime writers are just as susceptible as readers to the countless attractions of Christmas. Over the years, many distinguished practitioners of the genre have given one or more of their stories a Yuletide setting. The most memorable Christmas mysteries blend a lively storyline with an atmospheric evocation of the season. Getting the mixture right is much harder than it looks. This book introduces of readers to some of the finest Christmas detective stories of the past. Martin Edwards' selection blends festive pieces from much-loved authors with one or two stories which are likely to be unfamiliar even to diehard mystery fans. The result is a collection of crime fiction to savor, whatever the season.

Author : Thatcher Heldring
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0375987142

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For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book

Author : David Peace
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307741656

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David Peace's acclaimed Red Riding Quartet continues with this exhilarating follow-up to Nineteen Seventy-Four. It's summer in Leeds and the city is anxiously awaiting the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Detective Bob Fraser and Jack Whitehead, a reporter at the Post, however, have other things on their minds-mainly the fact that someone is murdering prostitutes. The killer is quickly dubbed the “Yorkshire Ripper” and each man, on their own, works tirelessly to catch him. But their investigations turn grisly as they each engage in affairs with the prostitutes they are supposedly protecting. As the summer progresses, the killings accelerate and it seems as if Fraser and Whitehead are the only men who suspect or care that there may be more than one killer at large.