The Curious Crime Chronicles Of

The Curious Crime Chronicles Of

Author: P. R. Goodman

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781469175423

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With a nostalgic flavor of Sam Spade and vintage noir a four-footed force for justice treads the sidewalks of glittering, glamorous Charm City. Introducing Matty Jones, loyal and devoted pet by day, street-savvy detective by night a ten pound Bichonese with a heart of gold, and a steely determination to get the job done. Mystery and fun abound as Matty always gets his "man" the four footed kind that is! A quiet evening at home finds Matty dozing on a favorite pillow. Then a visit from his trusted side-kick Scooter informs him that trouble is on the way; Gang-dogs disembarking at Pier Three with their sights set on Charm City! To make matters worse, Matty's best Friend Sadie-Cat will fi nd herself in the thick of it. Matty must somehow enlist human aid to stop the gang-dog takeover, as well as rescue Sadie while there's still time. It's another exciting case for Matty Jones - Charm City's most popular Detective at large! Grateful thanks to Rachel Malikow for editing


The Curious Crime Chronicles of :Matty Jones,Detective at Large

The Curious Crime Chronicles of :Matty Jones,Detective at Large

Author: P. R. Goodman

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-03-02

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1469175436

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With a nostalgic flavor of Sam Spade and vintage noir a four-footed force for justice treads the sidewalks of glittering, glamorous Charm City. Introducing Matty Jones, loyal and devoted pet by day, street-savvy detective by night a ten pound Bichonese with a heart of gold, and a steely determination to get the job done. Mystery and fun abound as Matty always gets his manthe four footed kind that is! A quiet evening at home finds Matty dozing on a favorite pillow. Then a visit from his trusted side-kick Scooter informs him that trouble is on the way; Gang-dogs disembarking at Pier Three with their sights set on Charm City! To make matters worse, Mattys best Friend Sadie-Cat will fi nd herself in the thick of it. Matty must somehow enlist human aid to stop the gang-dog takeover, as well as rescue Sadie while theres still time. Its another exciting case for Matty Jones - Charm Citys most popular Detective at large! Grateful thanks to Rachel Malikow for editing


The Curious Detective

The Curious Detective

Author: Alex Patrick

Publisher:

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781953458360

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"Follow the wonderful adventure of our curious detective and find wacky animals, fun surprises, and more than 200 mistakes!"--Back cover.


Down the Hatch

Down the Hatch

Author: M. C. Beaton

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1250816149

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Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin—now the star of a hit T.V. show—is back on the case again in Down the Hatch. Private detective Agatha Raisin, having recently taken up power-walking, is striding along a path in Mircester Park during her lunch break when she hears a cry for help. Rushing over, she finds an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Swinburn, in the middle of the green—with the body of an old man lying at their feet. The man, who the coroner determines died by poisoning, was known as "the Admiral," a gardener notorious for his heavy drinking, and Chief Inspector Wilkes writes the death off as an accident caused by the consumption of weedkiller stored in a rum bottle. Agatha is not convinced that anyone would mistake weedkiller for rum but carries on with her work at Raisin Investigations, until she receives an anonymous tip that the Admiral’s death was no accident. Local gossip points to the Swinburns themselves as the killers, spurred by a feud at the club where they, as well as the Admiral, were members. Distraught at this accusation, they turn to Agatha to clear their name, and she takes the case—despite the warnings of Chief Inspector Wilkes. Agatha encounters one suspicious character after another, becoming further enmeshed in the Admiral’s own dark and shady past. And when she's run off the road, narrowly escaping with her life, and then another attack occurs, it becomes clear that someone doesn’t want the case closed—and will stop at nothing to prevent Agatha from solving it.


The Raymond Chandler Papers

The Raymond Chandler Papers

Author: Raymond Chandler

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2012-02-27

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0802194338

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Selected letters and nonfiction of one of America’s most beloved writers “reveals the occasionally softer side of the man behind the hard-boiled mysteries” (Library Journal). The Raymond Chandler Papers brings together the correspondence and other previously uncollected writing of America’s undisputed master of crime fiction and creator of the iconic private eye Philip Marlowe, revealing all aspects of the great artist’s powerful personality and broad intellectual curiosity. Featuring a selection of Chandler’s previously unpublished early writings—including a gripping piece about his combat experiences in World War I—and an abandoned profile of the infamous mobster “Lucky” Luciano, The Raymond Chandler Papers is a must-have for all true fans and an important contribution toward understanding the life and work of the enigmatic man Evelyn Waugh called “the greatest living American novelist.” “Since this is Chandler’s writing, quotable, funny, even hilarious comments appear on every page.” —Publishers Weekly


Bad Girls and Transgressive Women in Popular Television, Fiction, and Film

Bad Girls and Transgressive Women in Popular Television, Fiction, and Film

Author: Julie Chappell

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-07-03

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 3319472593

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This collection of essays focuses on the representations of a variety of “bad girls”—women who challenge, refuse, or transgress the patriarchal limits intended to circumscribe them—in television, popular fiction, and mainstream film from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Perhaps not surprisingly, the initial introduction of women into Western cultural narrative coincides with the introduction of transgressive women. From the beginning, for good or ill, women have been depicted as insubordinate. Today’s popular manifestations include such widely known figures as Lisbeth Salander (the “girl with the dragon tattoo”), The Walking Dead’s Michonne, and the queen bees of teen television series. While the existence and prominence of transgressive women has continued uninterrupted, however, attitudes towards them have varied considerably. It is those attitudes that are explored in this collection. At the same time, these essays place feminist/postfeminist analysis in a larger context, entering into ongoing debates about power, equality, sexuality, and gender.


Twentieth-century Crime Fiction

Twentieth-century Crime Fiction

Author: Lee Horsley

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 9780199253265

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Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction aims to enhance understanding of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction by examining a wide variety of the detective and crime fiction produced in Britain and America during the twentieth century. It will be of interest to anyone who enjoys reading crime fiction but is specifically designed with the needs of students in mind. It introduces different theoretical approaches to crime fiction (e.g., formalist, historicist, psychoanalytic, postcolonial, feminist) and will be a useful supplement to a range of crime fiction courses, whether they focus on historical contexts, ideological shifts, the emergence of sub-genres, or the application of critical theories. Forty-seven widely available stories and novels are chosen for detailed discussion. In seeking to illuminate the relationship between different phases of generic development Lee Horsley employs an overlapping historical framework, with sections doubling back chronologically in order to explore the extent to which successive transformations have their roots within the earlier phases of crime writing, as well as responding in complex ways to the preoccupations and anxieties of their own eras. The first part of the study considers the nature and evolution of the main sub-genres of crime fiction: the classic and hard-boiled strands of detective fiction, the non-investigative crime novel (centered on transgressors or victims), and the "mixed" form of the police procedural. The second half of the study examines the ways in which writers have used crime fiction as a vehicle for socio-political critique. These chapters consider the evolution of committed, oppositional strategies, tracing the development of politicized detective and crime fiction, from Depression-era protests against economic injustice to more recent decades which have seen writers launching protests against ecological crimes, rampant consumerism, Reaganomics, racism, and sexism.


Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin Mysteries

Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin Mysteries

Author: R. Kopley

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-11-10

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0230616445

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Employing the methods of Poe's own detective, Edgar Allan Poe and the Dupin Mysteries offers new and surprising discoveries about Poe's stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt," and "The Purloined Letter." Kopley sheds light on the beginnings of the modern detective tale and anchors Poe to his rightful place within the genre. Offering archival study and biographical analysis, as well as a reprint of the three stories, this book is an insightful and useful guide for students and experts alike.


Basque Literary History

Basque Literary History

Author: Mari Jose Olaziregi

Publisher: Center for Basque Studies Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935709190

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This book presents the history of Basque literature from its oral origins to present-day fiction, poetry, essay, and children's literature


Out the Window

Out the Window

Author: Liza Balkan

Publisher: Scirocco Drama

Published: 2022-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781927922927

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In August 2000, Liza Balkan witnessed the beating death of a man named Otto Vass during an altercation with the police in the west end of Toronto. Called to the witness stand on a number of occasions over several years, Balkan kept careful track of the aftermath, then turned verbatim court transcripts, audio, video and text derived from multiple interviews with lawyers from both sides of the bench, officers, family members of the deceased, activists and artists, into Out the Window. This is a documentary theatre project that interrogates the subjects of policing and police violence, use of force, mental illness, racism, justice, memory, witnessing and theatre. It was created to be a malleable, inclusive theatrical investigation, one that has evolved over many years, responding to the times and to the layers of the harsh realities around police violence and calls for change. Its storytelling vibrates in the past and in the present. Out The Window is both a highly theatrical play and a public forum; a conversation that aims to continue forward. This book chronicles its process through various iterations and includes the script from The Theatre Centre/ Luminato Festival co-production in Toronto in 2018, directed by Sarah Garton Stanley.