The Denzlow Curse Had Ambrose Denzlow come back to haunt his mansion on fog-shrouded San Francisco Bay? The young school teacher, Sara Denzlow swore she had seen her ancestor thrashing in the woods - a century after the crusty ole sea trader had been struck on the head and killed by a curious green statue. Maybe Sara was imagining things and maybe she wasn't. Either way, ace TV newswoman Terry Spring, sent to check out the story, had more than a murdered ghost to contend with. Because the little green lama ???? struck down a living member of the Denzlow clan, and Terry, turning occult detective once more, was off on a dangerous search for clues in her most challenging case yet!

Henri Murger began writing poems depicting Bohemian life in Paris, and became part of the that world. He lived in poverty and with poor health. His classic novel of Bohemian life is based on a series of magazine sketches from 1845-1849, later made into a successful play (1849). In 1851 he reworked the stories into this novel, a collection of loosely united chapters beginning with the first meeting of the four main characters (Gustave Colline, the great philosopher; Marcel, the great painter; Schaunard, the great musician; and Rodolphe, the great poet, who Murger modeled after himself) and ending with their departure from Bohemia in favor of bourgeois life.

Murder by Degrees concerns the murder of an unpopular English professor at a small southern college. Each of the other professors is a potential suspect. Zebra's mysteries have an unusual feature in that there are clues not only in the text, but also in the cover art and in the drawings inside the book. (There are six drawings inside Murder by Degrees). Pearson deftly handles the small-college setting as she paints a picture of Mississippi's fictional Jernigan State and the surrounding community. To southerners, the elements of the setting will "ring true." (Pearson hits the major institutions of small-town southern life: the college, the churches, the beauty salons, the fading homes, and the watering holes). The characters are, if anything, even better than the setting. As the story progresses, the reader learns about the mysteries in each professor's life. The story focuses on Maggie, a young professor who discovers her boss' corpse at the beginning of the book. Though Pearson tells most of the story from Maggie's perspective, Murder by Degrees also uses the viewpoints of a local police officer and another professor at Jernigan State. Pearson deftly disperses the clues in a way that keeps the story moving toward its conclusion. There are also some great quotes (generally from classic literature) at the beginning of each chapter. This adds something to the book; it always seems a waste when authors label their chapters only with numbers.

Murder on Canvas Gallery director Megan Marshall thought she had pulled off a real coup. The world famous art critic Garrett Winters had come to the quiet little upstate New York art colony to review Megan's new show. But now Winters was dead. And it looked like Megan's boyfriend, artist Evan Townsend, was the killer. Had Evan succumbed to his fear that Winters' bad review would destroy his career? Or were other, hidden forces at work - forces that had hounded Winters down the corridor of time, to strike a long overdue blow for a vengeful justice? In her first case, Megan rushes in where even brave men fear to trad, and soon finds that the passion to create may become twisted into murderous drive to destroy.

The Deadly Turning Point As the Trippett Ballet company rehearsed their new production, "American Gun", a series of events proved that violent title to be prophetic. When the overbearing head of the company, Susan Trippett, is found resting in peace in her bloodied bedroom one night, solo dancer Pauline Lyons tries to prove the innocence of Colleen, the suspected dancer she is coaching. Pauline investigates the luxurious Trippett estate in Atlanta, where the company is shocked and nervous - everyone from the ambitious dancer who would do anything for the lead role, to Susan's young husband, known for his grand dancing. . . after hours. There are many suspects, though, and the first act is choreographed with blackmail and jealousy. Not to mention the threat of more murder.

Book by Ericson, Liz

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000Q794U4 (Zebra Mystery Puzzler #44) Can you solve the crime by finding the clues in the story, on the cover, and in the illustrations - before you cut open the final sealed chapter?

Book by Pearson, A.

Bad News Valerie Lambert was celebrating the birth of her advertising company's new "Who's on First?" campaign to improve the sagging circulation of a San Francisco newspaper. Midway through filming a television commercial for the paper, the shooting stops... and the real action begins! The paper's controversial editor-in-chief is kidnapped, and the ransom note left behind is mysteriously signed with three initials. The editor was famous for attacking many people in print: the owner of a chain of adult movie theatres; the town's angry councilman; even the popular columnist who was just fired. And the rest of the staff aren't complaining - because losing an editor-in-chief mean more promotions for them. What began as an ad campaign based on an old Abbott and Costello routine becomes a dangerous headline story that's no laughing matter!

(The third book in the Marilyn Ambers Mystery series) YOU BE THE DETECTIVE! Can you solve the crime by finding the clues in the story, on the cover, and in the illustrations—before you cut open the final, sealed chapter?

Can you solve the crime by finding the clues in the story, on the cover, and in the illustrations—before you cut open the final, sealed chapter?

You be the detective! Can you solve the crime by finding the clues in the story, on the cover, and in the illustrations-before you cut open the final, sealed chapter?

The Match Game Rumor had it that Eleanor Waltham was depressed and high-strung, so no one was very surprised when she was found hanging by her neck from a rafter in her room. A simple case of suicide, everyone said. But Adrienne Bishop, the recreation director of Greentree, West Virginia's elegant resort for the rich, thinks otherwise. And after solving one earlier match with murder, she's ready to play the detective game once again. Her fiancé Bart, the manager of Greentree, can't imagine why anyone would want to murder Eleanor, especially so soon after the death of her beloved father. But Adrienne finds enough suspects: an ex-tennis champion with the convenient alibi; a friendly tennis pro; a jealous girlfriend; and the grieving mother. Adrienne must volley her thoughts before murder comes to court again!

Book by Dubrevil, L.

Long-running (in quantity, if not in years) series of "guess-the-ending" mysteries featured a couple of distinguishing characteristics: the cover illustrations included clues that helped the reader solve the mystery, and the final solution was bound together so that it could only be read by cutting part of the book open, preventing accidental peeks. The basic formula was revived years later (aimed at a younger audience) in the You-Solve-It Mysteries series.

You always hurt the one you love By day, she's a crime reporter for Fact Detective magazine; by night she performs in a Cleveland piano bar known as the Lion's Den. Day or night, Joan Kelly is always open for a new adventure, and her latest magazine assignment attracts more than her usual interest. What fascinates her about the Halloween eve slaying of Richard and Julie Monica is the evidence at the scene of the crime. A small-time composer, Richard was murdered at his piano, in the middle of writing a song. Joan discovers that there's something very wrong about that interrupted melody. The town's police insist they have their killer, Julie Monica's short-tempered ex-husband, who was known to be brooding about their divorce. Joan thinks that it's another open-and-shut case against a vengeful ex-spouse... until the authorities can't find the murder weapon. Aided by a composer's dying clue, Joan discovers a melody of murder... and the killer's plans for another deadly overture!

Murder on Tour College professor, Clayton Rosmer is a lady killer in the old-fashion sense of the term - his charm attracts most women like a magnet. Attorney Kate Graham, however, is more interested in the scenery of the deluxe bus tour they are on, an exotic journey from Madrid to all the major towns in Spain. Kate even gets a special souvenir delivered to her door: a magnificent Moorish dagger. Several nights before leaving for home, Clayton is discovered with Kate's dagger buried in his chest. Her only excuse is that the dagger must have been stolen. In order to avoid a permanent vacation in a Spanish jail cell, Kate investigates everyone on the tour. The killer of the Lady killer is willing to continue his murderous reign in Spain - unless Kate reveals him mainly on the plain!