The Case of the Displaced Detective
Author | : Stephanie Osborn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781606190852 |
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Author | : Stephanie Osborn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781606190852 |
Author | : Stephanie Osborn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781393093954 |
The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival is a SF mystery in which brilliant hyperspatial physicist, Dr. Skye Chadwick, discovers there are alternate realities, often populated by those we consider only literary characters. Her pet research, Project: Tesseract, hidden deep under Schriever AFB, finds Continuum 114, where Sherlock Holmes was to have died along with Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. In a Knee-jerk reaction, Skye rescues Holmes, who inadvertently flies through the wormhole to our universe, while his enemy plunges to his death. Unable to go back without causing devastating continuum collapse, Holmes must stay in our world and adapt. Meanwhile, the Schriever AFB Dept of Security discovers a spy ring working to dig out the details of - and possibly sabotage - Project: Tesseract. Can Chadwick help Holmes come up to speed in modern investigative techniques in time to stop the spies? Will Holmes be able to thrive in our modern world? Is Chadwick now Holmes' new "Watson" - or more? And what happens next?
Author | : Stephanie Osborn |
Publisher | : Paladin Timeless |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2011-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781606191910 |
Having foiled sabotage of Project: Tesseract by an unknown spy ring, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Skye Chadwick face the next challenge. How do they find the members of this diabolical spy ring when they do not even know what the ring is trying to accomplish? And how can they do it when Skye is recovering from no less than two nigh-fatal wounds? Further complicating matters is their relationship. For the ups and downs between Holmes and Chadwick are due to something more than the occasional clash of demanding, eccentric personalities. Chadwick acknowledges to herself that she has fallen in love with Holmes. Knowing he eschews matters of the heart, however, she struggles to hide it, in order to maintain the friendship they do have, preferring said friendship to total alienation. Holmes also feels attraction - but fights it tooth and nail, refusing to admit to the fact, even to himself. After all, it is not merely Skye's work the spies may be after - but her life as well. Having already lost Watson to the vagaries of spacetime, could he endure losing another companion? Can they work out the intricacies of their relationship? Can they determine the reason the spy ring is after the tesseract? And - most importantly - can they stop it?
Author | : James Kestrel |
Publisher | : Titan Books (US, CA) |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2021-10-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 178909612X |
Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel “War, imprisonment, torture, romance…The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase.” New York Times Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as All the Light We Cannot See. nominated for Best Novel in the 2022 EDGAR AWARDS NOMINATED FOR BEST THRILLER IN THE 2022 BARRY AWARDS FINALIST FOR THE HAMMETT PRIZE 2021 "Read this book for its palpitating story, its perfect emotional and physical detailing and, most of all, for its unforgettable conjuring of a steamy quicksilver world that will be new to almost every reader." Pico Iyer December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. Because the trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor. This extraordinary novel is so much more than just a gripping crime story—it's a story of survival against all odds, of love and loss and the human cost of war. Spanning the entirety of World War II, FIVE DECEMBERS is a beautiful, masterful, powerful novel that will live in your memory forever.
Author | : Daniele Della Rocca |
Publisher | : Youcanprint |
Total Pages | : 1061 |
Release | : 2022-12-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Una guida al celebre personaggio, illustrata con numerose fotografie e poster. Il libro comprende cast, trame e commenti di film, adattamenti teatrali, romanzi e fumetti, in un arco di oltre 130 anni. An a-z guide to the famous detective, illustrated with numerous photographs and posters. The book includes cast, storylines and film comments, theatrical adaptations, novels and comics, in over 100 years.
Author | : Judith Flanders |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 2013-07-23 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1250024889 |
"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, fictional detectives, and real-life cause célèbres will appeal to devotees of true crime and detective fiction alike." -Publishers Weekly, starred review In this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, ballads, opera, and melodrama-even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and the new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other-the founders of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell. In this meticulously researched and engrossing book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder in Great Britain, both famous and obscure: from Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancée around town by omnibus, to Burke and Hare's bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper, to the tragedy of the murdered Marr family in London's East End. Through these stories of murder-from the brutal to the pathetic-Flanders builds a rich and multi-faceted portrait of Victorian society in Great Britain. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the utterly dangerous, The Invention of Murder is both a mesmerizing tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.
Author | : Rachel Rhys |
Publisher | : Random House Australia |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2017-04-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0143783203 |
'An exquisite story of love, murder, adventure and dark secrets, Rachel Rhys brings this dangerous crossing brilliantly and beautifully alive' LISA JEWELL 'Thrilling, seductive, utterly absorbing' PAULA HAWKINS England, September 1939 Lily Shepherd boards a cruise liner for a new life in Australia and is plunged into a world of cocktails, jazz and glamorous friends. But as the sun beats down, poisonous secrets begin to surface. Suddenly Lily finds herself trapped with nowhere to go ... Australia, six weeks later The world is at war, the cruise liner docks, and a beautiful young woman is escorted onto dry land in handcuffs. What has she done? 'Thrilling, captivating. Simply stunning' Daily Express 'It is written so beautifully it seems to glide by way too quickly, transporting you on a journey you won't want to end' Sunday Mirror 'Rhys creates such a powerful sense of foreboding that you may well gulp down the entire book in a single day' The Irish Times
Author | : Rupert Latimer |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2022-10-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1728261236 |
"[Murder After Christmas] supplies cheerfully calculating relatives, decorously brutal dialogue, and a fiendishly intricate set of Chinese boxes before the surprising reveal...no, they don't make them like this anymore."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "A war's on and a murder has been committed—and we sit here talking nonsense about almond whirls and mince pies!" Good old Uncle Willie—known for an insatiable sweet tooth and being an epic pain in the rear—has come to stay with the Redpaths for the holidays. As luck would have it, he's found dead in the snow, in a Santa suit on Boxing Day. It seems as though someone may have poisoned his chocolate...or was it the mince pie? As the police flock to the house, Willie's descendants, past lovers and distant relatives are drawn into a perplexing investigation to find out how the old man met his fate, and who stands to gain by such an unseasonable crime. First published in 1944, Murder After Christmas is a lively riot of murder, holiday desserts, and misdirection, cleverly twisting the tropes of Golden Age detective fiction to create a pacey, light-hearted package admirably suited for the holiday season. Featuring an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning author and series editor Martin Edwards.
Author | : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2009-07-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0199555648 |
These are the last twelve stories Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s and also include some of the wittiest passages in the series.
Author | : Kevin Provance |
Publisher | : Kevin Provance |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-11-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Who are we? Where do we come from? Is there other life in the Universe? Is there a God? What happens after we die? Is time travel real? In 2006, Kev Pearson discovered a quarter mint stamped in the year 2025. His search for the origin of this quarter led him to those answers, and more. What if you could have those answers, too? Would you want to know? Are you ready to know? The final pieces of this ad hoc temporal adventure begin to come together. The FCA moved the 2025 quarter from 1981 to 1989, where the seventeen-year-old version of Kev Pearson finds it and holds onto it. Meanwhile, a temporal accident stranded the FCA mole, Martin Wexler, and his best friend, Victor Merrick, in 1981. Martin has played both sides due to The Corporation lying to him about keeping Victor captive for over two years. During the incident at Liberty Reservoir in 1989, Dan Wilson takes the 2025 quarter from Kev during his abduction. Martin uses Spiritual Displacement to program Dan into forgetting he has the quarter. Martin then goes back into hiding and waits for the day he can finally have it decoded. Connor helps the older version of Dan find Martin and Victor. With Dan is SAIN, the artificial intelligence bore of the Internet. SAIN wants to merge with Victor Merrick, who is the only suitable candidate. Connor needs the hybrid to help solve the mystery of the time stoppage in December of 2095. Under duress, Martin facilitates the merging of the two. The result is Vincent Rettori, who provides Martin the location of Bruder-4. The race is on to stop Martin from stealing the hidden Brüder-4 ship and using its gravity drive to invade the Brüder home world of Oberen. Who will get there first? Who will live, and who will not? The endgame may not be what you think; it might only be just the beginning.