A collection of 30 short stories that fall into the mystery/suspense genre, but reveal an especially wide range of characters, plots, subplots and locations, as well as crafty surprise endings.
After Mayor Cermak's death, the struggling Kelly-Nash organization vied with Cermak protégé Governor Henry Horner for control of the state party and federal patronage. Roosevelt initially froze out the Chicago machine, remembering its ...
The sun had burned away the early morning mist to reveal a gorgeous spring day and , at the gate of the boardinghouse on Roworth Street , Durango mounted upon his black stallion , Diablo , and leading , to Josselyn's mingled dismay and ...
... take it black.” “Thanks, Aunt Jane.” Then, shooting it quick, on purpose, to catch me off balance: “Dave, where's Little Myra?” “Why do you ask?” From mountain people, me included, you never quite get a straight answer.
The King's a feller after me own heart — he's for Home Rule . . . everyone knows it.' 'Well, you're not likely to be meetin' the King if you go off to the war, only a lot of murderin' Germans,' Maggie said. 'Liam, promise me you won't ...
Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan, but moved to Tampa, Florida, with his family where his father was growing fruit trees.
The most illuminating novel of the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain.
By year's end the Times average celebrated a new high of 230.52, and the Dow closed at exactly 300, also a record. As the Exchange closed on Monday, December 31, to prepare for its annual New Year's Eve party, investors, speculators, ...
Slosson , Great Crusade and After , 389-90 ; Sullivan , Our Times , 548 , 574 ; James Lincoln Collier , The Rise of Selfishness in America ( New York , 1991 ) , 170-72 ; George W. Gray , " Signing Off on the First Ten Years , " World's ...
A behind-the-scenes look at Garland's 1963-1964 weekly television series describes the powerplays and machinations on the part of studio executives, led by James Aubrey, that doomed the show and that led to the star's personal and ...
The book ends with a thorough discussion of the significance of machine politics for today's urban minorities.
No case is too strange or too baffling for the policeman George Felse and his son, Dominic. Over 13 instalments and two decades, the Felse Investigations will take them from...
Traces the author's coming-of-age in civil-war-torn Rhodesia, where her family settled after purchasing the farm of a brutally murdered family, detailing a youth marked by terrorism, dangerous wild animals, and the author's embittered ...
A hijacker and his hostage escape to a very strange, very dangerous farm Since his father died, every Saturday night has been the same for Dave and his mother.
And while his good friend Melrose Plant pursues inquires in London, Jury delves deeper into the more baffling elements of the case, discovering firsthand what the guide books don’t tell you; that the Land of Enchantment is also a ...
The Put-in-Bay resort town on South Bass and the neighboring islands provide the backdrop for an action packed novel including hit and run accidents, murder, arson, sailing adventures, dangerous cave explorations, boat and helicopter chases ...
And even Miri, in her attempts to protect her grandfather, may be entangled in the plot . . . ‘In the grand tradition of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, Vernor Vinge just turned the future upside-down in Rainbow's End’ Charles ...
"... an adventure novel that deals with dangerous border crossings, confrontations with a sorceress and drug smuggling. It is also the engrossing chronicle of three generations of a family from...
It falls upon Superintendent George Felse, newly promoted head of the Midshire CID, to solve this most perplexing murder case. Rainbow’s End is the 13th book in the Felse Investigations, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
... of the Washington Post , which featured her as a topic for two consecutive Sundays : Q : A dinner hinges on your answer . Did Dylan Pryce write her two latest hit songs , “ My One Desire , My Rainbow's End ” and “ I'll Never Stop ...