wyszukanych pozycji: 71
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Passions: A Detective Novel of 1930
ISBN: 9781544251967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is early 1930. This is the twenty-fifth Cyrus Skeen detective novel. Skeen meets the Kentucky moonshiner, Lemuel Skitter, who has been charged with murdering his daughter, Jewell, who eloped with the son of a rival moonshiner, Ezekiel McBride. Skitter's younger daughter, Charlene, hires Skeen to clear him of the murder charge. Skeen meets Skitter in jail, and gets his story of how he was knocked out and woke to find his eldest daughter dead. Lemuel's fingerprints are the only prints on the murder weapon. Skeen tackles one of the most difficult cases of his career, a case skewed by tribal...
It is early 1930. This is the twenty-fifth Cyrus Skeen detective novel. Skeen meets the Kentucky moonshiner, Lemuel Skitter, who has been charged with...
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cena:
21,75 |
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Double Entendre: A Detective Novel of 1927
ISBN: 9781974664009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
22,80 |
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Manhattan Blues: A Detective Novel of 1929
ISBN: 9781975813963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
89,09 |
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The Janus Affair
ISBN: 9781530042562 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is April, 1929. Cyrus Skeen is recovering from his startling escapade in New York City, where he journeyed in March to attend to some of his father's business. There he met a captivating opera singer for whom he developed an affection almost bordering on love. But he loves Dilys much more. The singer introduces him to a concept, "metaphysical importance." Dilys is that to him. Dilys is interviewing models for her new studio. One of them is the irrepressible Valda Redfern. But no sooner does Skeen return than he is asked by Erno Janus, the head of a San Francisco advertising agency,...
It is April, 1929. Cyrus Skeen is recovering from his startling escapade in New York City, where he journeyed in March to attend to some of his father...
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cena:
26,84 |
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The Daedalus Conspiracy: A Detective Novel of 1929
ISBN: 9781481208772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Part One, Cyrus Skeen, private detective in 1929 San Francisco, is asked by Charles Gilchrest, chairman of The Daedalus Society, an exclusive men-only club, to go to the The Daedalus Grove, a private enclave north of the city, to determine the nature of some trouble he has been warned about in a cryptic note written by an anonymous member. The note alludes to a controversial Senator from Nebraska and a tariff bill in Congress. It may the overture to a prank or it may be a serious threat to the man's life. Skeen agrees to attend the two-week encampment of the Society in rustic Monte Rio, an...
In Part One, Cyrus Skeen, private detective in 1929 San Francisco, is asked by Charles Gilchrest, chairman of The Daedalus Society, an exclusive men-o...
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cena:
38,34 |
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China Basin Revised: A Detective Novel
ISBN: 9781721780709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
35,47 |
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A Final Canvas: A Cyrus Skeen Novel
ISBN: 9781729865347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
21,71 |
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Reprisals: A Detective Novel of 1929
ISBN: 9781979435604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
21,71 |
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Civic Affairs, Color Edition: A Cyrus Skeen Mystery
ISBN: 9781532818745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
108,95 |
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Breakdown: A Cyrus Skeen Mystery
ISBN: 9781985368156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
21,75 |
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Trichotomy: A Detective Novel of 1929
ISBN: 9781537649535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is the twentieth Cyrus Skeen detective novel. Skeen and his artist wife, Dilys, plan to have a quiet Christmas together, but then Skeen is suddenly invited to speak before a sociology class about his "Trichotomy" article in the American Mercury, which appeared in August to great acclaim. His essay is about criminal motives and the psychology of recidivists, or repeat offenders. He has finished the second part of the essay, which will appear in the spring. Skeen, a noted private detective with an impeccable and effective record of dealing with recidivists, agrees to field questions from...
This is the twentieth Cyrus Skeen detective novel. Skeen and his artist wife, Dilys, plan to have a quiet Christmas together, but then Skeen is sudden...
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cena:
22,35 |
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Sleight of Hand: A Detective Novel of 1929
ISBN: 9781511786881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is October 1929. The Roaring Twenties will end near the end of the month with the stock market crash heard round the world. . The nation will absorb the consequences of the crash with great difficulty over the next decade, exacerbated by government fiscal policies. However, in the wake of the coming economic catastrophe, Cyrus Skeen, private detective, scion of East Coast wealth, and a figure in San Francisco Society, is secure. He never bought on margin. Skeen has a reputation - some would say a notoriety - for justice and meting out rough desserts to crooks, criminals, and other...
It is October 1929. The Roaring Twenties will end near the end of the month with the stock market crash heard round the world. . The nation will absor...
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cena:
24,21 |
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Presence of Mind: A Chess Hanrahan mystery
ISBN: 9781720664567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
36,28 |
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China Basin Revised: A Detective Novel of 1928
ISBN: 9781540467973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Cyrus Skeen, private eye in 1928 San Francisco, is approached by a captivating French countess, Vanessa Favaul, and a brusque retired British army colonel, Burton Heywood, to find the thief who stole a priceless artifact from countess's mother. At the same time, he wonders why a harmless Austrian junk shop owner and connoisseur of the fine arts in China Basin, the city's industrial underbelly, was brutally murdered. Complicating these matters is the mystery of who wrote a hit play and why the author is so publicity shy. Skeen is further intrigued by his new secretary, Dilys Jones, who...
Cyrus Skeen, private eye in 1928 San Francisco, is approached by a captivating French countess, Vanessa Favaul, and a brusque retired British army col...
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cena:
35,51 |
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An August Interlude: A Cyrus Skeen Mystery
ISBN: 9781516876051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
27,85 |
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Split Infinitives: A Detective Novel of 1930
ISBN: 9781542843089 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is late January 1930. This is the twenty-fourth Cyrus Skeen detective novel. It covers the time after Skeen has married Dilys Jones, his intrepid and lovely secretary, and after he has formed close friendships with Mickey Kane, Lieutenant Raggio, and Lieutenant Donovan. Sergeant Hieronymus, his ally in Beginnings, will be making a parting appearance. Linda Bolding, Lucy Wentz, and Clara Reyes, who figure largely over the next twenty cases, have yet to appear as his secretaries. Skeen meets the eccentric Dr. Willett Martin, who teaches psychology at Wexford College in San Francisco. Martin...
It is late January 1930. This is the twenty-fourth Cyrus Skeen detective novel. It covers the time after Skeen has married Dilys Jones, his intrepid a...
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cena:
21,75 |
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Inquest: A Detective Novel of 1927
ISBN: 9781546836230 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
24,54 |
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Manhattan Blues
ISBN: 9781523381814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is March, 1929. Cyrus Skeen is called to New York by his father, Garnett Skeen, to attend to some trust fund affairs. Skeen's detective agency is subsidized by a trust fund his father set up years before, but his mother, Eleanor "Nellie" Skeen, wishes to set up her own trust fund for her son. A daughter of an Oklahoma oil magnate, she is "very well situated" in terms of wealth. Skeen's parents, however, are driving to Nags Head in the Outer Banks of North Carolina to spend the rest of the winter. The elder Skeen tells his son that he must prove his existence for a new bank officer who will...
It is March, 1929. Cyrus Skeen is called to New York by his father, Garnett Skeen, to attend to some trust fund affairs. Skeen's detective agency is s...
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cena:
22,31 |
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Gallery: A Cyrus Skeen Mystery
ISBN: 9781795164436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
21,75 |
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Inquest: A Detective Novel of 1927
ISBN: 9781975894863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
100,39 |