Resultaten voor 'vern'

1. Stephen King

Desperation

Tenzij je naar Las Vegas gaat voor blackjack of voor een stripshow, is Nevada voornamelijk een uitgestrekte woestijnvlakte waar je doorheen moet op weg naar ergens anders. En met iemand anders, als je geluk hebt… Omdat Nevada, vooral Centraal-Nevada, een enge plek kan zijn. ‘Er wonen veel excentrieke mensen,’ zegt Mary Jacksons vriendin Marielle, maar Marielle heeft er geen idee van hoe excentriek. Want er is iets verschrikkelijk mis in het kleine mijnstadje Desperation en er zijn mensen op Highway 50 die hun bestemming nooit zullen bereiken; mensen die als de zon ondergaat en de wind opsteekt de ware betekenis van de naam Desperation zullen leren kennen.

1. Verne Chute

Sweet and Deadly

1. James Ronald

She Got What She Asked For

JAMES JACK RONALD (1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow, Ronald moved to Chicago aged seventeen to ‘earn his fortune’, later returning to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Michael Crombie, Kirk Wales, Peter Gale, Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others. Several books were adapted into films, including Murder in the Family (1938), The Witness Vanishes (1939), and The Suspect (1944).

1. James Ronald

Counsel for the Defence

Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Ten contains two novellas and a short story. Counsel for the Defence  A London pawnbroker is murdered and the police find a diamond necklace hidden under the floorboards.  Morphine addict Arnold Hemingway is implicated, but claims he was meeting an old flame Lucy Hemmerde at the time of the killing.  But Lucy has vanished into thin air, and the defence counsel must turn detective to find the real killer.   The Awakening of Theodore Wrenn Thirty-six-year-old Theodore Wrenn leads a quiet existence working for elderly solicitors Gentry, Green and Gentry; but his life changes suddenly when his wealthy flamboyant cousin needs to recover some compromising letters. The ensuing hunt leads the diligent Wrenn on a series of adventures that bring love and danger.   The Baby and the Gorilla   After catching a local thug nicknamed ‘the Gorilla’, Seargent Kelly is in a reminiscent mood.

1. H Vernor Dixon

Too Rich to Die

1. James Ronald

The Sealed Room Murder

‘Eric is dead……and I am certain his death was murder.’   Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Eleven contains a novel and a novella. The Sealed Room Murder Eric Winter is murdered by his Uncle Godfrey, who has made it look like natural causes.  The victim’s sister Patricia suspects foul play and writes a letter to her brother’s friend Alan.  Godfrey learns of his niece’s prying and tries to kill her, but Alan and reporter Larry Milner arrive in the nick of time.  Milner is then determined to prove that Eric Winters death is murder and get the scoop of a lifetime.  He turns amateur sleuth, but his efforts only lead to Godfrey increasing the stakes.  Larry’s detective work may prove deadly for all involved.    The Secret of Hunters Keep  This is a tongue-in-cheek adventure offering romance, murder and secret passages, following Scotland Yard detective Peter Wootton as he unravels a series of baffling events at Hunters Keep.