The Marriage Bureau Murders


The Marriage Bureau Murders
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The Marriage Bureau Murders


The Marriage Bureau Murders
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Author : John Bingham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977

The Marriage Bureau Murders written by John Bingham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Detective and mystery stories categories.




Murder At The White Palace


Murder At The White Palace
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Author : Allison Montclair
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2024-07-30

Murder At The White Palace written by Allison Montclair and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-30 with Fiction categories.


In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another murder. In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture—The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous—and never discussed—past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a genteel war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Looking to throw a New Year’s Eve soiree for their clients, Sparks and Bainbridge scout an empty building—only to find a body contained in the walls. What they initially assume is a victim of the recent Blitz is uncovered instead to be a murder victim—stabbed several times. To make matters worse, the owner of the building is Sparks’ beau, Archie Spelling, who has ties to a variety of enterprises on the right and wrong sides of the law, and the main investigator for the police is her ex-fiancée. Gwen, too, is dealing with her own complicated love life, as she tentatively steps back into the dating pool for the first time since her husband’s death. Murder is not something they want to add to their plates, but the murderer may be closer to home than is comfortable, and they must do all they can to protect their clients, their business and themselves.



A Rogue S Company


A Rogue S Company
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Author : Allison Montclair
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2021-06-08

A Rogue S Company written by Allison Montclair and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with Fiction categories.


In Allison Montclair's A Rogue's Company, business becomes personal for the Right Sort Marriage Bureau when a new client, a brutal murder, two kidnappings, and the recently returned from Africa Lord Bainbridge threatens everything that one of the principals holds dear. In London, 1946, the Right Sort Marriage Bureau is getting on its feet and expanding. Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge are making a go of it. That is until Lord Bainbridge—the widowed Gwen's father-in-law and legal guardian—returns from a business trip to Africa and threatens to undo everything important to her, even sending her six-year-old son away to a boarding school. But there's more going on than that. A new client shows up at the agency, one whom Sparks and Bainbridge begin to suspect really has a secret agenda, somehow involving the Bainbridge family. A murder and a subsequent kidnapping sends Sparks to seek help from a dangerous quarter—and now their very survival is at stake.



The Right Sort Of Man


The Right Sort Of Man
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Author : Allison Montclair
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2019-06-04

The Right Sort Of Man written by Allison Montclair and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with Fiction categories.


From debut author Allison Montclair comes an engrossing historical mystery novel set in post-war London, The Right Sort of Man. In a London slowly recovering from World War II, two very different women join forces to launch a business venture in the heart of Mayfair—The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. Miss Iris Sparks, quick-witted and impulsive, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, practical and widowed with a young son, are determined to achieve some independence and do some good in a rapidly changing world. But their promising start is threatened when their newest client is found murdered and the man arrested for the crime is the prospective husband they matched her with. While the police are convinced they have their man, Miss Sparks and Mrs. Bainbridge are not. To clear his name—and to rescue their fledgling operation’s reputation—Sparks and Bainbridge decide to investigate on their own. Little do they know that this will put their very lives at risk. *BONUS CONTENT: This edition of The Right Sort of Man includes a new introduction from the author and a discussion guide



Reading Between Designs


Reading Between Designs
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Author : Piers D. Britton
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01

Reading Between Designs written by Piers D. Britton and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Performing Arts categories.


From the alien worlds of Star Trek to the realistic operating room of ER, the design of sets and costumes contributes not only to the look and mood of television shows, but even more importantly to the creation of memorable characters. Yet, until now, this crucial aspect of television creativity has received little critical attention, despite the ongoing interest in production design within the closely allied discipline of film studies. In this book, Piers Britton and Simon Barker offer a first analytical study of scenic and costume design for television drama series. They focus on three enduringly popular series of the 1960s—The Avengers, The Prisoner, and Doctor Who—and discuss such topics as the sartorial image of Steed in The Avengers, the juxtaposition of picturesque and fascistic architecture in The Prisoner, and the evolution of the high-tech interior of Doctor Who's TARDIS. Interviews with the series' original designers and reproductions of their original drawings complement the authors' analysis, which sheds new light on a variety of issues, from the discourse of fashion to that of the heritage industry, notions of "Pop" and retro, and the cultural preoccupation with realism and virtual reality.



Twentieth Century Crime Mystery Writers


Twentieth Century Crime Mystery Writers
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Author : NA NA
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-12-25

Twentieth Century Crime Mystery Writers written by NA NA and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-25 with Literary Criticism categories.




Till Death Us Do Part A True Murder Mystery


Till Death Us Do Part A True Murder Mystery
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Author : Vincent Bugliosi
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2004-05-17

Till Death Us Do Part A True Murder Mystery written by Vincent Bugliosi and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-17 with True Crime categories.


"Bugliosi, the quintessential prosecutor, has written a crime book that should be read by every lawyer and judge in America."—F. Lee Bailey On December 11, 1966, a mysterious assassin shot Henry Stockton to death, set his house on fire, and left the scene without a trace. A year later, when a woman was found brutally killed, shreds of evidence suggested a connection between the two murders. In the Palliko-Stockton trial, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi offered a brilliant summation that synthesized for the jury the many inferences and shades of meaning in the testimony, fitting all the pieces together in a mosaic of guilt. But will the jury be persuaded?



The Man Who Was George Smiley


The Man Who Was George Smiley
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Author : Michael Jago
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2013-02-14

The Man Who Was George Smiley written by Michael Jago and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


Investigator, interrogator, intellectual hero: the perfect inspiration for the perfect spy. This first full-length biography traces the life of the remarkable and engaging John Bingham, the man behind John le Carré's George Smiley. The heir to an Irish barony and a spirited young journalist, John Bingham joined MI5 in 1940; his quiet intellect, wry wit and knack for observation made him a natural. He took part in many of MI5's greatest wartime missions - from the tracking of Nazi agents in Britain to Operation double cross that ensured the success of D-Day - and later spent three decades running agents in Britain against the Communist target. Among his colleagues his skills were legendary and he soon became a mentor to many a novice spy - including one David Cornwell, the later le Carré. Bingham, too, was an innovative writer who perfected the psychological thriller, marrying cold objectivity with an explanation of the darkest reaches of human behaviour. His early novels were applauded but, for all his success, Bingham struggled to match the fame of the man he had inspired. Drawing on Bingham's published and unpublished writings, as well as interviews with his family, Michael Jago skilfully tells the riveting yet poignant tale of the man who was George Smiley.



My Husband S Trying To Kill Me


 My Husband S Trying To Kill Me
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Author : Jim Schutze
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2023-01-10

My Husband S Trying To Kill Me written by Jim Schutze and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-10 with True Crime categories.


From an award-winning journalist, this “grippingly suspenseful true-crime tale details the foiling of a wealthy Texan’s plot to have his wife murdered” (Publishers Weekly). To the world, Linda DeSilva’s marriage to Robert Edelman was perfect. He was her college boyfriend turned wealthy and successful husband, and the father of her children. But what friends and family didn’t know was that the Texas real estate tycoon who set her up with a luxurious life in Dallas was also her abuser. When she asked him for a divorce, the violence against her only escalated, until the shocking moment she learned her husband had hired an assassin to take her life. From acclaimed journalist and author Jim Schutze, “My Husband’s Trying to Kill Me!” is the riveting true-crime account of how Linda DeSilva worked with the FBI to trap her husband before he could act on his murderous intentions—and how the sting operation nearly got her killed instead. A shocking and sensational story of a wife and mother’s escape from the marriage that went from American dream to every woman’s worst nightmare. “Numbing.” —Kirkus Reviews



Five Roundabouts To Heaven


Five Roundabouts To Heaven
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Author : John Bingham
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-07-17

Five Roundabouts To Heaven written by John Bingham and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-17 with Fiction categories.


FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY JOHN LE CARRÉ "This novel comprises some of the best work of an extremely gifted and perhaps under-regarded British crime novelist....What gave John Bingham his magic was something we look for in every writer, too often in vain: an absolute command of the internal landscape of his characters, acutely observed by a humane but wonderfully corrosive eye." Nineteen years is a long time. But when Peter Harding and Philip Bartels meet up again in the French countryside of their youth, the history and the dark secrets it holds are still there, tempered only slightly by time. The two men share more than a past friendship. Decades earlier, trapped in a disenchanted marriage with his wife, Beatrice, Philip meets and falls in love with the graceful, charming Lorna Dickson. Overcome by the prospect of a humiliating divorce, Philip makes the decision to poison Beatrice. But when he invites his best friend, Peter, to meet his mistress at lunch one day, he unwittingly sets off a shocking chain of events that will forever change the lives of everyone involved. Now available for the first time in over twenty years, Five Roundabouts to Heaven is one of master writer and storyteller John Bingham's greatest works. With a chilling, expertly calibrated plot and mesmerizing prose, it is the powerful study of how murder can so easily enter the minds of ordinary people.