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Murder in the Title & Not Dead,Only Resting: v. 5
Wexford Omnibus: "Some Lie and Some Die", "Shake Hands for Ever" and "Sleeping Life" 3rd
Chinese Whispers
English Murder
Carnage on the Committee
Walking the Shadows
The Circle
Trace
Caedmon's Song
A Season for the Dead
The Villa of Mysteries
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case [AUDIOBOOK]
Twenty-seven Bones
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case: Complete and Unabridged [AUDIOBOOK]
Losing Game
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Nylon Pirates
And Then There Were None: Complete and Unabridged [AUDIOBOOK]
The Fiend in Human
The Blue Geranium (Miss Marple S.) [AUDIOBOOK]
Theft on Thursday (Lois Meade Mysteries S.)
The Silence of the Rain
A Taint in the Blood (Kate Shugak Novels)
The Little Sister (BBC Radio Collection) [AUDIOBOOK]
The Potter's Field: The Seventeenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael [AUDIOBOOK]

Just Another Little Murder (New Speciality Titles)

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Just Another Little Murder (New Speciality Titles)
Phil Cleary
Manufacturer: Allen & Unwin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1865087890

5 Titles By Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware Series (16-20) : 16. The Murder Book 17. A Cold Heart 18. Therapy 19. Rage 20. Gone

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5 Titles By Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware Series (16-20) : 16. The Murder Book 17. A Cold Heart 18. Therapy 19. Rage 20. Gone
Jonathan Kellerman
Manufacturer: Ballantine
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: B000JQ0VM2

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five mmpb books. 5 Titles By Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware Series (16-20) : 16. The Murder Book 17. A Cold Heart 18. Therapy 19. Rage 20. Gone

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Flawed History
well-written but full of implausible theory
A Novel Solution
Truthfully incisive
Truthfully incisive

Lizzie the Story of Lizzie Borden
Frank Spiering
Manufacturer: Dorset Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The Lizzie Borden Sourcebook
Did Lizzie Borden Axe For It?

ASIN: 0880296852

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Flawed History.......2006-08-29

Lizzie, by Frank Spiering

Frank Spiering recreates this story of a famous unsolved murder from trial testimony, court records, interviews, and contemporary records (newspapers). Spiering has a new solution, a person never before suspected. But also one investigated by the police and cleared as a suspect. This book is worth reading because of all the background material that is not found in other books on this case. Its solution can be contrasted to those from other writers. Most tried to blame one of those present at the scene. Reading true crime stories will tell you that an intruder did the crime when the inhabitants of a house are not guilty.

'Part I' starts out with descriptions that sound like from an eyewitness, not recreated from the Trial Transcript and the author's visit to the settings (p.235). Spiering paints a detailed and colorful picture of Lizzie's life. But not all is true: "sugary clusters" (p.6). There are profuse details about that week in August 1892, but no evidence of any chemical poisoning (p.14). Spiering spins a great story. His writings make the events come alive to the reader. The false story in the Boston 'Globe' resulted in a wave of sympathy for Lizzie (p.101). The murder of Bertha Manchester, whose wounds were just like Abby's, said the axe killer was on the loose (p.107). 'Part II' tells about the trial. The cross-examination of Thomas Kieran revealed that a person laying where Abby body was could not be seen from the stairs unless a person knew where to look. A person standing in the hall could not see it either (p.119). Marshall Fleet conceded that a thorough search was done and no blood stained garments were found (p.135). Officer Mullaly testified to finding the broken handle (p.136)! This contradicted Fleet's testimony. Captain Desmond and Detective Seaver testified as to the thorough search (p.139). At the end Judge Dewey summed up the case against the Prosecution (pp.173-174). The jury quickly decided 'not guilty'.

'Part III' tells of their lives over the next 34 years. Lizzie became shunned by most of Fall River. She often visited the big cities for theatres and shopping. Emma became more of a recluse, moving to a small town in New Hampshire. The big fault in this book is to blame Lizzie and Emma for the murders. Emma's presence in Fairhaven was checked out, she had an alibi. Bridget was outside when Abby was murdered, she was not a suspect in Andrew's death. Lizzie was outside when Andrew was murdered; she said she was in the cellar toilet around the time of Abby's death. Neither had blood spatter on their dresses, a murder weapon was never found. "There was someone else in the house who performed the murders and took the weapon with them when they left" (p.143).

well-written but full of implausible theory.......2005-08-05

This is a well-written account of the Borden case that nevertheless plays fast and loose with the facts. Written almost in a novelistic style. Indeed, there are times when one forgets he is reading what is supposed to be non-fiction. The author theorizes that Emma killed the elder Bordens.

David Rehak
author of "Did Lizzie Borden Axe For It?"

A Novel Solution.......2001-01-09

The author investigated the unsolved mystery of the Borden Murders by reading the trial transcripts, newspapers, interviews, and the statements of witnesses. He invented a surprise solution: Emma did it! I can't believe his conclusion.

His book is worth reading because of all the background information he provides about the case, including some pictures not seen in earlier books. It provides more information on Emma and the aftermath of the trial than in previous books. It tells of the vicious campaign by the Fall River GLOBE against Lizzie, altho the Providence JOURNAL's editorial after the trial was more damning: "if she knows who did it, why doesn't she speak out?". Spieing (p.197) repeats the story of the 1897 confession altho E. Radin's book exposed it as a forgery in 1961, which he admits in his Notes (p.237).

The best books are still Arnold R. Brown's masterpiece (which solved the crime), and David Kent's book of background material. Edmund Pearson's book is not generally available, nor is Edward Radin's (a crime reporter for a major NYC newspaper).

Truthfully incisive.......2000-02-10

Residing in Fall River, Massachusetts, makes you curious as to whether the house is haunted. If that is true, what kind of recount would the walls tell? No one knows for sure what happened that hot morning of August 4, 1892 in the home of Andrew and Abbie Borden, with the exception of those who were there, but no is alive from that time in history, to tell us. The city of Fall River was divided in half, supporting Lizzie's innocence and those who firmly believed in her guilt. We, are only left to speculate and to judge Lizzie for ourselves. A true American "Unsolved Mystery".

Truthfully incisive.......2000-02-10

An overdose of death: (original title, The Patriotic murders)

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Poirot at the top of his game.

An overdose of death: (original title, The Patriotic murders)
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Dell Pub. Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007HS99K

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Poirot at the top of his game........2002-05-12

Death comes within kissing distance of Hercule Poirot when his dentist is mysteriously killed shortly after Poirot visits him. The murder seems difficult to solve initially because Morley was such a harmless man-- who would murder a dentist, after all? It becomes even more difficult later when it becomes apparent that there were a plethora of possible suspects, and a web of motive that reaches deep into the changing society.

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Hard to put down until the last page is turned!
Good mystery.

Last Dance - An Avalon Mystery
Joyce Lavene , Jim Lavene , and Jim
Manufacturer: Avalon books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Until Our Last Embrace (Avalon Mystery)

ASIN: 0803493894

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Hard to put down until the last page is turned!.......2000-07-05

Prom night is a special night in every teenager's life; it is a night that should be remembered for the rest of your life. In a way it signifies you are on the way to becoming an adult and growing up. But unfortunately, tragedies occasionally are drawn to nights like these and when that happens it changes everyone's life and not always for the better. Sharyn Howard is following the family tradition, Law Enforcement. Her grandfather was the Sheriff of Diamond Springs, North Carolina and her father had replaced him. Now she has replaced her father becoming the first woman ever elected here for sheriff, unfortunately she had replaced her father because he was shot and killed. Now this small town has once again been shaken to the very foundations. Another young girl has been killed on prom night. The last time was exactly ten years ago at Sharyn's own prom, Leila Bentley was killed in almost the exact same manner. Sharyn isn't sure what is going on, but she has a gut feeling that this was the work of the same person. But to act on that would mean that her father somehow arrested and the town convicted the wrong man and the killer had been here all this time. Now Sharyn must decide if she is going to go against not just her mother and closest friends, but the entire town and reopen the old case to try and solve this one. Authors Joyce and Jim Lavene have created a book that is well worth the money to get it. Last Dance flows smoothly, fast paced with just the right touch. Although there is one section that could have been spread out more, with a smaller leap to the conclusion, it is still a book that is hard to put down and you won't want to put down until the last page is turned.

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Good mystery........2000-06-20

This one is a great mystery. However, there were parts, in my opinion, that were not detailed enough.

It will grab the reader's attention quickly and hold onto it through out the book and is well written.

Yes, this one is worth you money!

Five Star First Edition Westerns - A Title To Murder: The Carhenge Mystery (Five Star First Edition Westerns)

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Five Star First Edition Westerns - A Title To Murder: The Carhenge Mystery (Five Star First Edition Westerns)
James C. Work
Manufacturer: Five Star
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Binding: Board book

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ASIN: 1594140294

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It is déjá-vu for David McIntyre. Not only is he back to teach another summer seminar at Western Nebraska Community College in Alliance, but he is flooded by memories of the seminar he had taught the previous summer when Cass Deering had enrolled in the class. Cass had been an enthusiastic student who had dropped out in the middle of the class without any explanation. McIntyre learns that not only did Cass drop out of his class, she also disappeared. The man with whom she was living was found stabbed to death and Cass became the prime suspect. The path Cass followed seems to have involved a strange monument known as Carhenge, a stone circle like Stonehenge in the British Isles after which it was fashioned down to minute detail. Strangely, it may have been to Carhenge that Cass Deering wandered after she disappeared.

James C. Work was born in Colorado where his family has lived for four generations. Western American literature first heard of Work in 1984 when he took on the job of restoring Jack Schaefer's novel Shane for the University of Nebraska Press. Since then he has published Prose and Poetry of the American West, and 100 or so essays.

Assassins Have Starry Eyes (former Title Assignment Murder)

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Assassins Have Starry Eyes (former Title Assignment Murder)
Donald Hamilton
Manufacturer: A Fawcett Gold Medal Book/ Fawcett Publications Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GWGCY0

Murder in the Title (Charles Paris Mysteries)

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disappointed
Very enjoyable book

Murder in the Title (Charles Paris Mysteries)
Simon Brett
Manufacturer: iUniverse
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595003532

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Simon Brett again takes us behind the scenes in a back-stage drama of crime and detection. This time it’s the world of provincial rep, with an historic theatre threatened with closure by unscrupulous property developers. And the theatre management seems to be digging its own grave: a deplorable choice of current productions; a painfully incompetent director; bizarre accidents happening on stage. Charles, as Mr. Brett’s readers know, is an amateur detective and a professional actor. As an actor his career is still on the way down, with not much further to go. But as a detective he goes from strength to strength. He soon establishes that someone is deliberately sabotaging the company. All this culminates in a spectacular suicide. Or is it murder, as Charles Paris suspects?

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disappointed.......2006-06-01

I have read all the Fethering series and enjoyed them immensely. Thought I would try this series and really sorry I did. Very boring!!!!

Very enjoyable book.......1998-04-09

Murder in the Title is an excellent example of the humorous murder mystery genre. This book, like all of Simon Brett's Charles Paris novels, is centered around the English theatre scene, complete with egotistical actors, inefficient theatre staff and back-biting galore. This particular book has some extremely hillarious dialogues that will make you laugh out loud. If you enjoy a mix of murder and humor, like Charlotte MacLeod, Lillian Jackson Braun, and Elizabeth Peters, with a bit of theatre and British dialogue thrown in, you will love this book. I highly recommend it.

The Scrambled Yeggs (Pattern for Murder)

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The Scrambled Yeggs (Pattern for Murder)
Richard Prather
Manufacturer: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000FAB4Y6

5 Titles in Inspector Adam Dalgiesh Series : A Mind to Murder - Shroud for a Nightingale - Death of an Expert Witness - Devices and Desires - Death in Holy Orders

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5 Titles in Inspector Adam Dalgiesh Series : A Mind to Murder - Shroud for a Nightingale - Death of an Expert Witness - Devices and Desires - Death in Holy Orders
P.D. James
Manufacturer: various
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: B000LSRLSK

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5 massmarket paperback Titles in Inspector Adam Dalgiesh Series : A Mind to Murder - Shroud for a Nightingale - Death of an Expert Witness - Devices and Desires - Death in Holy Orders

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