The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle
Title | The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle PDF eBook |
Author | Laura DiSilverio |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2015-12-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0698165802 |
Agatha Christie is on the book club’s reading list in the latest from the author of The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco. This time, Amy-Faye and her friends might have to read between the lines to catch a killer. Amy-Faye Johnson’s book club, the Readaholics, is engrossed in Murder on the Orient Express, and Poirot’s surprising resolution is stirring up debate. Is the solution remotely realistic? Is justice served by Poirot's decision? Well, the book is fiction after all… Then, just as Amy-Faye is planning the grand opening of her brother Derek’s pub, his hot-headed partner is murdered. To keep Derek from being railroaded as a suspect, Amy-Faye and the Readaholics take a page from Poirot and investigate. But as the clues lead to unlikely places, surprising motives, and a multitude of suspects, Amy-Faye and her pals wonder if truth can be just as strange as fiction.
The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle
Title | The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle PDF eBook |
Author | Laura DiSilverio |
Publisher | Berkley |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Amateur sleuth mystery |
ISBN | 0451470842 |
The Readaholics is the second book in Laura DiSilverio's cosy crime series about event planner Amy-Faye Johnson and her book club, The Readaholics, who become entangled in real-life whodunits. Amy Faye's book club is reading Murder on the Orient Express when her brother's hot-headed business partner is murdered. To keep Derek from being taken is as a suspect, the Readaholics take a page from Poirot and start to investigate.
The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala
Title | The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala PDF eBook |
Author | Laura DiSilverio |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0451470850 |
Next in a popular cosy crime series featuring event planner Amy-Faye Johnson who runs the Readaholics, a mystery book club that becomes entangled in real-life whodunits. Reading the gothic classic Rebecca already has the Readaholics spooked, and the chills only get worse when someone in town actually gives up the ghost. Amy-Faye Johnson has her hands full coordinating the Celebration of Gothic Novels in Heaven, Colorado. The festivities start off smoothly, but the weekend is soon cursed with large egos, old resentments and uninvited guests.
The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco
Title | The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco PDF eBook |
Author | Laura A. H. DiSilverio |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0451470834 |
Emulating one of her favorite literary sleuths, event planner Amy-Faye Johnson sets out to find the truth surrounding the death of Ivy, one of her fellow book-obsessed Readaholics, who supposedly committed suicide by poisoning.
Reading the Cozy Mystery
Title | Reading the Cozy Mystery PDF eBook |
Author | Phyllis M. Betz |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2021-02-19 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1476641692 |
With their intimate settings, subdued action and likeable characters, cozy mysteries are rarely seen as anything more than light entertainment. The cozy, a subgenre of crime fiction, has been historically misunderstood and often overlooked as the subject of serious study. This anthology brings together a groundbreaking collection of essays that examine the cozy mystery from a range of critical viewpoints. The authors engage with the standard classification of a cozy, the characters who appear in its pages, the environment where the crime occurs and how these elements reveal the cozy story's complexity in surprising ways. Essays analyze cozy mysteries to argue that Agatha Christie is actually not a cozy writer; that Columbo fits the mold of the cozy detective; and that the stories' portrayals of settings like the quaint English village reveal a more complicated society than meets the eye.
The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala
Title | The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala PDF eBook |
Author | Laura DiSilverio |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2016-08-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0698165810 |
One sleuthing book club finds themselves in the midst of a gothic-esque mystery as they read Du Maurier’s Rebecca in the latest from the author of The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle. Reading the gothic classic Rebecca already has the Readaholics spooked, and the chills only get worse when someone in town actually gives up the ghost.... Amy-Faye Johnson has her hands full coordinating the Celebration of Gothic Novels in Heaven, Colorado. The festivities start off smoothly, but the weekend is soon cursed with large egos, old resentments, and uninvited guests. Matters become truly grave when a dead body is found at the gothic-themed costume party. The out-of-town authors claim not to know the victim, but Amy-Faye has doubts. With skeletons turning up in all of the suspects’ closets, Amy-Faye and the Readaholics must tap into their knowledge of gothic literature to find a killer who lurks in the shadows...
Love & Death in Burgundy
Title | Love & Death in Burgundy PDF eBook |
Author | Susan C. Shea |
Publisher | Minotaur Books |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2017-05-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1250113016 |
From critically acclaimed author, Susan C. Shea, comes Love & Death in Burgundy, an atmospheric mystery novel filled with good Chablis, french cheese, and, of course, murder. After three years of living in the small town of Reigny-sur-Canne, all Katherine Goff really wants is to be accepted by her neighbors into their little community. But as an American expat living in the proud region of Burgundy, that’s no easy task. When the elderly Frenchman who lives in the village chateau is found dead at the bottom of a staircase, the town is turned into a hot bed of gossip and suspicion, and Katherine suddenly finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into the small town’s secrets. A motherless teenager, a malicious French widow, a brash music producer, and a would-be Agatha Christie are among those caught up in a storm that threatens to turn Katherine’s quiet life upside down. As more and more of the villagers' secrets are brought to light, Katherine must try to figure out who, if anyone, in the town she can trust, and which one of her neighbors just might be a killer.