Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark, a brilliant book, fantastic storyline and very well written.
Margaret and Steve Frawley celebrate the third birthday of their twin girls, Kelly and Kathy, with an afternoon party in their new home. That evening, Steve and Margaret attend a black-tie dinner in New York. On returning home, the police are in the house, the babysitter has been found unconscious, the children are gone and a note demanding an eight million dollar ransom has been left in their room. Steve firm agrees to pay the ransom. The kidnapper, who identifies himself as the "Pied Piper", makes his terms known - on delivery of the ransom, a call will come revealing the girls' whereabouts. The call comes, but only Kelly is in the car parked behind a deserted restaurant. The driver is dead from a gunshot wound and has left a suicide note, saying he had inadvertently killed Kathy and had dumped her body in the ocean. At the private memorial Mass for Kathy, Kelly tugs Margaret's arm and says: "Mommy, Kathy is very scared of that lady. She wants to come home right now." More unexplainable occurrences follow, indicating that Kelly is in touch with Kathy. At first, no one except the mother believes that the twins are communicating and that Kelly is still alive. As Kelly's warnings become increasingly specific and alarming, however, the FBI agents set out on a search for Kathy. As they close in on the Pied Piper and his accomplices, Kathy's life hangs on a thread.
August 2010
Saturday, 1 January 2011
Problem at Pollensa Bay and other stories by Agatha Christie -
Problem at Pollensa Bay and other stories by Agatha Christie 1991 - a series of 8 short stories.
This collection of short stories from the undisputed Queen of Crime, bound in the contemporary Agatha Christie Collection livery, perfectly illustrates the incredible breadth of the author's talent; from sinister murder mysteries to light-hearted romances. All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or her, own preferred method of deduction. Take the charming Parker Pyne, who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite, who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then, of course, there's Poirot, whose measured analysis of motive and opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris, when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life and death.
August 2010
This collection of short stories from the undisputed Queen of Crime, bound in the contemporary Agatha Christie Collection livery, perfectly illustrates the incredible breadth of the author's talent; from sinister murder mysteries to light-hearted romances. All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or her, own preferred method of deduction. Take the charming Parker Pyne, who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at Pollensa Bay. Or Mr Satterthwaite, who seeks inspiration through his collaboration with the enigmatic Mr Quin in The Harlequin Tea Set mystery. Then, of course, there's Poirot, whose measured analysis of motive and opportunity is tested to the full in Yellow Iris, when he receives an anonymous call about a matter of life and death.
August 2010
The man in the brown suit by Agatha Christie
The man in the brown suit by Agatha Christie 1924 - Anne Beddingfeld - the last unread book that i own
Anne Beddingfeld sets sail on a luxury cruise in search of adventure little realizing that she'll soon have more than her share. When two strangers break in and pillage her cabin, and then try to strangle her, Anne knows she must determine what they want--before they strike again.
Anne Beddingfeld sets sail on a luxury cruise in search of adventure little realizing that she'll soon have more than her share. When two strangers break in and pillage her cabin, and then try to strangle her, Anne knows she must determine what they want--before they strike again.
Come, tell me how you live by Agatha Christie Mallowan
Come, tell me how you live by Agatha Christie Mallowan, an archaeological memoir, first published in 1946. Agatha Christies autobiography of her life in Syria, giving an insight into the writing of Murder in Mesopotamia and Appointment with Death. I found this book slow and boring, so didn't finish it.
Agatha Christie's memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan Agatha Christie was already well known as a crime writer when she accompanied her husband, Max Mallowan, to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s. She took enormous interest in all his excavations, and when friends asked what her strange life was like, she decided to answer their questions in this delightful book. First published in 1946
July 2010
Agatha Christie's memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan Agatha Christie was already well known as a crime writer when she accompanied her husband, Max Mallowan, to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s. She took enormous interest in all his excavations, and when friends asked what her strange life was like, she decided to answer their questions in this delightful book. First published in 1946
July 2010
The Water Clock by Jim Kelly (2001)
The Water Clock by Jim Kelly (2001), written by local author and set in the Cambridgeshire Fens, references to Kings Lynn and Hunstanton.
"A great story--at last," remarks newspaper journalist Philip Dryden, as he considers the mutilated body of a man found in the trunk of a car pulled from the frozen River Lark in England's watery Cambridgeshire Fens district. After spending most of his career reporting on national politics and other contemptible doings in hectic London, Dryden--the protagonist in Jim Kelly's debut novel, The Water Clock--deserves a break from his more mundane rural assignments, writing about flower shows and golden wedding anniversaries. However, he doesn't know just how consuming this "great story" will be--or that it will soon connect to the finding of a second, older corpse, this one wrapped around an ancient cathedral gargoyle, and lead back to an unsolved, 1966 filling-station robbery, during which a woman was shot and blinded.
July 2010
"A great story--at last," remarks newspaper journalist Philip Dryden, as he considers the mutilated body of a man found in the trunk of a car pulled from the frozen River Lark in England's watery Cambridgeshire Fens district. After spending most of his career reporting on national politics and other contemptible doings in hectic London, Dryden--the protagonist in Jim Kelly's debut novel, The Water Clock--deserves a break from his more mundane rural assignments, writing about flower shows and golden wedding anniversaries. However, he doesn't know just how consuming this "great story" will be--or that it will soon connect to the finding of a second, older corpse, this one wrapped around an ancient cathedral gargoyle, and lead back to an unsolved, 1966 filling-station robbery, during which a woman was shot and blinded.
July 2010
Jim Kelly
On the 17th June I swapped my day off to attend an afternoon at the library with Jim Kelly a fiction crime writer, it was very interesting.
http://www.jim-kelly.co.uk/
He writes crime mysteries. His first series is set in Ely, in the Fens, and features journalist Philip Dryden and his side-kick Humph. The books won a Dagger In The Library. His new detective series is set in North Norfolk, featuring Kings Lynn as the main town with policeman DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine.
DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine
1. Death Wore White (2009)
2. Death Watch (2010)
http://www.jim-kelly.co.uk/
He writes crime mysteries. His first series is set in Ely, in the Fens, and features journalist Philip Dryden and his side-kick Humph. The books won a Dagger In The Library. His new detective series is set in North Norfolk, featuring Kings Lynn as the main town with policeman DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine.
Philip Dryden
1. The Water Clock (2002)
2. The Fire Baby (2004)
3. The Moon Tunnel (2005)
4. The Coldest Blood (2006)
5. The Skeleton Man (2007)
1. The Water Clock (2002)
2. The Fire Baby (2004)
3. The Moon Tunnel (2005)
4. The Coldest Blood (2006)
5. The Skeleton Man (2007)
1. Death Wore White (2009)
2. Death Watch (2010)
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