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This - Is Murder
This—Is Murder!, first published in 1941, is a classic murder mystery set aboard a film producer’s yacht cruising near California’s Catalina Island; guests include the cast and crew of a new film. Tragedy strikes when the film’s leading lady drowns while swimming, but the death is no accident. Trapped in a thick fog, it falls to passenger Dean Mallory, author of Crime Fictions and the film’s screenwriter, to investigate and identify the killer. It started off as a publicity stunt, a short cruise to Catalina Island on the producer’s yacht for some of the cast and crew of his next film, Blue Lagoon. But when the leading lady, the exotic Zara fails to come up after a dive off the ya...
The Moving Finger
The Moving Finger, first published in 1937, features private detective Ethel Thomas as she searches for a set of private diaries, which, if made public, would scandalize New York’s high society. From the publisher: “Scandal, which threatens to blast New York society wide open, is the background for a particularly interesting series of crimes, and Miss Ethel Thomas, who won the hearts of mystery lovers in The Whispering Window is back again in The Moving Finger. From the moment it is known that young Terry Lassimon has the Van Wyck diaries, his life is in danger. Ethel’s entrance comes when Terry barely escapes death on her doorstep. Her problem is (a) to protect Terry from death, and (...
Sudden Silence
Sudden Silence, first published in 1938 and now available in an e-book format, is a ‘golden-age’ murder mystery centering on the on-stage death of a prominent big band-leader during a performance in San Francisco. Hal Harrison and his orchestra The Harmony Men were one of the hottest new bands in the country. Their two night stand at the Crystal Gardens in San Francisco was going to be the biggest thing to hit that city in years. But when threats turn into reality during the first show when a rival band-leader is killed on stage in front of the entire audience the band seems headed for disaster unless Hal can prove he’s innocent by finding the real killer aided by socialite Joan Paxton. Sudden Silence is a mystery in the tradition of the great 1930’s movies like The Thin Man, full of murder, music, and romance and punctuated with witty banter. Cortland Fitzsimmons (1893-1949) wrote mysteries, often featuring a sports-theme, some of which were made into movies. He also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
The Whispering Window
The Whispering Window, first published in 1936, is the first in the series featuring amateur detective Ethel Thomas. The setting is a large department store plagued by missing products and, more seriously, four murders in a single day’s time. From the dustjacket: Meet Miss Ethel Thomas! – the shrewdest spinster-sleuth that ever walked the pages of a mystery story. You’ve seldom encountered as lively a lady of her years (age 75), and it’s a treat to be taken along with her through the solution of what the newspapers called “The Bargain Day Murders.” Cortland Fitzsimmons (1893-1949) wrote mysteries, often featuring a sports-theme, some of which were made into movies. He also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
The Whispering Window: An Ethel Thomas Detective Story
An Ethel Thomas Detective Story A little shoving and pushing on Sale Days at a major New York department store is not unusual, and murder is definitely something out of the ordinary. But when one of the buyers at Doane's Department Store is found dead at her desk it becomes a matter not just for the police, but for Miss Ethel Thomas, who, at seventy-five, becomes a most unlikely detective as she attempts to unravel not only the murder, but the mysterious losses that have been plaguing the store. Are the two related? And if so, who is the culprit? Charlie Doane, the owner of the store, Herbert Hastings, Doane's brother-in-law and manager of the store, or the dead woman's son? Or was the murder a woman, Beth Oliver or Eva Sutton, both of whom are more than just store clerks? And what does Mrs. Kelly know that has made her a target?
The Moving Finger: An Ethel Thomas Detective Story
An Ethel Thomas Detective Story When a set of diaries containing shocking revelations about some of New York's social elite come into the hands of publisher Terry Lassimon he was at first unsure what to do with them. But when an attempt is made on his life, he turns to an old friend, Ethel Thomas for help and advice. Thomas, though a seventy-five year old spinster, is no stranger to murder, and the pair soon find themselves caught in a web of blackmail, intrigue and murder as they fight to survive the struggle for the control of the diaries.
Cooking for Absolute Beginners
DIVEverything, absolutely everything, explained for full range of recipes. Favorite with beginners for 30 years. /div
Crimson Ice
Crimson Ice, first published in 1935, is a ‘golden-age’ murder mystery by Cortland Fitzsimmons (1893-1949). Set in the world of ice-hockey, a leading player is knifed during a game between bitter rivals the Boston Cougars and the Canadian Blue Devils. It falls to Dick Bowers to solve the mystery and identify the killer. Death strides with the speed of the flash of skates on ice in this mystery of murder in the sports world. From the moment that Gaston Lemaire falls to the ice never to rise again, fate twists a weird trail for Dick Bowers—playing a dangerous game with death, he brings to a surprise climax one of the strangest murder mysteries that ever baffled a detective. Cortland Fitzsimmons wrote mysteries, often featuring a sports-theme, some of which were made into movies. He also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
Tied for Murder
Percy Peacock, psychology, investigates a murder at a Palos Rojas, California high school. From the author of "Death Rings a Bell," the first Percy Peacock mystery.
