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Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Publication Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a murder at a local mystery writers' convention, aspiring novelist and part-time investigator Jane Jeffry and her sidekick, Shelley, investigate to find out who might be responsible for poisoning a legendary editor.
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Language
English
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A group of mystery authors gathers on a secluded Greek island for a writer's retreat, only to discover that their enigmatic host has been murdered and everyone present is a suspect.
Fifteen years ago, Maia Gold attended a prestigious--and very exclusive--writers retreat hosted by billionaire Argos Alexander on the Greek island of Eris. It's where she wrote her first book, the one that should have launched a brilliant career. But something dark happened...
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Language
English
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"The second in a witty, USA Today bestselling series following author Eleanor Dash as she goes from wedding guest to murder mystery investigator at her best friend's wedding on Catalina Island. Attending your best friend's wedding should be a piece of (wedding) cake, but not for Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series. Because murder seems to follow her every time she goes on vacation and is definitely her uninvited plus-one...
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Series
Cape Refuge volume 4
Language
English
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A Cape Refuge teenager is dead. Then another body is found ... will Sadie Caruso be the next to die?
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"The next thrilling golden-age-style mystery from #1 Icelandic bestseller Ragnar Jónasson, author of Death at the Sanatorium and Reykjavík. One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective Helgi to crack the case before its leaked to the press. As Helgi interviews the people closest to her-a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge-he realizes...
13) Malicious intent: a writer's guide to how murderers, robbers, rapists, and other criminals think
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Series
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Publication Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Explores the fact and fiction of who criminals are, why they commit their atrocities, how they choose their victims, and how the police catch them.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Raymond Chandler was one of the most original and enduring crime novelists of the twentieth century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional marriage, has remained shrouded in mystery. In this wholly original book, author Freeman sets out to solve the puzzle of who Chandler was and how he became the writer who would create in Philip Marlowe an icon of American culture. Freeman uncovers vestiges of the Los Angeles that was terrain...
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Series
42nd Street Library mystery volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The second in Con Lehane's 42nd Street Library Mystery series, Murder in the Manuscript Room is a smart, compelling mystery in which the characters themselves are at least as interesting as the striking sleuthing. When a murder desecrates the somber, book-lined halls of New York City's iconic 42nd Street Library, Raymond Ambler, the library's curator of crime fiction, has a personal interest in solving the crime. His quest to solve the murder is complicated...
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Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"There has never been a full-length biography of Mickey Spillane, the most popular and influential mystery writer of his era--until now. Beginning in 1947 with I, the Jury, and continuing with his next six novels, Spillane quickly amassed a readership in the tens of millions, becoming the bestselling novelist in the history of American publishing. Surrounded by controversy for the overt violence and suggestive sexual content of his iconic Mike Hammer...
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Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Publication Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The essential handbook for writers of whodunits, techno- thrillers, cozies, and everything in between-featuring never-before- published personal writing exercises from some of today's bestselling and award-winning mystery writers.