Murder by Candlelight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Murder by Candlelight write by Michael Knox Beran. This book was released on 2015-08-15. Murder by Candlelight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the early nineteenth century, a series of murders took place in and around London which shocked the whole of England. The appalling nature of the crimes—a brutal slaying in the gambling netherworld, the slaughter of two entire households, and the first of the modern lust-murders—was magnified not only by the lurid atmosphere of an age in which candlelight gave way to gaslight, but also by the efforts of some of the keenest minds of the period to uncover the gruesomest details of the killings.These slayings took place against the backdrop of a London in which the splendor of the fashionable world was haunted by the squalor of the slums. Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Carlyle, and Percy Bysshe Shelley and others were fascinated by the blood and deviltry of the macabre. In their contemplations of the most notorious murders of their time, they discerned in the act of killing itself a depth of hideousness that we have lost sight of, now living in an age in which murder has been reduced to a problem of social science and skillful detective work. Interweaving these cultural vignettes alongside criminal history, acclaimed author Michael Beran paints a vivid picture of a time when homicide was thought of as the intrusion of the diabolic into ordinary life.
The Book of Candlelight
The Book of Candlelight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Candlelight write by Ellery Adams. This book was released on 2020-01-28. The Book of Candlelight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the new Secret, Book, and Scone Society novel from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams, the rain in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, has been relentless—and a flood of trouble is about to be unleashed . . . Nora Pennington figures all the wet weather this spring is at least good for business. The local inns are packed with stranded travelers, and among them Nora finds new customers for her store, Miracle Books. Since a little rain never hurt anyone, Nora rides her bike over to the flea market one sodden day and buys a bowl from Danny, a Cherokee potter. But the next day, after Miracle River overflows its banks, and Danny’s body is found floating within the churning waters, Nora decides it’s time for the Secret, Book, and Scone Society to spring into action. A crucial clue may lie within the stone walls of the Inn of Mist and Roses: a diary, over a century old and spattered with candle wax, that leads Nora and her friends through a maze of intrigue—and onto the trail of a murderer . . . “A love letter to reading, with sharp characterizations and a smart central mystery.” —Entertainment Weekly on The Whispered Word
Murder by Candlelight
Murder by Candlelight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Murder by Candlelight write by Faith Martin. This book was released on 2024-01-04. Murder by Candlelight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One suspicious death. Two amateur sleuths. And an utterly impossible crime... ‘The perfect village mystery. A golden-age world with an energy that is totally contemporary’ J.M. Hall, author of A Spoonful of Murder ‘All the ingredients of a classic mystery... enormous fun’ Orlando Murrin, author of Knife Skills for Beginners
Murder by Candlelight
Murder by Candlelight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Murder by Candlelight write by Kathryn Gualtieri. This book was released on 2019. Murder by Candlelight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It's May, 1935, and the country remains in the throes of the Great Depression. In the seaside enclave of Carmel-By-The-Sea, the villagers are embroiled in another type of struggle. Many residents wish to censor and prevent an allegedly obscene novel from being circulated in the public library. Along with the town's bohemian writers and artists, Nora Finnegan, a free-lance reporter for The Carmel Pine Cone, finds herself on the side of free expression. Matters take an ominous turn when an outspoken activist is found brutally murdered. Even more suspicious, the Theatre of the Golden Bough, the site where several controversial plays have been staged, is set ablaze. Arson is suspected. Nora wonders if the fire might have been set by a vindictive person intent on silencing the theater's owner, and even the town.
Death by Candlelight
Death by Candlelight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Death by Candlelight write by Marie Jacks. This book was released on 1995. Death by Candlelight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Join Mr. Boddy and his six friends while they try to solve ten different mimi-mysteries.
