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43) Dead man inside
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A wealthy dilettante is on the trail of a killer with a penchant for theatrics in this cozy mystery by the author of Murder on "B" Deck. A strange sight greets Chicago haberdashery clerk Rufus Ker as he prepares to begin his workday by unlocking the door to Bluefield, Inc. A sign is attached to the glass. It reads: Dead man inside! I am dead. This store will not open to-day. Once inside, Rufus is relieved to discover the shop is still in one piece...
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
430 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes, the police aren't the best suited to solve a crime. Depending on the case, you may find that a retired magician, a schoolteacher, a Broadway producer, or a nun have the necessary skills to suss out a killer. Or, in other cases, a blind veteran, or a publisher, or a hard-drinking attorney, or a mostly-sober attorney... or, indeed, any sort of detective you could think of might be able to best the professionals when it comes to comprehending...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A great ocean liner two days out from New York--a beautiful countess found strangled in her cabin--a second murder committed to conceal the first--a shipful of passengers terrorized by the murderer in their midst--the clue of the two dolls and the movie film--here's a leviathan of mysteries!"--Original edition title page.
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 236 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meet Captain Duncan Maclain. Blinded in the first World War, Maclain made up for his lack of vision by sharpening his other senses and mastering the subtleties often missed by those who see only with their eyes. Aided by his dogs Schnucke and Driest, he made a name for himself as New York City's most sought-after private detective. Now it's 1940, there's a second World War breaking out, and Maclain is pulled into a case unlike any he's investigated...
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vii, 296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Manhattan playboy stockbroker Alvin Benson is found dead in a locked room in his brownstone mansion, and the police are at a loss. Fortunately, brainy sleuth Philo Vance is on the case and ready to determine whodunit.
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vi, 227 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bertha Cool is the gruff, tough-talking, corpulent head of her private detective agency, opened after the death of her husband; Donald Lam is her meek, slight, and nervy new hire, who makes up for a lack of boldness with brilliant deductive work. The duo couldn't be any more dissimilar but, with their skills combined, they are an unstoppable force when it comes to solving crimes, as evidenced by their over two dozen successes in the long-running series...
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
vii, 285 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sleuthing attorney Perry Mason can't resist a good mystery, so when he sees an older woman being accused of shoplifting during a department store outing with his assistant, Della Street, he doesn't hesitate to intervene. Armed with an assumption of innocence and the legal acumen to silence her accuser, Mason leaps to the woman's defense--until her niece appears, acknowledging her aunt's guilt, and pays for the stolen items. Soon thereafter, Aunt...
50) Cat's paw
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When a wealthy bachelor is murdered in his baroque Boston mansion, a bizarre clue holds the key to whodunnit. --Amazon.com
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
492 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen impossible crimes from the American masters of the form. For devotees of the Golden Age mystery, the impossible crime story represents the period's purest form: it presents the reader with a baffling scenario (a corpse discovered in a windowless room locked from the inside, perhaps), lays out a set of increasingly confounding clues, and swiftly delivers an ingenious and satisfying solution. During the years between the two world wars, the...
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
204 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A successful writer and a B-movie director seem like the perfect match in the Hollywood hills, and with him working to produce her novel for an upcoming film, the pair's recent marriage isn't the only way that they're connected. But when the husband is found murdered on the wife's birthday, using a method of poisoning that was described in one of her books, Victoria suddenly becomes the main suspect as her new happy life comes crashing down around...
53) Obelists at sea
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The smoking room on a transatlantic cruise ship is bound to be a hotbed of activity -- but it's less common for it to be the site of a murder. Yet, when the lights flicker aboard the luxury Meganaut, making its way from New York to Paris, this is precisely what happens; in the darkness, a gunshot rings out, and when the light is restored, a man is found dead. The situation becomes all the more curious when it's discovered that the deceased had apparently...
Author
Publisher
Penzler Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
vii, 262 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Among all of Carr's ingenious crime scenes, the present case is one of his best known: a dead man is found strangled in the middle of a clay tennis court, just after a storm. In the damp dirt, there is one set of footsteps-his own-leading back to the grass; the court is otherwise untouched. There are no trees above from which the body may have fallen and no other visible means by which it may have been transported to its final resting place. Before...
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