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A Hovering Of Vultures
Charlie Peace goes the inauguratory meeting of a literary society for an obscure writer who was killed in a murder/suicide back in the 1932. Lots of words I could have looked up if I had some Post-Its!
I must make note that on page 138 the dog Zoe enters and eyes a box of chocolates. It is implied that Mavis gave the dog a chocolate. Chocolate is toxic to dogs, so I hope not!
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7/2011
A Murder In Mayfair
A new M.P. junior Minister of Education gets notes suggesting he is adopted. Very good.
WORDS I HAD TO LOOK UP:
psephologist (pg. 9) A person that studies elections. taradiddle (pg. 197) A fib. Zeitgeist (pg. 181) The spirit of the time.Read:
8/2001
At Death's Door
An overbearing actress is murdered. A very good story with a surprise ending. .
QUOTE:
"And of course the Cotterels were very distinguished. You can trace the family back to the Second Zulu War."Read:
6/2000
Death And The Chaste Apprentice
D. C. Charlie Peace finally shows up to lend a helping hand to find out who murdered an obnoxious hotel manager at the Ketterick Arts Festival.
MYSTERIOUS SENTENCE:
By now Ketterick was securely established in the festival catalog, cunningly poised to take advantage of that moment, around May to June, when longen folk to goon on artistic pilgrimages.--page 55. longen? goon? Huh??Read:
6/2000
Death Of A Salesperson
Sixteen great short murder stories.
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7/2000
Death Of An Old Goat
An old professor from Oxford is killed after visiting a rural university in Australia. Good story, ending came surprisingly quickly.
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12/2001
Dying flames
Author Graham finds a teen-age girl on his doorstep claiming to be his daughter. I really like this author's books. LATER: Checked it out again, accidentally, so I READ it again.
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5/2009
Fete Fatale
The veterinarian's wife recounts the course of a murder in her village. Really good, several surprises.
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7/2000
Last Post
Eve's mother has recently died, then a strange letter arrives hinting at a relationship her mother may had many years ago. A severe climax leaves no happy endings here.
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5/2009
No Place Of Safety
Detective Constable Charlie Peace sorts out runaway teens.
QUOTE:
"Us wouldn't know about that. Us be drinkers, not fornicators." TODAY'S VOCABULARY LESSON:
mendacious micturate shtoomRead:
6/2000
The Bad Samaritan
Detective Constable Charlie Pearce finds out who would want to murder a piller of the church.
TODAY'S VOCABULARY LESSON:
OrotundRead:
6/2000
The Bones In The Attic
Man moves into house, find bones of child in attic. Interesting story. Charlie Peace investigates.
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4/2004
The Cherry Blossom Corpse
Inspector Perry Trethowan of Scotland Yard goes to Norway with his sister for a convention of Romance writers. Charlie Peace appears near the end. Very good story!
QUOTE:
"Patti Drewe suspected of fiddling welfare payments for her sick husband twelve years ago. Hmmm. Nothing there, surely? welfare in the States is so tiny it wouldn't keep a dog alive. More power to her elbow..."Read:
1/2001
The Corpse At The Haworth Jandoori
A body turns up in the parking lot of an Indian restaurant. How did it get there? Who is it? Surprisings answers! .
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7/2000
The Graveyard Postion
Merlyn returns after a twenty-year absence to find his relatives are even awfuller than they were. Now someone wants to kill him! Charlie Peace makes inspector.
Quote:
She's not so green as she's cabbage-looking.--(pg. 206) She's not as gullible as he looks.
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5/2009
The Habit Of Widowhood
Short stories having to do with widowhood...and murder! Very good!!
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7/2000
The Killings On Jubilee Terrace
Charlie Peace investigates the deaths in the cast of a soap opera. Sad conclusion.
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7/2009
Unholy Dying
A nasty newsman is killed. Charlie Peace and Det. Odie investigate.
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4/2002
A Trouble Of Fools
Carlotta Carlyle investigates a missing Irish taxi driver in Boston. Good read, couldn't put it down!
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8/1999
Cold Case
Carlotta Carlyle looks for a missing girl from 24 years ago
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1/2000
20 books displayed
[Babbit - Baker] [Baldacci - Barnard] [Barnard - Barnes] [Barnes - Barr] [Barr - Beanton] [Beanton - Beaton] [Beaton - Beaton] [Beaton - Bedard] [Belushi - Blackwood] [Block - Block] [Block - Bodeen] [Bodeen - Bova] [Bova - Brin] [Brink - Bryson] [Bryson - Bujold] [Bujold - Butler] [Buzzell - Bythell]